BATS trade reporting service to shake up market data
November 5, 2013--BATS Chi-X Europe's trade reporting service will not suffer the same fate as rival Markit Trade Reporting, which is to be closed next year, due to major differences in its business model.
Last week, Markit told clients it will close the trade reporting service, formerly known as Markit BOAT in September next year, shortly after BATS Chi-X Europe unveiled its own trade reporting service, citing insufficient demand for off-exchange data.
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Source: TradeWeb
European Commission-Autumn forecast 2013-EU economy: Gradual recovery, external risks
November 5, 2013--The EU economy has started growing again. Following a slow expansion of economic activity during the remainder of 2013, growth is set to become more robust in 2014 and 2015.
After several quarters of contracting activity, the European economy has started growing again in the second quarter of this year. Over the past months, there have been encouraging signs that the economic recovery will continue. The legacy of the crisis will continue weighing on growth, but its impact is expected to gradually subside over the forecast horizon.
view the European Commission European Economic Forecast Autumn 2013
Source: European Commission
IMF Working paper-Spillovers to and from the Nordic Economies: A Macroeconometric Model Based Analysis
November 5, 2013--Summary: This paper analyzes the transmission of shocks and policies among and across the Nordic economies and the rest of the world. This spillover analysis is based on a pair of estimated structural macroeconometric models of the world economy, disaggregated into thirty five national economies.
We find that the Nordic economies are heavily exposed to external macroeconomic and financial shocks, but have significant scope to mitigate their domestic macroeconomic impacts through coordinated policy responses, given their high degree of regional integration.
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Source: IMF
Unscheduled free float adjustment in MDAX
November 4, 2013--Deutsche Börse today announced an unscheduled adjustment to the free float of GSW Immobilien AG in MDAX. Due to the takeover by Deutsche Wohnen AG, the free float of GSW Immobilien AG has been reduced from the current 88.21 percent to 13.68 percent.
The adjustment will become effective on 7 November 2013.
The next regular review of the Deutsche Börse blue-chip indices will be on 4 December 2013.
Source: Deutsche Börse
Source highlights importance of CPD post RDR
November 4, 2013--Source, the innovative asset manager with $15bn of ETP assets under management, today announces its next series of webinar courses to help investors continue and complete their required hours for Continuing Professional Development.
As a fully CISI accredited provider, over the last year, Source has run CPD accredited courses on a wide array of topics surrounding the ETP industry, coinciding with the introduction of the Retail Distribution Review in January.
The next series of Source ETF webinars, available to institutional investors, includes:..
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Source: Source
Boerse Stuttgart records monthly turnover for October in region of EUR 7.6 billion
Growth in securitised derivatives trading / Equity trading maintains high volume
November 4, 2013--Boerse Stuttgart generated turnover of around EUR 7.6 billion in October 2013, according to its order book statistics. This represents an increase of roughly 9 percent in comparison with September.
With a trading volume of around EUR 3.4 billion, 15 percent up on the previous month, securitised derivatives accounted for the largest share of total turnover. At just under EUR 2.2 billion, 20 percent up on September, trading in investment products made up the lion's share in this asset class, while leverage products contributed over EUR 1.2 billion.
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Source: Boerse Stuttgart
One step forward for Man Group, two steps back for AHL
November 3, 2013--Man Group, the struggling hedge fund house, recorded a small, but welcome net inflow of investor's cash in the third quarter of 2013, its first positive reading for two years.
But the pain goes on for AHL Diversified, once the flagship of Man's fleet, which lost 6.6 per cent in Q3, wiping out all the modest gains it had eked out since September 2008.
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Source: FT.com
Legal & General makes first big European push
November 3, 2013--Legal & General, the UK's largest asset manager, is to target wealthy private investors outside the UK for the first time in its 177-year history.
L&G Investment Management has received approval to launch a Sicav fund platform and three underlying funds in Luxembourg, with five more in the pipeline.
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Source: FT.com
Turnover at Deutsche Borse's cash markets at 99.7 billion euros in October
November 1, 2013--Order book turnover on Xetra, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and Tradegate stood at €99.7 billion in October (October 2012: €91.4 billion). Of the €99.7 billion, €90.4 billion were attributable to Xetra (October 2012: €84.1 billion).
€4.8 billion were attributable to the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (October 2012: €4.6 billion). Order book turnover on Tradegate Exchange* totalled approximately €4.5 billion in October (October 2012: €2.6 billion).
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Source: Deutsche Börse
Flash estimate-October 2013-Euro area annual inflation down to 0.7%
October 31, 2013--Euro area annual inflation down to 0.7%
Euro area1 annual inflation2 is expected to be 0.7% in October 2013, down from 1.1% in September3, according to a flash estimate4 from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
Looking at the main components of euro area inflation, food, alcohol & tobacco is expected to have the highest annual rate in October (1.9%, compared with 2.6% in September), followed by services (1.2%, compared with 1.4% in September), non-energy industrial goods (0.4%, stable compared with September) and energy (-1.7%, compared with -0.9% in September).
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Source: Eurostat
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