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Euro area securities issues statistics
November 13, 2013--The annual rate of change of the outstanding amount of debt securities issued by euro area
residents was -0.5% in September 2013, compared with -0.7% in August.
For the outstanding amount of quoted shares issued by euro area residents, the annual growth rate was 1.0% in
September 2013, compared with 1.1% in August.
New issuance of debt securities by euro area residents totalled EUR 662 billion in September 2013. Redemptions stood at EUR 673 billion and net redemptions amounted to EUR 2 billion.1
The annual rate of change of outstanding debt securities issued by euro area residents was- 0.5% in September 2013, compared with -0.7% in August (see Table 1 and Charts 1 and 3). The annual rate of change of outstanding short-term debt securities
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Source: ECB
DB-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-ETF Research - European Weekly ETF Market Review
November 13, 2013----The most recent issue of the European Weekly ETF Market Review is now available. The report includes key statistics on the European ETF market as well as global ETF market highlights.
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Source: Deutsche Bank-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-Europe
Social media monitoring for the financial markets
Using social media sentiment in investment decisions //Identifying signs of market manipulation // EU research project FIRST reaches successful conclusion
November 13, 2013--Attitudes and opinions expressed in social networks, online forums and blogs are referred to every day to support countless investment decisions.
Information on sentiment enables early identification and evaluation of events that have an impact on the financial markets. However, the difficulty is in collecting the unstructured content from the Internet and sorting and analysing it quickly. Suitable software is needed in order to enable financial market participants to use the data directly to support their decision processes. The development of such solutions was the focus of the EU research project FIRST, which has now been successfully completed after three years of work
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Source: Boerse Stuttgart.
Cofunds abandons ETF pilot
November 13, 2013--Cofunds has abandoned a pilot service run jointly with Barclays Stockbrokers to offer its advisers access to exchange traded funds and investment trusts.
The platform said there had not been enough demand for the service in spite of "very competitive" pricing.
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Source: FT.com
FESE European Equity Market Report-October 2013
October 12, 2013--The FESE European Equity Market Report October 2013 is now available.
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Source: FESE
New SPDR equity index ETF launched on Xetra
First ETF to track emerging markets excluding BRIC countries
November 12, 2013--A new exchange-listed equity index fund issued by SPDR (State Street Global Advisors) has been tradable in the XTF segment on Xetra(R) since Thursday.
ETF name: SPDR MSCI EM Beyond BRIC UCITS ETF
Asset class: equity index ETF
ISIN: IE00BCBJFC69
Total expense ratio: 0.65 percent
Distribution policy: non-distributing
Benchmark: MSCI EM Beyond BRIC Index
The new SPDR equity index ETF enables investors to participate for the first time in the performance of stock corporations from emerging market countries excluding the BRIC countries, Brazil, Russia, India and China. The BRIC countries are represented with over 40 percent in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.
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Source: Xetra
Boost Trade Idea -In a maturing cycle, expensive tech and mid-caps shine (ticker QQQ3, 2MCL)
November 12, 2013--November 12, 2013--In a maturing cycle, expensive tech and mid-caps shine
Summary
Equity markets have been in a near 5 year bull run. Given equity markets' previous two cycles lasting about 6 years, this year's double digit returns are unlikely to be repeated in 2014
Companies' earnings are growing close to trend, driven by cost control and not by financial overreach. Unlike previous cycles, any correction in equities may be shallower.
Caught between the relief in US jobs and fear of QE exit, equities may react more sensitively to rising interest rates. Tech and mid-cap equities may be the best sectors to stay bullish.
Investors who share this sentiment may consider a leveraged position in technology and mid-cap equity segments:
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Source: Boost
New ETF Issuer on NYSE Euronext-FinEx
NYSE Euronext welcomes FinEx as new ETF issuer on European markets
November 12, 2013--NYSE Euronext is pleased to welcome FinEx as a new ETF Issuer on our European markets. FinEx has listed one ETF on NYSE Euronext Amsterdam on 12 November, 2013:
ETF Symbol:FXGD
Listing date:12/11/2013
ETF Trading name:FINEX HELD GOLD
Underlying index: GOLD London AM Fixing
TER: 0.45%
NYSE Euronext now has 646 listings of 558 ETFs listed on its European markets.
Source: NYSE Euronext
ESMA announces financial statements' enforcement priorities for 2013
November 11, 2013--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its European Common Enforcement Priorities (Priorities) for 2013. These Priorities are to be used by European Economic Area (EEA) national authorities in their assessment of listed companies' 2013 financial statements.
ESMA has defined these Priorities in order to promote the consistent application of IFRS across the EEA. Listed companies and their auditors should take account of the areas set out in the Priorities when preparing and auditing the IFRS financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2013.
The Priorities identified refer to the application of IFRS in relation to:
Impairment of non-financial assets;
Measurement and disclosure of post-employment benefit obligations;
Fair value measurement and disclosure;
Disclosures related to significant accounting policies, judgements and estimates; and
Measurement of financial instruments and disclosure of related risks.
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Source: ESMA
BlackRock asks where European ETF rivals are
November 10, 2013--BlackRock-the world's largest exchange traded funds provider-has called for greater competition within the European market to act as an antidote to sluggish growth.
Mark Wiedman, global head of iShares, the ETF arm of BlackRock, says: "One player [BlackRock] cannot build the entire ETF market in Europe alone."
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Source: FT.com
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