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ESMA review finds good compliance with EU market abuse rules
July 1, 2013--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a peer review of the supervisory practices EEA national competent authorities (NCAs) apply in enforcing the requirements of the Market Abuse Directive (MAD).
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Turnover at Deutsche Borse's cash markets at 102 billion euros in June
July 1, 2013--Order book turnover on Xetra, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and Tradegate stood at €101.8 billion in June (June 2012: €95.8 billion). Of the €101.8 billion, €95.3 billion were attributable to Xetra (June 2012: €89.2 billion).
€4.2 billion were attributable to the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (June 2012: €4.6 billion). Order book turnover on Tradegate Exchange* totalled approximately €2.4 billion in June (June 2012: €2.0 billion).
In equities, turnover reached €86.8 billion on Deutsche Börse's cash markets (Xetra: €83.0 billion, Frankfurt Stock Exchange: €1.7 billion, Tradegate Exchange: €2.1 billion). Turnover in bonds was €1.4 billion, and in structured products on Scoach €1.2 billion. Order book turnover in ETFs/ETCs/ETNs amounted to €12.4 billion.
Deutsche Boerse celebrates 25 years of DAX
100 EUR invested then would now be 800 EUR 200,000 financial products use DAX as a benchmark
July 1, 2013--
"Deutsche Börse is proud of our DAX's success as a blue-chip index over the last 25 years.
Even in turbulent times the DAX stood as an independent, objective and neutral benchmark. We will pay attention to it in the future as well," said Reto Francioni, CEO of Deutsche Börse.
A 100 EUR investment in the DAX would be worth almost 800 EURO today. The DAX measures the development of the 30 largest and most liquid companies on the German equities market and represents around 80 percent of the free-float market capitalization in Germany. Launched on July 1, 1988, the DAX is the flagship index of Deutsche Börse and Germany’s leading equity index.
Boost ETP to list the World,s first Short and Leveraged FTSE 250 ETPs, in addition to expanding its range of FTSE 100 ETPs
FTSE 250 added to Boost's short and leveraged ETP platform
-1x, -2x and +2x ETPs added to existing -3x and +3x ETPs
UK equities contribute over 80% to trading volumes
July 1, 2013--BOOST ETP the award winning and independent exchange-traded product (ETP) provider announced today that it intends to launch the world's first short and leveraged (S&L) FTSE 250 ETPs in early July.
The FTSE 250 index is the leading index of UK mid-cap stocks. The index consists of the 101 to 350 largest companies listed on the London Stock Exchange. The launch of these two new FTSE 250 ETPs will complement Boost’s offering of S&L ETPs tracking the FTSE 100.
ICAP appoints Global Head of Indices
July 1, 2013--ICAP plc (IAP.L) today announces the appointment of Jan de Smedt to ICAP as Global Head of Indices.
Based in London and reporting to Kevin Taylor, Head of ICAP 'role is to develop and expand the index business within Information Services. His focus will be on increasing the number of ICAP indices linked to Exchange Traded Products, mutual funds and derivative products as well as growing the calculation services and data sales business worldwide.
Boost unveils inaugural short and leveraged UK mid cap ETFs
July 1, 2013--Boost ETP, an independent exchange traded product (ETP) provider, is launching the first leveraged and short products on the FTSE 250 as demand for a wider range of equity exposure increases.
The two-times leveraged and one-times short products, set to launch in early July, track the FTSE 250 universe of mid-cap stocks and add to the firm’s range of three times leveraged products.
BlackRock completes Credit Suisse ETF business acquisition
July 1, 2013--BlackRock has completed its acquisition of Credit Suisse's ETF business, with the combined business operating under the iShares brand from today.
Credit Suisse's 58 ETFs will be rebranded and renamed, and will begin trading as iShares ETFs on the exchanges with immediate effect.
DAX's Creator Recalls 'Quantum Leap' on 25th Anniversary
July 1, 2013--Before Artur Fischer oversaw the development of Germany's benchmark DAX Index (DAX), which began operations 25 years ago today, he says investors had little insight into the performance of the nation's shares.
“The formation of the DAX was a quantum leap,” Fischer, who is now joint chief executive officer of Boerse Berlin, said in a telephone interview last week. “I was responsible for the innovation to calculate a real-time index, providing a moving picture of what German stocks were doing. Before, the index was just calculated once a day
Istanbul as an emerging financial center
June 30, 2013--A financial center is defined as a city or a district that has a concentration of financial institutions that play a financial intermediary function, offer a highly developed commercial and communication infrastructure and where a great many domestic and international trading transactions are realized.
Global financial centers have truly global properties and only a few centers fully possess that role, such as London and New York. International financial centers also conduct a significant volume of cross-border transactions, such as occurs in Hong Kong and Singapore. These centers can be of different sizes and levels of capability. An international financial center can and does fulfill more than one role, but London and New York are considered the only two financial centers that are truly global.Main characteristics of financial centersA financial center is where financial institutions are aggregated and they accumulate public and private funds; it should include a clearing center, with high quality financial service systems. It must encourage financial innovation and have standard and transparent financial regulations. Furthermore, a financial center attracts professional talent. Centers are located close to other key areas, such as focal points for economic and trade activity, shipping facilities and so on.
NYSE Euronext announces a new ETF on European markets -LYX ETF SXXT DR D
June 28, 2013--NYSE Euronext is pleased to announce that Lyxor has listed one new ETF on NYSE Euronext Paris on 28 June, 2013:
ETF Symbol: MFDD
Listing date: 28/06/2013
ETF Trading name: LYX ETF SXXT DR D
Underlying index: EURO STOXX INDEX
TER: 0.3%
NYSE Euronext now has 672 listings of 583 ETFs listed on its European markets.
