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BNY Mellon Nabs First Russian Exchange-listed ETF Client
May 4, 2013--Russia's investment management firm FinEx Group has selected BNY Mellon to provide custody and fund administration services for the first exchange-traded fund to be listed in Russia.
The new FinEx ETF is one of a handful of ETFs specialising in Russian companies, but it is the only one denominated in rubles and listed on the Moscow Exchange. As is the case with previous FinEx sponsored ETFs listed on the Irish and London Stock Exchanges, the new domestic-listed ETF is geared to following the performance of the Barclays Emerging Markets Tradable Russian Corporate Bond Index, which focuses on eurobonds with short maturities issued by large Russian companies such as gas giant Gazprom and oil giant Lukoil.
New db X-trackers money market ETF launched on Xetra
May 3, 2013--A new exchange traded fund issued by db X-trackers has been tradable in the XTF segment on Xetra since Friday.
ETF name: db X-trackers II Australian Dollar Cash UCITS ETF
Asset class: money market ETF
ISIN: LU0482518031
Total expense ratio: 0.20 percent
Distribution policy: non-distributing
Benchmark: Deutsche Bank Australia Overnight Money Market TRI
The new db X-trackers money market ETF gives investors access for the first time via an ETF to the Australian dollar overnight money market rate. The reference index is the daily money market reference interest rate, which represents the weighted average of interbank overnight rates.
Statistical release: UK official holdings of international reserves, April 2013
May 3, 2013--In summary this month's release shows that, in April 2013:
No intervention operations were undertaken.
Movements in reserves and levels of reserves were as follows:
Spring forecast 2013-The EU economy: adjustment continues
May 3, 2013--The EU economy is projected to return to growth in the second half of 2013. Annual GDP is forecast to contract by 0.1% in the EU and 0.4% in the euro area this year.
Following the recession that marked 2012, the EU economy is expected to stabilise in the first half of 2013. GDP growth is projected to turn positive gradually in the second half of the year before gaining some traction in 2014. Annual GDP this year is now forecast to contract 0.1% in the EU and 0.4% in the euro area. For 2014, economic activity is projected to expand by 1.4% in the EU and 1.2% in the euro area.
view the European Economic Forecast EUROPEAN ECONOMY 2|2013
NYSE Euronext Monthly ETF Activity Report
May 2, 2013--In April 2013 there were two new ETF listings from Lyxor:
ETF Symbol: MFED
Listing date: 25/04/2013
ETF Trading name: LYX ETF SXXT DR
Underlying index: EURO STOXX
TER: 0.30%
ETF Symbol: EMBD
Listing date: 25/04/2013
ETF Trading name:LYX ETF EMD DR
Underlying index: N/A*
TER:0.55%
At the end of April, NYSE Euronext's European markets had 666 listings of 577 ETFs from 16 issuers.
Trading activity
Average daily value traded on-book in April of €281.2 million, an increase of 13.4% vs March 2013, and up 4.82% vs April 2012.
Total value traded on-book amounted to €5.90 billion, an increase of 19.06% vs March 2013, and up 4.82% vs April 2012.
Average of 7,099 on-book trades (single-counted) executed daily last month, an increase of 10.58% vs March 2013, and down 0.36% vs April 2012.
Total of €2.08 billion exchanged in block trades in April, up 78.57% from the €1.16 billion in March.
Overall, block trade volume represented 35.21% of total regulated market ETF trading activity on NYSE Euronext.
Boerse Stuttgart reports April turnover in region of EUR 7.4 billion
Trading volume up in securitised derivatives and exchange-traded products
May 2, 2013--According to the order book statistics, the volume of securities traded at Boerse Stuttgart in April 2013 was around EUR 7.4 billion, slightly below the figure for March.
Trading in securitised derivatives accounted for the lion’s share of turnover. This asset class generated a trading volume of around EUR 3.5 billion, over 6 percent up on the previous month. At around EUR 1.5 billion, turnover for leverage products was roughly 10 percent higher in April. Investment products contributed around EUR 2 billion to the total figure. Turnover for both bonus and tracker certificates rose by around 15 percent compared to the figures for March.
Trading in debt instruments was slightly higher than in April 2012 at roughly EUR 2 billion. At around EUR 894 million, the biggest share of total turnover was attributable to corporate bonds.
SMA publishes the quarterly update of the notification thresholds for sovereign issuers
May 2, 2013--Esma has published the quarterly update of the notification thresholds for sovereign issuers.
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Bourse Istanbul hits all-time record, reaching 87,000
May 2, 2013--Bourse İstanbul (BİST) broke a new record on Thursday, exceeding 87,000 points for the first time in its history in the closing of the morning session.
The stock market's benchmark BİST-100 index on Thursday reached an all-time high of 87,237 points, with shares traded on BIST gaining more than 1 percent in value. The highest closing value index ever reached before Thursday was 86.787 on Jan. 24.
NYSE Euronext announces new ETFs on European markets
May 2, 2013--NYSE Euronext is pleased to announce that Lyxor has listed three new ETFs on NYSE Euronext Paris on
May 2, 2013:
ETF Symbol:MEUD
Listing date:02/05/2013
ETF Trading name: LYX ETF EUROPE DR
Underlying index:MSCI EUROPE
TER:0.30%
ETF Symbol:MSED
Listing date: 02/05/2013
ETF Trading name: LYX ETF SX5T DR
Underlying index: EURO STOXX 50
TER:0.20%
ETF Symbol: JPNH
Listing date: 02/05/2013
ETF Trading name:LYX ETF JPN HEDGED
Underlying index: TOPIX GROSS TR INDEX
TER:0.45%
NYSE Euronext now has 673 listings of 583 ETFs listed on its European markets.
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Deleveraging abating in emerging Europe amid regulatory and structural shifts
May 2, 2013--The second wave of funding reductions by western banks vis-à-vis Central, Eastern, and South Eastern Europe (CESEE) that started in mid-2011 is petering out.
However, funding reductions have not stopped in all countries of the region and remain significant in Hungary and Slovenia, according to the latest Deleveraging Monitor from the Vienna 2 Initiative Steering Committee.[1]
The report also noted that:
Current ample global liquidity has not yet led to a return of cross-border lending to CESEE, reflecting the still significant balance sheet pressures of parent banks and subsidiaries alike as well as the continuing trend to rebalance the funding of CESEE subsidiaries toward local sources.
Private sector credit remains generally anemic in the region as a result.
The second round of the Vienna 2 Initiative's bank lending survey suggests that weak credit reflects both restrictive demand and supply factors. Among the latter, banks emphasize high non-performing loans over funding constraints as the key factor behind weak credit. At the same time, the results confirm that the drive to lower loan-to-deposit ratios and to rebalance CESEE subsidiaries’ funding sources continues.
