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NASDAQ OMX-Trading Statistics April 2013
May 2, 2013--NASDAQ OMX today publishes monthly trade statistics for the Nordic1 and Baltic2 markets.
Below follows a summary of the statistics for April 2013:
The share trading decreased by 4.2 % to a daily average of 2.4bn EUR, compared to 2.5bn EUR in April 2012. Compared to the previous month, March 2013, the daily average increased by 4.1 %.
Derivatives trading decreased by 11.6 % to a daily average of 524,919 contracts, compared with 594,106 contracts in April 2012.
ETF trading3 (Exchange Traded Funds) decreased by 36.6 % to a daily average of 55.6m EUR compared to 87.7m EUR in April 2012.
Atlas Copco AB was the most traded stock during the past month, followed by Volvo AB
Merrill Lynch was the most active member during the past month, followed by SEB.
Turnover at Deutsche Boerse's cash markets at 103 billion euros in April
May 1, 2013-- Order book turnover on Xetra, the Xetra Frankfurt Specialist trading and Tradegate stood at €103.0 billion in April (April 2012: €99.2 billion).
Of the €103.0 billion, €95.6 billion were attributable to Xetra (April 2012: €94.6 billion). €4.3 billion were attributable to the Xetra Frankfurt Specialist trading (April 2012: €4.6 billion). Order book turnover on Tradegate Exchange* totalled approximately €3.1 billion in April (April 2012: €2.7 billion).
In equities, turnover reached €89.0 billion on Deutsche Börse's cash markets (Xetra: €84.3 billion, Xetra Frankfurt Specialist trading: €1.9 billion, Tradegate Exchange: €2.8 billion). Turnover in bonds was €1.2 billion, and in structured products on Scoach €1.4 billion. Order book turnover in ETFs/ETCs/ETNs amounted to €11.4 billion.
Funds hit at planned European transactions tax
April 30, 2013--Chief investment officers for some of the region's largest pension funds have warned over plans by 11 eurozone
countries to cash and derivatives transactions tax
FTSE launches ET100 Environmental Technologies index
April 30, 2013--FTSE Group ("FTSE"), the global index provider, has launched the FTSE ET100 index, adding to its innovative FTSE Environmental Markets Series. Jupiter (one of the UK's leading fund groups) is adopting the new index as the benchmark for its pioneering Jupiter Ecology Fund immediately.
The Environmental Technologies Index Series is designed to measure the performance of companies whose core business is in the development and operation of environmental technologies. To qualify, companies must derive at least 50% of their business from environmental markets. These include Renewable & Alternative Energy, Energy Efficiency, Water Infrastructure & Technology, Waste Management & Technologies, Pollution Control and Environmental Support Services, as defined by the FTSE Environmental Markets Classification System (EMCS). There are now 21 indices in the associated FTSE Environmental Markets Series including the Environmental Technology indices.
Lyxor strengthens its Cross Asset Research with the appointment of Rob Koyfman
April 30, 2013--Lyxor Asset Management is reinforcing its Cross Asset Research team with the appointment of Rob Koyfman as Senior Strategist.
Based in New York, Rob reports to Jeanne Asseraf-Bitton, Global Head of Cross Asset Research.
Lyxor Asset Management derives its established experience as a leading asset manager from a unique and thorough research expertise. 20 research professionals are exclusively dedicated to providing cross asset, alternative and quantitative research across all Lyxor businesses.
Brussels plan will 'kill off' money funds
April 28, 2013--It could potentially force funds to switch excess cash into unsecured commercial paper.
… Even if it's negotiated down, we still believe that the vast majority of CNAV funds will get out of the business,” one
Institutional interest helping to drive growth in exchange traded funds
April 26, 2013--The European exchange traded products (ETP) market will more than double in size by the end of 2017 to reach $900 billion in assets, the global head of Blackrock's iShares funds said today.
Mark Wiedman said the market was on a "wild ride"
"In Europe, assets held in ETPs hit a new high of $387bn at the start of this year. We’re predicting the European ETP category will more than double over the next five years to over $900bn.”
Amundi appoints Laurent Guillet, Chief Executive Officer of its London Branch
April 26, 2013--Continuing its international development, Amundi strengthens its subsidiary in the United Kingdom with the appointment of Laurent Guillet as Chief Executive Officer, Amundi London Branch.
Since October 2010, Amundi London Branch has been under the responsibility of Laurent Crosnier who held the dual role of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer. Under his direction, the teams at Amundi London Branch have successfully developed its investment activities. In order to further strengthen this business, Amundi has therefore decided to separate these two roles with the nomination of Laurent Guillet.
FCA sets out new rules for the platforms industry
April 26, 2013--The Financial Conduct Authority has published rules to make the way that investors pay for platforms more transparent.
In the future, platforms, in both the advised and non-advised market, will not be allowed to be funded by payments (commonly described as ‘rebates’) from product providers. Instead, a platform service must be paid for by a platform charge which is disclosed to and agreed by the investor.
New State Street bond index ETF launched on Xetra
ETF tracks inflation-protected corporate bonds from emerging markets
April 25, 2013--A new exchange-listed bond index fund issued by SPDR (State Street Global Advisors) has been tradable on Xetra(R) since Thursday.
ETF name: SPDR Barclays EM Inflation Linked Local Bond UCITS ETF
Asset class: bond index ETF
ISIN: IE00B7MXFZ59
Total expense ratio: 0.55 percent
Distribution policy: distributing
Benchmark: Barclays Emerging Markets Inflation Linked 20% Capped Index
The aim of the SPDR Barclays EM Inflation Linked Local Bond UCITS ETF is to track the performance of government bonds from individual emerging-market countries in local currencies with protection against inflation risk. The reference index, Barclays Emerging Markets Inflation Linked 20% Capped Index, includes inflation-protected bonds from the following countries: Brazil, Chile, Israel, Korea, Mexico, Poland, South Africa, Thailand and Turkey. The maximum weighting of a single country is limited to 20%.
