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ESMA clarifies boundary of CRA Regulation

June 17, 2013--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its Guidelines and Recommendations on the Scope of the CRA Regulation.

The Guidelines clarify certain aspects of the scope of the Credit Rating Agencies (CRA) Regulation for registered CRAs, market participants operating on the perimeter of this sector and national securities markets regulators.

The Guidelines focus on a number of areas under the CRA Regulation, which ESMA believes require clarification following its experience of assessing applicants in the registration process and its enforcement of the perimeter under the EU supervisory regime. The areas include enforcement, rating activities, exemptions, branches of registered CRAs outside the EU, and disclosure recommendations.

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Source: ESMA


Vanguard sees Netherlands, Sweden as ripe for indexing gains

June 17, 2013--Vanguard says the Netherlands and Sweden offer "real opportunities" for the passive fund house to grow its business as the two countries move to outlaw commission payments.

The US firm, which established a UK presence in 2009 in preparation for the Retail Distribution Review, believes new national plans to ban retrocession payments could allow it to roll out its range of index funds on a wider scale.

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Source: FT.com


Eurex Exchange lists MSCI Emerging Markets index derivatives

20 new index contracts introduced on July 1, 2013
June 17, 2013-- The international derivatives market Eurex Exchange will introduce the second tranche of derivatives on global MSCI indices on July 1.

Futures and options based on the MSCI World, MSCI Europe, MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex-Japan and futures on the MSCI Frontier Markets have been available since March 11. Around 20,000 contracts have been traded in these products since market launch.

Effective July 1, futures and options will be offered based on the following regional indices: MSCI Emerging Markets, the leading index for this segment, and the regional sub-indices MSCI EM EMEA, MSCI EM Latin America and MSCI EM Asia. Futures are also being launched on 16 emerging market country indices. The planned expansion will increase the existing offering of equity index derivatives to around 100.

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Source: Eurex


ESMA plans guidelines on reporting exchange-traded derivatives

June 17, 2013--The European Securities and Markets Authority plans to soon issue guidance on trade reporting for exchange-traded derivatives.

"ESMA is aware of the technical issues on the reporting of exchange-traded derivatives," said Rodrigo Buenaventura, the regulator's head of markets. "We are currently working on providing more clarity to the industry by issuing guidance on how to report these instruments as soon as possible."

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Source: Smart Brief


Boost Research-Rising bond yields pose macro risks for Eurozone equities

June 17, 2013--Rising borrowing costs revive concerns over the state of overleveraged balance sheets in the Eurozone. The banking sector is driving the negative sentiment as higher interest rates may hinder their ability to restructure.

As a result, bank stocks and industrial stocks reliant on bank funding appear vulnerable in this environment. Investors may consider a short leveraged position in Eurozone equities using the Boost EURO STOXX 50 3x Short Daily ETP (3EUS).

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Source: Boost


Source lists 4 products in GBP on the LSE

Source Broadens Product Range For Sterling Investors
June 17, 2013-- Source is pleased to announce that four more of its market-leading exchange traded products have been admitted to trading, in GBP, and are on the London Stock Exchange.

The new GBP listings include the accumulating and dividend distributing share classes of the recently launched Source Morningstar US Energy Infrastructure MLP UCITS ETF and two of Source’s largest US sector ETFs: Financials S&P US Select Sector Source ETF and Technology S&P Select Sector Source ETF. These listings bring the number of Source listings available in GBP to eleven.

"ETFs are now attracting a wider group of investors in the UK,” says Source CEO Ted Hood. “We are keen to offer access to key markets and interesting investment themes and opportunities in sterling, thereby avoiding the need to do a separate FX transaction.”

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Source: Source ETFs


Uneasy week awaits stock market amid escalating protests

June 16, 2013--The escalation of anti-government protests that soared on Saturday night upon the intervention of police to scatter demonstrators in Gezi Park is expected to have a negative impact on the stock market, causing the market to lose value, which it had recovered on Friday.

Violent protests over an İstanbul urban development program, which spread to various cities over the past two weeks, fueled a sharp sell-off in the main benchmark index Bourse İstanbul (BIST). Up until Friday, the political unease had dented Turkish stocks by more than 20 percent since May 31. Shares traded on the BIST gained 3.42 percent at 79,100 points in the afternoon session on Friday.

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Source: Todays Zaman


Markets recoup losses, CB slashes growth target

June 14, 2013--Turkish markets rose on hopes that the protesters who are opposing the demolition of Gezi Park would back down while the country's central bank slashed its year-end economic growth target by 0.2 percentage points on Friday.

Violent protests over an İstanbul urban development program sparked in different cities over the past two weeks, fuelling a sharp sell-off in the main benchmark index Bourse İstanbul (BIST). Up until Friday, the political unease had dented Turkish stocks by more than 20 percent since May 31. Shares traded on the BIST gained 3.42 percent at 79,100 points in the afternoon session on Friday.In signs welcoming the apparent easing of tensions, the lira rose for a third straight day to pre-protests level while bond yields dropped. The lira rose against foreign currencies, with one US dollar trading at TL 1.85 and one euro trading at TL 2.4. The two-year benchmark yield dropped to as low as 6.09 percent on Friday.

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Source: Todays Zaman


OFT clears BlackRock/Credit Suisse ETF merger

June 14, 2013--The Office of Fair Trading has given the green light for BlackRock's acquisition of Credit Suisse's exchange traded funds (ETF) business.

The move comes after the trade body said in May it needed more time to look into the deal, to assess the potential effects the merger would have on the market and to determine how the combined entity would affect competition, product choice and pricing.

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Source: CityWire


Lyxor appears shaken after chairman departure

June 14, 2013--The future of Lyxor, the € 75bn French asset manager owned by Société Générale, appears uncertain following the departure this week of its long-serving chairman, the fourth senior executive to leave within the past six months.

After a decade as Lyxor’s chairman, Alain Dubois is leaving to join MSCI, amid rumours of disagreements over strategy with Inés de Dinechin, the chief executive who replaced Laurent Seyer in March 2012.

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Source: FT.com


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