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The Spanish Stock Exchange trades the first ETF on spanish sovereign Debt
The trading volume on the ETF segment to the end of February reached €563 million, up 70% from the same period last year
March 19, 2013-The Spanish Stock Exchange today started the trading of one new exchange-traded fund (ETF) issued by LYXOR, Société Generale's asset manager: the ETF is called Lyxor ETF MTS Spain Government Bond All Maturity.
The new ETF tracks the performance of the MTS Spain Government Index (All maturity), which comprises Spanish sovereign debt securities with over one-year maturities, issued by the Spanish Government.
This issue brings the number of ETFs listed on the Spanish Stock Exchange to 70. Société Générale in Spain will act as the specialist intermediary throughout the trading session.
The Government's response to the Heseltine Review
March 18, 2013--The Government has today published its formal response to Lord Heseltine’s comprehensive report, No Stone Unturned.
Lord Heseltine made 89 wide-ranging recommendations to the Government, across areas of public policy that affect economic growth. Today, the Government announced it is accepting the overwhelming majority of these recommendations and setting out how the Government is addressing the priorities Lord Heseltine identified, equipping the UK to compete and thrive in the global race.
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The EMIR regulation enters into force today
March 15, 2013--ESMA has published an information page on EMIR, where you will find the key documents and information about the regulation.
ESMA publishes guidelines on interoperability arrangements
March 15, 2013--These Guidelines and Recommendations set out ESMA's view of how Union law should be applied in a particular area, or of appropriate supervisory practices within the European System of Financial Supervision.
ESMA expects all relevant national competent authorities (NCAs) to comply with these Guidelines and Recommendations.
This final report also contains feedback received from ESMA’s December 2012 consultation and subsequent changes to the draft Guidelines and Recommendations made by ESMA. For each section, a reference is made to the relevant Article in EMIR.
IMF Assessment of Financial Stability in Europe: Much Achieved to Address the Crisis but Vulnerabilities Remain and Intensified Efforts Needed
March 15, 2013--In its first-ever overall assessment of the soundness and stability of the European Union's financial sector, under its Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP), International Monetary Fund (IMF) says that much has been achieved to address financial crisis in Europe but vulnerabilities remain and intensified efforts are needed across a wide front:
Bank balance sheet repair. Progress toward strong capital buffers needs to be secured and disclosures enhanced. To reinforce the process, selective asset quality reviews should be conducted by national authorities, coordinated at the EU level.
Home > ESMA requires further improvements by CRAs
March 18, 2013--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its second Annual Report on its supervision of credit rating agencies (CRAs) in the European Union.
The report summarises the supervisory work undertaken by ESMA, during 2012, in ensuring that CRAs complied with the CRA Regulation. The report includes details on ESMA’s supervisory, registration, and policy work; and focuses on its investigation into bank rating methodologies and the follow up work to the March 2012 report on deficiencies in CRAs rating processes, governance and control mechanisms.
ESMA has identified progress by CRAs in their activities including improved disclosure of methodologies and ratings; internal control resources; involvement of senior management in governance and record-keeping practices. However, the report finds that CRAs have not sufficiently embedded the main requirements of the CRA Regulation in their organisations, and ESMA believes that improvements are still necessary in the following areas:
ETF-Radar-Expert Talk with Hector McNeil
Hector McNeil, Co-Founder Boost ETP
"We expect to list across Europe."
March 13, 2013--Hector, could please explain Boost ETP and your product range in one sentence?
BOOST is a new independent issuer of Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) focusing on 3x short and leveraged multi asset exposures.
What was the motivation for launching Boost ETP in times of deleveraging?
Leveraged and short ETPs account for $45bn of AUM globally, 10bn in Europe and have been around since 2005. Unlike the US, which accounts for most of the AUM, there are no specialist providers of the products and no one who provides a 3x platform. As there are no advocates in Europe we feel by being specialists and focused we can carve out an attractive and value added niche.
Boost ETPs/ETCs now even more accessible to the UK market
March 13, 2013--BOOST ETP the award winning, independent exchange traded product (ETP) provider is announcing today that BOOST 3x leveraged and 3x short products will be quoted in GBP, as well as their base currencies.
The expansion of the platform means ETPs linked to non GBP indices will now be more accessible to UK investors, with tighter relative spreads. BOOST will be starting with six of the most popular ETCs which will be available for trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in GBP. With the new additions, BOOST’s lineup will increase to 26 ETPs, providing 3x leveraged and 3x short exposure to some of the most liquid and widely followed commodity and equity global indices.
DB-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-ETF Research-European Weekly ETF Market Review
March 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.
For more detailed coverage please refer to the monthly report, issued in the first week following the end of each month.
Data confirms recession in weakest eurozone economies
March 12, 2013--Data published on Monday confirmed recession in the eurozone's weakest economies last year, breathing new life into a heated debate on whether aggressive austerity measures may come at the cost of economic growth.
The dire individual statistics for Italy, Greece, Portugal and Cyprus come just days ahead of a EU summit where the bloc's leaders are to mull ways to tackle the debt crisis, with countries led by France calling for growth measures while others led by Germany are holding firm for fiscal discipline.
Last week, the EU's Eurostat data agency said that the 17-member eurozone sank deeper into recession in the last three months of 2012, with aggregate economic activity shrinking by 0.6 percent compared with the third quarter, when it had contracted by 0.1 percent.
