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Turkey to launch Bourse Istanbul in April-exchange official
February 19, 2013--The Istanbul Stock Exchange is to come together with local gold and derivatives exchanges in April as part of plans to make the Turkish capital a regional financial centre, a senior official said on Tuesday.
The planned merger is due to formally take effect in June, creating a combined entity called Bourse Istanbul, but the separate entities will start trading under a single management two months earlier, said Mustafa Kemal Yilmaz, deputy chairman of the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
NYSE Euronext announces new ETFs on European markets -4 New Lyxor ETFs
February 19, 2013--NYSE Euronext is pleased to announce that Lyxor has listed four new ETFs on NYSE Euronext Amsterdam on February 19, 2013.
| Listing date | Trading name | ISIN | Symbol | Benchmark Index | TER (%) |
| 19/02/2013 | Lyxor ETF DLVIXEUR | LU0871960976 | DLVO | DYNAMIC LONG VIX FUTURES IDX | 0,75 |
| 19/02/2013 | Lyxor ETF DLVIXUSD | LU0871961438 | DLVX | DYNAMIC LONG VIX FUTURES IDX | 0,75 |
| 19/02/2013 | Lyxor ETF DSVIXEUR | LU0871961511 | DSVO | DYNAMIC SHORT VIX FUTURES IDX | 0,40 |
| 19/02/2013 | Lyxor ETF DSVIXUSD | LU0871961602 | DSVX | DYNAMIC SHORT VIX FUTURES IDX | 0,40 |
NYSE Euronext now has 674 listings of 584 ETFs listed on its European markets.
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Joint Venture Scoach to face termination
February 19, 2013--The joint trading platform Scoach for structured products in Switzerland and Germany operated by SIX and Deutsche Börse will face disbandment because SIX terminated the cooperation contract.
Due to this termination of the cooperation contract the joint venture will end on 30 June 2013. The markets brought into the venture will be returned to the mother companies.
NYSE Euronext announces new ETF on European markets
February 18, 2013--NYSE Euronext is pleased to announce that Lyxor has listed 1 new ETF on NYSE Euronext Paris on February 18, 2013:
:Listing date: 18/02/2013
Trading name: LYXOR ETF MTS SPA
ISIN: FR0011384148
Symbol:ES10
Benchmark Index: MTS Spain Gvt Index (All-Mat)
TER (%): 0.165
NYSE Euronext now has 670 listings of 580 ETFs listed on its European markets.
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Euro area investment fund statistics
February 18, 2013--In December 2012, the amount outstanding of shares/units issued by euro area investment funds other than money market funds was € 209 billion higher than one quarter earlier in September 2012.
This increase was due both to increases in share/unit prices and to net issues
of shares/units.
The amount outstanding of shares/units issued by euro area investment funds other than money market funds increased to € 6,558 billion in December 2012, from € 6,349 billion in September 2012. Over the same period, the amount outstanding of shares/units issued by euro area money market funds decreased to € 911 billion from € 942 billion.
Transactions1 in shares/units issued by euro area investment funds other than money market funds amounted to € 123 billion in the fourth quarter of 2012, while transactions in shares/units issued by money market funds amounted to minus € 22 billion.
Talk of dwindling ETF providers disputed
February 15, 2013--The belief that radical change is likely in the European exchange traded funds market on the back of BlackRock's recent acquisition of Credit Suisse's ETF business has been disputed by industry commentators.
According to Hector McNeil, co-chief executive of Boost, a new provider of leveraged and inverse exchange traded products, many of the investment banks that have ETF operations will exit the market because of increased regulation and revenue pressures.
German Banks Will Consider Hedge Fund Exit, Fitch Says
February 15, 2013--German banks may exit proprietary trading and hedge-fund businesses rather than set up separate units under a government plan to strengthen the finance industry, according to Fitch Ratings Ltd.
The banks could opt to stop “restricted activities rather than incur the costs of separation, as the affected businesses make relatively small contributions to earnings,” Fitch analysts including Michael Dawson-Kropf said in an e-mailed statement today. “Only a few banks would end up putting trading activities into separate subsidiaries.”
Euro area securities issues statistics
February 14, 2013--The annual growth rate of the outstanding amount of debt securities issued by euro area residents decreased from 2.9% in November 2012 to 2.1% in December.
For the outstanding amount of quoted shares issued by euro area
residents, the annual growth rate was 1.1% in December 2012, compared with 1.0% in November.
New issuance of debt securities by euro area residents totalled EUR 709 billion in December 2012.
Redemptions stood at EUR 815 billion and net redemptions amounted to EUR 75 billion.2 The annual
growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by euro area residents decreased from 2.9% in
November 2012 to 2.1% in December.
Deutsche expands physical ETF footprint with Japan launch
Deutsche Asset and Wealth Management has launched an exchange traded fund (ETF) physically tracking Japan’s Nikkei 225 index
February 27, 2013--Deutsche Asset and Wealth Management has launched an exchange traded fund (ETF) physically tracking Japan's Nikkei 225 index.
The db X-trackers Nikkei 225 Ucits ETFs ‘direct replication’ invests in the underlying index constituents, and joins the firm’s existing ‘indirect replication’ – or swap based – ETF on the Japanese market.
EU finance trade tax applicable globally: Brussels
February 14, 2013--A financial transactions tax to be adopted by 11 EU states should raise 30-35 billion euros each year but the levy will apply worldwide, the European Commission said Thursday, sparking a sharp reaction from opponents led by Britain.
The Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) imposes a tax of 0.1 percent on a trade in shares and bonds, and of 0.01 percent for derivative instruments.
