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DAX's Creator Recalls 'Quantum Leap' on 25th Anniversary
July 1, 2013--Before Artur Fischer oversaw the development of Germany's benchmark DAX Index (DAX), which began operations 25 years ago today, he says investors had little insight into the performance of the nation's shares.
“The formation of the DAX was a quantum leap,” Fischer, who is now joint chief executive officer of Boerse Berlin, said in a telephone interview last week. “I was responsible for the innovation to calculate a real-time index, providing a moving picture of what German stocks were doing. Before, the index was just calculated once a day
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Source: Bloomberg
Istanbul as an emerging financial center
June 30, 2013--A financial center is defined as a city or a district that has a concentration of financial institutions that play a financial intermediary function, offer a highly developed commercial and communication infrastructure and where a great many domestic and international trading transactions are realized.
Global financial centers have truly global properties and only a few centers fully possess that role, such as London and New York. International financial centers also conduct a significant volume of cross-border transactions, such as occurs in Hong Kong and Singapore. These centers can be of different sizes and levels of capability. An international financial center can and does fulfill more than one role, but London and New York are considered the only two financial centers that are truly global.Main characteristics of financial centersA financial center is where financial institutions are aggregated and they accumulate public and private funds; it should include a clearing center, with high quality financial service systems. It must encourage financial innovation and have standard and transparent financial regulations. Furthermore, a financial center attracts professional talent. Centers are located close to other key areas, such as focal points for economic and trade activity, shipping facilities and so on.
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Source: Today's Zaman
NYSE Euronext announces a new ETF on European markets -LYX ETF SXXT DR D
June 28, 2013--NYSE Euronext is pleased to announce that Lyxor has listed one new ETF on NYSE Euronext Paris on 28 June, 2013:
ETF Symbol: MFDD
Listing date: 28/06/2013
ETF Trading name: LYX ETF SXXT DR D
Underlying index: EURO STOXX INDEX
TER: 0.3%
NYSE Euronext now has 672 listings of 583 ETFs listed on its European markets.
Source: NYSE Euronext
Basel Committee consults on derivatives-related reforms to capital adequacy framework
June 28, 2013--The Basel Committee today released two consultative papers on the treatment of derivatives-related transactions under the capital adequacy framework.
The non-internal model method for capitalising counterparty credit risk exposures outlines a proposal to improve the methodology for assessing the counterparty credit risk associated with derivative transactions. The proposal would, when finalised, replace the capital framework's existing methods - the Current Exposure Method (CEM) and the Standardised Method. It improves on the risk sensitivity of the CEM by differentiating between margined and unmargined trades. The proposed non-internal model method updates supervisory factors to reflect the level of volatilities observed over the recent stress period and provides a more meaningful recognition of netting benefits. At the same time, the proposed method is suitable for a wide variety of derivatives transactions, reduces the scope for discretion by banks and avoids undue complexity.
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Source: BIS
Citywire db X-trackers Emerging Markets Sentiment Indicator soll Hinweise auf zukunftige Kapitalflusse geben
June 27, 2013--Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management und Citywire stellen den ,,Citywire db X-trackers Emerging Markets Sentiment Indicator" (EMSI) vor. Er wird unabhängig von Citywire ermittelt,
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management ist Sponsor des Indikators. Der ,,Citywire db X-trackers Emerging Markets Sentiment Indicator" beabsichtigt ein vorausschauender Indikator
für potentielle Kapitalflüsse in dem Segment Emerging Markets zu sein.
Es ist der erste Gradmesser dieser Art in Europa und bildet die Einschätzung von professionellen
Fondsmanagern ab, wie sie einzelne Schwellenländer und die Anlageklasse Emerging Markets insgesamt bewerten.
Er basiert auf den Ergebnissen einer von Citywire in jedem Quartal unabhängig durchgeführten Umfrage bei
101 professionellen Fondsmanagern mit Schwerpunkt Schwellenländer, die gemeinsam rund 200 Milliarden Euro verwalten.
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Source: Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management
GAM Holding plans to launch physically backed base metals ETFs
June 27, 2013--Switzerland's largest listed asset manager GAM Holding said on Thursday it will launch exchange-traded funds (ETF) for industrial metals, backed by physical aluminium, copper, nickel and zinc.
Swiss and Global, a fund manager for bank Julius Baer and part of GAM Holding, said the funds would store the four metals in warehouses registered with the London Metals Exchange (LME) in Europe, Asia and the United States.
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Source: Reuters
June 2013: Economic sentiment improves markedly in both the euro area and the EU
June 27, 2013--In June the Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) improved markedly, continuing last month's increase.
Sentiment increased by 1.8 points in both the euro area (to 91.3) and the EU (to 92.6).
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Source: European Commission
Swiss & Global Expands in Industrial Metals Funds With Trafigura
June 27, 2013--Swiss & Global Asset Management AG, manager of precious metals exchange-traded products, is expanding into physical industrial metals supplied by Trafigura Beheer BV.
The JB Industrial Metals Funds will hold aluminum, copper, nickel and zinc, according to a company statement e-mailed today. They will start this year, according to Stephan Mueller, product developer of the industrial and precious metals funds. Trafigura will sell the metal, stored by its NEMS unit, a warehouse company approved by the London Metal Exchange, he said by phone today from Zurich.
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Source: Bloomberg
DB-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-Europe-ETF Research-European Weekly ETF Market Review
June 27, 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.
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Source: Deutsche Bank -Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy -Europe
Council sets out its position on transparency rules for investment products
June 26, 2013--The Permanent Representatives Committee agreed today, on behalf of the Council, its
position on a draft regulation aimed at improving market transparency for retail investors (11430/13).
It called on the presidency to start negotiations with the European Parliament with the aim of adopting the regulation at first reading.
The proposal forms part of a legislative package dedicated to strengthening consumer trust in financial markets. It sets out to ensure that retail investors always receive the information they need to take informed decisions.
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Source: Council of the European Union
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