Italian financial transactions tax-Italy imposes Tobin tax on financial transactions
February 21, 2013--Introduction
Italy has introduced a domestic tax on financial transactions (FTT-so called Tobin Tax). The new tax will be imposed on certain financial transactions executed as from 1 March 2013 and on others executed as from 1 July 2013.
Relevant Transactions, Excluded Transactions and Exempt Parties
The FTT applies to certain financial transactions (the Relevant Transactions), wherever executed and regardless of the nationality of the parties.
The five categories of Relevant Transactions are:
transfers of shares and participating financial instruments issued by Italian resident entities (Shares and PFIs), including those transfers on conversions of bonds (except for newly issued shares). Bonds, quotas and fund units are, instead, excluded (further exclusions may be introduced with a subsequent ministerial decree)
transfer of other instruments representing such Shares and PFIs (for example, ADRs – American Depositary Receipts)
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Source: Norton Rose
Healthy prognosis for European ETF market
February 20, 2013--The US has led the global exchange-traded funds market since the early 1990s, but market practitioners are bullish about the prospects for Europe.
Assets under management in ETFs grew 23% last year to reach $369bn, and in January continued growing to a $389bn all-time high.
ETF provider iShares had the highest net inflows in 2012 in Europe with $18.6bn. However, Stephen Cohen, head of investment strategy and insights Emea, thinks there are even better times ahead. He said: “We feel we are on the verge of a real pickup of ETFs in Europe.”
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Source: Financial News
Deutsche Bank sheds db X-trackers ETF brand
February 20, 2013--Deutsche Bank's newly merged asset and wealth management division is undergoing a major rebranding exercise to bring consistency to its marketing message.
Germany’s largest lender is in the process of scrapping the numerous brands that are grouped under its recently formed asset and wealth management division.
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Source: FT.com
Environment committee backs emissions trading fix
February 19, 2013--A freeze in the auction of some pollution allowances should be allowed to help boost green investments, according to environment committee MEPs voting on draft legislation on Tuesday.
The growing surplus of pollution allowances – due to initial oversupply and the economic slowdown – has seen the carbon price fall well below levels estimated when the EU emissions trading system (ETS) was created.
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Source: European Parliament
Boost ETP Signs up three new authorised participants
February 19, 2013--Boost ETP, a new independent provider of ETPs, has signed up three new Authorised Participants (APs): Flow Traders, ABN Amro and UBS.
Each of the new APs are world class ETF market makers and will add significantly to the depth of liquidity available on the Boost 3x leveraged and 3x short ETP platform.
Boost ETP currently works with more than 15 market makers. Boost operates an open and competitive market making model which promotes deeper liquidity across its range of ETPs; this is in contrast to the single AP model adopted by many of BOOST’s competitors, which means investors benefit from greater liquidity and tighter pricing through an open model.
Mid-December 2012 saw Boost list Europe’s first platform of 3x long and 3x short ETPs, 10 ETPs and 10 Exchange Traded Commodities (ETCs) on the London Stock Exchange, the first of its kind in Europe.
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Source: Boost ETP
DB-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-ETF Research - European Weekly ETF Market Review
February 19, 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 our 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
DB-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-ETF Research-ETF Research - Market Access - European ETF and ETC Product Directory
February 19, 2013-- The updated version of the European ETP directory is now available. This document includes all European domiciled exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and exchange-traded commodities (ETCs).
The directory is organised by asset class and it has been sorted by benchmark exposure and by ETF issuer, in alphabetical order. A number of key information per product have been included in order to enable the reader to get an overview in their respective area of interest.
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Source: Deutsche Bank - Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy - Europe
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.
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Source: Reuters
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.
Visit http://etp.nyx.com for more info
Source: NYSE Euronext
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.
Source: Deutsche Börse
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