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Simon Klein and Nizam Hamid exit Lyxor Asset Management, Klein rejoins Deutsche Bank
December 7, 2012-- Head of ETF strategy at French ETF provider exits as Arnaud Llinas is named global head of ETFs & Indexing in Paris
Nizam Hamid, head of ETF strategy at Lyxor Asset Management,
the wholly owned subsidiary of Societe Generale, has left the exchange-traded funds (ETF) provider, according to sources. Simon Klein, global head of business development and head of ETF Europe at Lyxor has also left the bank.
Klein is to join Deutsche Bank's Asset & Wealth Management (AWM) division in the newly created role of head of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and exchange-traded commodity (ETC) sales for EMEA and Asia. Klein was previously head of ETFs, Europe, and global head of business development, ETFs and indexing, at Lyxor Asset Management, and before that head of ETF distribution at Deutsche.
Boost Launch of FTSE 100 3x leveraged & 3x short ETPs on LSE
December 7, 2012--Boost ETP, the independent exchange traded product (ETP) provider, yesterday announced the launch of its first ETPs on the London Stock Exchange.
The two ETPs have been designed to return 3x the daily movement, long or short, of the FTSE 100 benchmark index and are the first of their kind by a European ETP provider.
Below are the first two products:
'3UKL' will provide long exposure equal to 3x the daily change of the FTSE 100 Super Leveraged RT TR Index (less fees and adjustments).
'3UKS' will provide short exposure equal to 3x the daily change of the FTSE 100 Daily Ultra Short Strategy RT Gross TR Index (less fees and adjustments).
Co-CEO, Hector McNeil comments:
'Yesterday was a landmark day for Boost ETP as we listed our first ETPs on the London Stock Exchange. We believe our products are exciting additions to the UK ETP market and introduce investment products which investors currently demand, but are not yet available.'
Visit www.boostetp.com for more information.
BOOST ETP Selects FTSE to Support New ETP Launches
December 6, 2012--BOOST ETP, the newest entrant to the European exchange traded products market, has chosen FTSE benchmarks for the creation of a new range of exchange traded products.
Boost ETP was launched in October 2012 by Hector McNeil and Nik Bienkowski, two veterans of the European ETF industry, who saw an opportunity for an independent issuer focused on a specialised product range and on transparency.
Earlier this year, FTSE established a dedicated ETP service unit to support its rapidly expanding global ETF business, which includes more than 300 ETF listings on over 20 exchanges worldwide. Globally, more than US $124 billion of ETF assets are currently benchmarked against FTSE indices or will transition to FTSE indices in coming months.
IMKB and NYSE Liffe to launch on Turkish stocks and the IMKB 30 index
December 6, 2012--İstanbul Menkul Kıymetler Borsası(IMKB) and NYSE Liffe, the European derivatives business of NYSE Euronext, today announced the launch of futures and options contracts based on some of the constituents of the IMKB 30 Index.
The new contracts will be available for trading before the end of this year on IMKB and in the first quarter of 2013 on NYSE Liffe London market.
Standard Individual Equity Option Contracts on some of the constituents of the IMKB 30 Index will be available to trade on IMKB and on NYSE Liffe’s London central order book. NYSE Liffe will also make available, via Bclear, flexible Universal Stock Futures and standard and flexible Individual Equity Option Contracts based on some of the constituents of the IMKB 30 Index. In addition, the exchanges will also list derivatives on Turkey’s leading index the IMKB 30 Index in due course.
Second estimates for the third quarter of 2012-GDP down by 0.1% in the euro area and up by 0.1% in the EU27
-0.6% and -0.4% respectively compared with the third quarter of 2011
December 6, 2012--GDP fell by 0.1% in the euro area1 (EA17) and increased by 0.1% in the EU271 during the third quarter of 2012, compared with the previous quarter, according to second estimates published by Eurostat, the statistical office
of the European Union.
In the second quarter of 2012, growth rates were -0.2% in both zones.
Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, seasonally adjusted GDP fell by 0.6% in the euro area and by 0.4% in the EU27 in the third quarter of 2012, after -0.5% and -0.3% respectively in the previous quarter. Variation in components of GDP During the third quarter of 2012, household2 final consumption expenditure remained stable in the euro area and increased by 0.1% in the EU27 (after -0.4% and -0.3% respectively in the previous quarter).
Gross fixed capital formation fell by 0.7% in the euro area and by 0.6% in the EU27 (after -1.8% and -1.7%). Exports rose by 0.9% in both zones (after +1.6% and +1.2%), while imports increased by 0.2% in the euro area and by 0.1% in the EU27 (after +0.6% and +0.7%).
FSA consults on changes to the regulation and supervision of benchmarks
December 5, 2012--The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has proposed new rules and regulations for financial benchmarks. This follows the recommendations of the Wheatley Review of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR).
Benchmarks are used across financial markets in a broad range of activities. They have historically been set by the financial markets themselves, and existed outside of any regulatory regime. In the case of LIBOR, this industry-led approach has failed. On 2 July 2012 the Chancellor of the Exchequer commissioned Martin Wheatley, managing director of the FSA and CEO designate of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), to undertake a review of the structure and governance of LIBOR and the corresponding criminal sanctions regime.
view the consultation paper-The regulation
and supervision of benchmarks
Talanx to be included in SDAX
Deutsche Börse reviews index composition/ Changes are effective on 27 December 2012
December 5, 2012--On Wednesday Deutsche Börse decided on changes in its selection indices. The following changes have been made to the SDAX Index: The shares of Talanx will be included in the index and will replace the shares of Constantin Medien.
The changes will be effective as of 27 December 2012. The next regular index review will be held on 5 March 2013.
Please go to www.dax-indices.com for further information.
UK Official holdings of international reserves November 2012
December 5, 2012--This monthly release shows details of movements in November in the UK's official holdings of international reserves, which consist of gold, foreign currency assets and International Monetary Fund assets.
These reserves are maintained primarily so that the UK Government’s reserves could be used to intervene to support Sterling, or the Bank of England’s reserves could be used to support the Bank’s monetary policy objectives. If such interventions were to occur, then they would be shown and explained in this release. The Background note at the end of this release explains more about the reserves, and about these statistics.
In summary this month’s release shows that:
No intervention operations were undertaken.
Movements in reserves and levels of reserves were as follows:
S&P cuts Greece rating to 'selective default'
December 5, 2012--Standard & Poor's cut Greece's already junk-level debt rating to "selective default" Wednesday after the country launched an operation to buy back debt at a big discount.
Greece was cut from CCC, the lowest level before default, S&P said, because its invitation to investors to sell back the Greek bonds they hold at discounts to face value "constitutes the launch of what we consider to be a distressed debt restructuring."
"The offer, in our view, implies the investor will receive less value than the promise of the original securities; and we believe the offer is distressed, rather than purely opportunistic."
Eurozone downturn may have hit 'nadir': Markit
December 5, 2012--Private sector business activity across the eurozone may have hit a three-and-a-half-year "nadir," the Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) survey showed on Tuesday.
The Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), a leading indicator compiled by the London-based Markit research firm, produced a combined manufacturing and services score of 46.5 points, better than a flash estimate of 45.8 and up from October's 45.7.
"There are signs that the recession may have reached a nadir," said Markit chief economist Chris Williamson.
