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NYSE Euronext announces new ETF on European markets
November 26, 2012--NYSE Euronext is pleased to announce that ThinkCapital ETFs N.V. has listed one new ETF on NYSE Euronext Amsterdam market on November 26, 2012
Listing Date:26/11/2012
Trading Name:TC iAAT
ISIN: NL0010273801
Symbol: TAT
Benchmark index:MSCI Frontier Markets IndexiBoxx Gov AAA-AA 1-5 Index
TER:0.15
NYSE Euronext has now 588 ETFs listed on the Euronext markets.
EU banks want delay for new rules: letter
November 26, 2012--European banks have asked EU Internal Market Commissioner Michel Barnier and other European Union leaders to postpone Basel III regulations aimed at strengthening the financial sector in view of a similar US decision which the banks say would put them at a disadvantage.
"I ask the participants to take into account the problem of an unlevel playing field created by this US decision," said Christian Clausen, head of the European Banking Federation (EBF), in a letter to Barnier
Swiss Regulator Puts UBS on Tight Leash
November 26, 2012--Less than a week after a former employee was convicted in a $2.3 billion trading fraud, UBS AG UBS was slapped with a nearly $50 million fine by British authorities, and Swiss regulators announced restrictive measures, including a ban on investment-banking acquisitions by the firm.
Britain's Financial Services Authority said Monday that it fined the Zurich-based bank £29.7 million ($47.6 million) over the 2011 rogue-trading incident. The fine, which ranks among the largest ever imposed by the U.K. regulator, had been expected.
EU budget summit ends without deal: EU
November 23, 2012--A European Union summit wound up Friday with "no agreement" sealed for the bloc's next long-term budget, officials from several EU delegations said.
"There is no agreement," one official said.
With the 27 heads of state and government bitterly divided over spending policy, there had been little hope of a deal on a trillioneuro budget for 2014-20 during the two-day summit.
Societe Generale : vers la cession de Newedge?
23 nov. 2012-Nouvelle cession en vue pour la Société Générale et le Crédit Agricole ? Selon "Les Echos" qui cite des sources de marché, des discussions ont lieu avec des banques et courtiers pour une vente de la société de courtage Newedge, codétenue par les deux établissements français.
Une cession en plusieurs parties pourrait être envisagée, en séparant l'exécution du "clearing" (compensation) et des restructurations seraient par ailleurs à l'étude, précise le quotidien.
