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UK Official holdings of international reserves, February 2013
March 5, 2013--This monthly press notice shows details of movements in December 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, in February 2013:
No intervention operations were undertaken.
Movements in reserves and levels of reserves were as follows:
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Source: HM Treasury
Changes to MDAX, SDAX and TecDAX
Deutsche Borse reviewed index composition/Changes are effective on 18 March 2013
March 5, 2013--On Tuesday Deutsche Börse decided on changes in its selection indices that will become effective 18 March 2013.
The following changes have been made to the MDAX Index: The shares of Norma Group AG will be included in the index and will replace the shares of Vossloh AG. Consequently, the shares of Vossloh AG will be included in SDAX and the shares of Norma Group will leave the index. In TecDAX the shares of Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG will be included, while the shares of Solarworld AG will leave the index.
The next regular index review will be held on 5 June 2013.
Source: Deutsche Borse
EMIR-what are the margin requirements for uncleared OTC derivatives?
March 5, 2013--Will there be universal initial margining, how will it be calculated, will thresholds be permitted, what will count as eligible collateral, will letters of credit be included and, if so, on what basis?
These main questions come to mind in conjunction to EMIR. A new White Paper by ReedSmith discusses the main principles of these proposals and what they mean to those working in financial markets.
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Source: Eurex
One year of impressive risk-adjusted performance from Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management actively managed ETF.
March 4, 2013--The first London-listed actively-managed exchange-traded fund-of-funds, the db xtrackers
SCM Multi Asset UCITS ETF, has reached its one-year anniversary since listing
(on 24th February), registering risk-adjusted outperformance versus standard benchmark
UK equities and UK Gilts indices.
The ETF, which provides exposure to a portfolio of exchange-traded products actively managed by SCM Private LLP, a third-party asset manager that specialises in running asset allocation portfolios primarily consisting of ETFs, had a Sharpe ratio- a common
measure of risk-adjusted returns – of 1.0% for the year since launch, posting returns of 7.85% p.a with volatility of 7.84% p.a.
The equivalent Sharpe ratios for the FTSE 100 Index and for the iBoxx Gilts Overall Index were, respectively, 0.79% p.a and 0.28% p.a*. The higher the Sharpe ratio the greater the return generated per unit of volatility.
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Source: Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management
New Sponsored Funds trading segment on SIX Swiss Exchange
March 4, 2013--SIX Swiss Exchange is today launching Sponsored Funds, a trading segment in which conventional investment funds can be traded. This segment has been realized in conjunction with Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd, which is also acting as the first sponsor.
Until now, investors were only able to subscribe to or redeem fund units on the primary market. The new trading segment now allows them to trade conventional investment funds including equities, bonds, structured products and also exchange traded funds (ETFs) on the stock exchange efficiently and – above all – in a timely way that suits the market. This option to process orders on the secondary market differs from the primary market, in which calculation of the execution price – NAV (net asset value) – and order execution are subject to a delay.
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Source: SIX Swiss Exchange
Two new Lyxor-ETFs launched in the XTF segment on Xetra
ETFs track VIX based volatility indices
March 4, 2013--Two new exchange-listed equity index funds from the issuer Lyxor Asset Management have been tradable in Deutsche Borse's XTF segment since Monday.
ETF name: Lyxor ETF Dynamic Long VIX Futures Index -EUR
Asset class: volatility
ISIN: LU0871960976
Total expense ratio: 0.75 percent
Distribution policy: non-distributing
Benchmark: Dynamic Long VIX Futures Index
ETF name: Lyxor ETF Dynamic Short VIX Futures Index- EUR
Asset class: volatility
ISIN: LU0871961511
Total expense ratio: 0.40 percent
Distribution policy: non-distributing
Benchmark: Dynamic Short VIX Futures Index
The two new Lyxor ETFs offer investors access to the performance of two VIX based volatility indices.
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Source: Xetra/FWB
FSA publishes discussion paper on transparency
March 4, 2013--The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published a discussion paper looking at how transparency and more effective disclosure could improve the accountability of the regulator and the financial services industry, and help consumers make more informed decisions.
The incoming Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is committed to being a transparent regulator and to being open to scrutiny from consumers, firms and Parliament. As part of this, it is keen to gather views and ideas from interested parties about information which, if disclosed, would be helpful for firms and consumers.
view the Consultation paper-Transparency DP13/1
Source: FSA
Tradition appoints Jason Griffin head of sales for Navesis-ETF
March 4, 2013--Navesis-ETF, the fully electronic trading platform designed to enhance the way exchange traded funds (ETFs) are traded, today announced the appointment of Jason Griffin as Head of Sales, Navesis-ETF, as the platform continues its ambitious expansion plans.
Navesis-ETF has also released new matching functionality which will enable clients to run multiple matches, at potentially flat spreads, throughout the trading day and with no minimum size constraint.
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Source: Finextra
Boerse Stuttgart reports monthly turnover of around EUR 7.7 billion
Leverage products up //Surge in demand for index and participation certificates
March 4, 2013--According to its order book statistics, Boerse Stuttgart generated turnover of around EUR 7.7 billion in February 2013, slightly down on the figure for January.
Securitised derivatives accounted for the largest share of turnover. In this asset class, the volume of trading in February was almost unchanged on the figure for January at around EUR 3.6 billion.
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Soure: Boerse Stuttgart
Oxfam takes food fight to Belgium
March 3, 2013--Oxfam's fight to stamp out trading in food commodities is heading for Belgium, following its success with similar campaigns in France and Germany.
Oxfam is investigating KBC and Dexia as well as French banks and insurers with a Belgian presence such as BNP Paribas, ING Bank and Axa to examine the degree to which these institutions speculate in food commodities. Oxfam’s plan is to discourage them from doing so, on the view that market trading in food commodities ratchets up food prices around the world.
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Source: FT.com
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