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ESMA publishes the responses to the consultation on Guidelines on remuneration policies and practices (MiFID)

December 17, 2012--ESMA has published the responses to the consultation on Guidelines on remuneration policies and practices (MiFID).

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Source: ESMA


German economy to shrink markedly: Bundesbank

December 17, 2012--The German economy, Europe's biggest, is set to contract "noticeably" in the fourth quarter of this year and will probably tread water early next year, the Bundesbank forecast on Monday.

"Current indicators point to a noticeable drop in economic production at the end of the year," largely due to weakness in the country's key industrial sector, the German central bank wrote in latest monthly report, reiterating its updated growth forecasts published 10 days ago.

The outlook for German companies had "deteriorated" amid a slowdown in global growth and falling demand from the rest of the eurozone, it said.

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Source: Yahoo News


SIX purchases Oslo Clearing ASA

SIX, Switzerland's financial market infrastructure group, agrees to purchase Oslo Clearing ASA from Oslo Børs ASA
December 17, 2012-- Oslo Clearing is 100% owned by Oslo Børs VPS Holding ASA, and is authorized to act as a central counterparty in accordance with the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.

Oslo Clearing currently carries out CCP clearing of financial directives and security lending products.SIX has agreed to acquire 100% of Oslo Clearing from Norway’s Oslo Børs at the price of approximately NOK 180 Millions (ca. CHF 30 Mio.), assuming freely available cash or book equity to amount to about NOK 120 millions (ca. CHF 20 Mio.). The acquisition is subject to customary approvals and other conditions and is therefore expected to close in Q2 2014. Oslo Clearing will be part of Securities Services, the post trade division of SIX.

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Source: SIX Securities Services


FESE European Equity Market Report -November 2012

December 17, 2012--FESE has published the 'European Equity Market Report' which gathers data from all the market segments operated by FESE members (including Regulated Markets and Multilateral Trading Facilities) as well as from the major MTFs operated by investment firms in the European market.

The FESE Statistics Methodology used in the Report has been agreed by all the trading venues involved, both RM and MTFs.

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Source: FESE


Two new Lyxor ETFs launched in the XTF segment on Xetra

December 17, 2012--Two new ETFs issued by Lyxor Asset Management have been tradable in Deutsche Börse's XTF segment since Monday.
ETF name: Lyxor ETF SG Global Quality Income NTR Share Class D-EUR
Asset class: equity index ETF
ISIN: LU0832436512
Total expense ratio: 0.45 percent

Distribution policy: distributing
Benchmark: SG Global Income NTR Index

ETF name: Lyxor ETF S&P 500 VIX Futures Enhanced Roll
Asset class: volatility
ISIN: LU0832435464
Total expense ratio: 0.60 percent
Distribution policy: non-distributing
Benchmark: S&P 500 VIX Futures Enhanced Roll Index

The Lyxor ETF SG Global Quality Income tracks the performance of global high-quality companies in industrialised countries that can expect above-average dividend yields and a sustained increase in value. "Quality income" companies have a history of high profitability, efficiency and strong balance sheets.

The Lyxor ETF S&P 500 VIX Futures Enhanced Roll tracks the implied volatility of the stocks in the S&P 500 using VIX futures contracts with varying maturities.

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Source: Deutsche Börse


Xetra-Gold most successful ETC on Xetra for past five years

Highest average turnover in ETC segment / New website to coincide with 5th birthday
December 14, 2012-- Xetra-Gold (ISIN: DE000A0S9GB0) has been the most frequently traded Exchange Traded Commodity (ETC) on Xetra since its launch on 14 December 2007.

With an average monthly turnover of €164.9 million, Xetra-Gold accounts for around 25 percent of Deutsche Börse's total ETC turnover. The issuer is Deutsche Börse Commodities GmbH, a joint venture between Deutsche Börse, five banks (Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, DZ Bank, B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. and Swiss bank Vontobel) and gold producer Umicore.

Xetra-Gold represents the spot price of one gram of gold and is also backed by physical gold. Trading in small quantities is highly liquid, with a spread of 10 basis points or lower. Deutsche Börse Commodities GmbH currently holds 53.3 tonnes of gold worth over €2.3 billion.

Xetra-Gold reached its peak of €44.28 on 28 September 2012, and its low since launch of €17.15 on 15 August 2008. It recorded its highest daily turnover of €107.9 million on 10 August 2011. August 2011 also saw Xetra-Gold's highest monthly turnover – a total of €899.7 million. The lowest monthly turnover was recorded in May 2008 (€24.8 million).

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Deutsche Börse Commodities


UCITS enjoy surge in net inflows of EUR 41 billion in October

December 14, 2012--The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has today published its latest Investment Fund Industry Fact Sheet*, which provides investment sales and asset data for October 2012.

26 associations representing more than 99.6 percent of total UCITS and non-UCITS assets at end October 2012 provided EFAMA with net sales and/or net assets data.

The main developments in October 2012 in the reporting countries can be summarised as follows:
Net inflows to UCITS surged in October to EUR 41 billion, as all fund categories recorded net inflows. This compares to net outflows of EUR 10 billion recorded in September.
Long-term UCITS (UCITS excluding money market funds) jumped in October to EUR 34 billion, up from EUR 13 billion in September.

Net inflows into bond funds amounted to EUR 25 billion, marking a significant increase compared to September (EUR 9 billion).

Equity funds recorded net inflows of EUR 3 billion for the second successive month.

Balanced funds enjoyed increased net sales in October of EUR 5 billion, up from EUR 2 billion in September.

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view the EFAMA Investment Fund Industry Fact Sheet-October 2012

Source: European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA)


Deutsche unveils inaugural physical ETF range

December 14, 2012--Db X-trackers, the exchange traded fund (ETF) arm of Deutsche Bank, has launched its first physical ETFs on the London Stock Exchange.

The direct replication products track the FTSE 100, the Euro Stoxx 50 and the Euro Stoxx 50 Ex Financial indices.

The launch marks the first time the provider has offered a range of physically-replicated products, as part of its new dual strategy in providing both direct and indirect replication ETFs.

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Source: CityWire


Unscheduled free float adjustment in TecDAX

Adjustment for XING AG as of 18
December 14, 2012--Deutsche Börse has announced an unscheduled adjustment to the free float of XING AG in TecDAX.

Due to the takeover by Burda Digital GmbH, the free float of XING AG altered by more than 10 percentage points. According to the guideline to the equity indices the company’s free float will thus be reduced from the current 68.7 percent to 39.45 percent.

The adjustment will become effective next Tuesday, 18 December 2012.

The next regular review of the Deutsche Börse blue-chip indices will be on 5 March 2013.

Source: Deutsche Börse


New Lyxor chief outlines ETF ambitions

December 14, 2012--Arnaud Llinas, the newly appointed global head of Lyxor's exchange traded fund and indexing business, aims to help Lyxor recapture market share to become Europe's second largest ETF provider by the end of 2013.

With assets of $37.4bn at the end of November, Lyxor is currently the third largest player in the European ETF market behind iShares ($132.4bn) and db-X trackers ($48.1bn), according to data from ETFGI, a consultancy.

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Source: FT.com


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