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DB-Equity Derivatives and Quantitative Strategy Research-Europe
August 29, 2012--Please find attached the most recent issue of the Weekly European ETF Market Monitor.
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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STOXX Changes Composition Of Benchmark Indices -Results Of The Third Regular Quarterly Review To Be Effective On September 24, 2012
Results of the Third Regular Quarterly Review to be Effective on September 24, 2012
August 28, 2012--STOXX Limited, the market-moving provider of innovative, tradable and global
index concepts, today announced the new composition of the STOXX Benchmark and their sub-and sector indices, among them the STOXX Europe 600 Index, STOXX North America 600 Index and STOXX
Asia/Pacific 600 Index.
Effective as of the open of European markets on September 24, 2012, the following stocks will be added to
and deleted from the STOXX Europe 600 Index and its respective size and sector indices:
Eurex: More Than 146 million Single Stock Futures Traded
August 28, 2012--Eurex's Single Stock Futures have undergone an exceptionally positive development. The number of tradable products as well as the trading volumes have continuously increased.
Eurex market participants are now able to trade Single Stock Futures on 850+ names, from 20 different global markets, including emerging markets.
More than 146 million contracts have been traded from January to the end of July 2012 with a daily average of 980,000 contracts. The Flexible Futures facility is used extensively with more than 11.7 million contracts traded during the same period.
Anthony Da Costa And Mark Rodino Join STOXX Limited
August 27, 2012--STOXX Limited, the market-moving provider of innovative, tradable and global index concepts, today announced Anthony Da Costa and Mark Rodino have joined the company as chief operating officer (COO) and global head of sales, respectively, effective immediately.
“Anthony’s and Mark’s large experience in the index business and the derivatives space will be a great advantage for STOXX Limited,” said Hartmut Graf, chief executive officer, STOXX Limited. “Both of them will be a valuable asset to our global team, and we are confident that they will contribute to STOXX’s success.”
Monetary developments in the euro area-July 2012
August 27, 2012--The annual growth rate of the broad monetary aggregate M3 increased to 3.8% in July 2012, from 3.2% in June 2012.1
The three-month average of the annual growth rates of M3 in the period from May 2012 to July 2012 increased to 3.4%, from 3.0% in the period from April 2012 to June 2012.
EU rules will not kill complex Ucits
August 26, 2012--New European investment rules are expected to do little to stop fund managers creating vehicles based on complex and opaque financial indices that have been criticised as a potential threat to the integrity of the Ucits brand.
The EU’s existing Ucits rules ban the physical shorting of stocks or trading in commodities or commodity futures, largely to protect smaller investors from excessive volatility.
Brink's to Open One of Largest Bullion Vaults as ETPs Climb
August 24, 2012--The Brink's Co. (BCO), which stores and transports bullion, is set to open one of the world's largest precious metals vaults in the London area within the next month, at a time when investors' gold holdings are at a record.
The firm plans to open the facility with a major London clearing company and is considering opening another vault next year, Orit Eyal-Fibeesh, managing director for Brink’s in the U.K., said in an e-mail yesterday. The vault will be able to hold a “very substantial” amount of metal, she said, without being more specific.
British economy shrinks by 0.5%
August 24, 2012--Britain's economic output fell by 0.5% in the second quarter, which was better than previously thought but still left the country mired in recession, official data showed on Friday.
"UK gross domestic product (GDP) in volume terms decreased by 0.5% in the second quarter of 2012, revised from the previously estimated 0.7% decline," the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in a statement.
Smaller-than-expected falls in the production and construction sectors were behind the revision.
Bucharest Stock Exchange-On August 29 starts trading the first ETF of the Romanian capital market
August 24, 2012--On August 29 starts trading the first ETF of the Romanian capital market Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) announces the trading start of the fund units of the Open Investment Fund ETF BET Tradeville (symbol: TVBETETF; ISIN: ROETF0000019)
on the BVB regulated market as of August 29,2012.
ETF BET Tradeville is the first ETF listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange, which diversifies the investment options available on BVB.
Issuer details:
name: SAI Vanguard Asset Management SA
address: 34-36 Carol I Blvd., IBC Modern Building, 10th floor, 2nd District, Bucharest
web site: www.sai-vanguard.ro
Total net assets of UCITS increased in June by 0.3%, while non-UCITS net assets increased 2.2%
August 23, 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 June 2012.
24 associations representing more than 97 per cent of total UCITS and non-UCITS assets at end June 2012 provided us with net sales and/or net assets data. The main developments in June 2012 in the reporting countries can be summarised as follows:
Net sales of UCITS recorded a sharp turnaround in June registering net outflows of EUR 33 billion, against net inflows of EUR 22 billion in May. This turnaround came on the back of large net outflows from money market funds.
Long-term UCITS (UCITS excluding money market funds) registered net outflows in June of EUR 9 billion, compared to net inflows of EUR 8 billion in May.
Bond funds saw net inflows reduce to EUR 5 billion from EUR 20 billion a month earlier.
Outflows from balanced funds increased to EUR 3 billion during the month.
Equity funds, however, recorded reduced net outflows totaling EUR 9 billion, compared to EUR 12 billion in May.
view the EFAMA INVESTMENT FUND INDUSTRY FACT SHEET-JUNE 2012
