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High-level Expert group on reforming the structure of the EU banking sector presents its report
October 2, 2012--The Commission has today received the report prepared by the High-level Expert Group on reforming the structure of the EU banking sector (MEMO/12/129). The Group chaired by Erkki Liikanen presented the main findings to Michel Barnier, Commissioner for internal market and services.
Governor Erkki Liikanen said "The report contains the Group's recommendations for further reforms of the banking sector, including structural reform. Building on the substantial measures already under way, I believe that the Group's recommendations would if implemented provide for a safer, more stable and efficient banking system serving the needs of citizens, the EU economy and the internal market."
Internal Market and Services Commissioner Michel Barnier said "I would like to extend my thanks to Erkki Liikanen and the members of the group. This is an important report that will inform our policy on regulating the financial sector. The report underlines the excessive risks taken by banks in the past, and makes important recommendations to make sure that banks work in the interest of their customers". He continued: "This report will feed our reflections on the need for further action. I will now consider the next steps, in which the Commission will look at the impact of these recommendations both on growth and on the safety and integrity of financial services. We need to look at these questions also in light of the financial reforms that I have already put on the table of the European Parliament and the Council".
In brief, the Group recommends actions in the five following areas:
Mandatory separation of proprietary trading and other high-risk trading activities,
Possible additional separation of activities conditional on the recovery and resolution plan
view the High-level Expert Group on reforming the structure of the EU banking sector report
Source: Europa
September's turnover at Boerse Stuttgart around EUR 7.2 billion
Increase in equity and investment fund trading// Large increase in turnover in German government bonds ('Bunds')
October 2, 2012--According to its order book statistics, Boerse Stuttgart generated turnover of about EUR 7.2 billion in September 2012.
The trading volume was therefore around the same as in August 2012. At more than EUR 3.5 billion, securitised derivatives accounted for the largest share of the turnover in September. Turnover in this asset class was also almost unchanged in comparison with the previous month. The transaction volume in leverage products amounted to almost EUR 1.4 billion, while investment products contributed more than EUR 2.1 billion to the total turnover.
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Source: Boerse Stuttgart
Average daily volume of 10.2 million contracts at Eurex Group in September
October 1, 2012--In September 2012, the international derivatives markets of Eurex Group recorded an average daily volume of 10.2 million contracts (September 2011: 12.4 million).
Of those, 7.5 million were Eurex Exchange contracts (September 2011: 9.1 million), and 2.7 million contracts (September 2011: 3.3 million) were traded at the U.S.-based International Securities Exchange (ISE).
At Eurex Exchange, the equity index derivatives segment totaled 68.9 million contracts (September 2011: 112.6 million). The single largest contract was the future on the EURO STOXX 50® Index with 30.6 million contracts. The option on this blue chip index totaled 23.5 million contracts. Futures on the DAX index recorded 3.1 million contracts while the DAX options reached another 3.8 million contracts. The Eurex KOSPI Product recorded 1.7 million contracts.
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Source: Eurex
NASDAQ OMX-Trading Statistics September 2012
Significant increase in trading volumes compared to August-volumes still down from last year
October 1, 2012--NASDAQ OMX today publishes monthly trade statistics for the Nordic and Baltic markets.
Below follows a summary of the statistics for September 2012:
The share trading on NASDAQ OMX Nordic decreased by 15.1 % to a daily average of 2.0bn EUR, compared to 2.4bn EUR in September 2011. Compared to the previous month, August 2012, the daily average increased by 26.7%.
Derivatives trading decreased by 10 % to a daily average of 519,069 contracts, compared with 577,456 contracts in September 2011.
ETF trading1 (Exchange Traded Funds) decreased by 52.6 % to a daily average of 55m EUR compared to 115m EUR in September 2011.
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Source: NASDAQ OMX
UniCredit launches products on all short and leverage indices of the Vienna Stock Exchange
October 1, 2012--The Vienna Stock Exchange welcomes UniCredit onemarkets as the first issuer of structured products on all short and leverage indices calculated by the exchange. UniCredit is one of the most active issuers of products on indices of the Vienna Stock Exchange.
Short and leverage indices address investors who are willing to take risks and who want to participate in the development of a specific index. The indices are tied to an underlying index and reproduce its daily performance with a fixed leverage. The Vienna Stock Exchange offers short indices as well as double short indices (factor 2) and leverage indices with factors 2 and 4 on the following reference indices: ATX, CECE EUR and RDX EUR. All indices are designed to be used as underlying for structured products.
The index range of the Vienna Stock Exchange enjoys high popularity among international investors because of the high quality, uniform calculation methodology and preciseness. Products issued on the indices can be traded on all European markets. Most products worldwide with a reference to Eastern Europe are based on indices of the Vienna Stock Exchange. Most of the issuers and licensees come from the United Kingdom (21%), followed by Germany (11%), Scandinavia (11%) and Austria (11%).
For further information on the indices of the Vienna Stock Exchange, please visit www.indices.cc.
Source: Wiener Börse AG
IMKB and Vienna Stock Exchange join forces to launch two new indices
October 1, 2012--The stock exchanges of Istanbul and Vienna have joined forces in a unique cooperation project and launched the IBTX (Istanbul Traded Index) and IBTX Banking today.
The IBTX is calculated based on the prices of the twenty most actively traded shares of the Istanbul Stock Exchange. The IBTX Banking index consists of the most liquid Turkish banking stocks. Both indices can be used as a benchmark and underlying for standardized derivatives (futures and options) as well as an underlying for structured products (warrants, index certificates and ETFs). Investors have already demonstrated keen interest, especially in the IBTX, and two Austrian issuers have already announced their intention to immediately start issuing IBTX certificates.
“We, as Borsa İstanbul, are very glad to have signed such an agreement with the Vienna Stock Exchange. We believe that this index project will serve the interests of both exchanges, strengthening cooperation and contributing to our efforts in dealing with the global challenges faced by regional exchanges,” said Ibrahim M. Turhan, Ph.D., Chairman & CEO of the Istanbul Stock Exchange. The Istanbul Stock Exchange is one of the fastest-growing markets in the world, with a market capitalization that increased steadily over the past few years and reached EUR 210.4 billion by the end of August. Currently 398 companies can be traded on the Istanbul Stock Exchange and the monthly trading volume stands at approx. EUR 33.1 billion. This cooperation highlights the international index competence displayed by the Vienna Stock Exchange, with most CEE-related structured products worldwide being currently based on its indices. The Vienna Stock Exchange calculates a total of 82 indices, whereof 62 track national, regional and sector developments in the CEE/CIS area.
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Source: Istanbul Stock Exchange
Credit Suisse Said to Consider Merging Its Asset-Management Unit
September 29, 2012--Bloomberg reports: Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN), Switzerland’s second-biggest bank, is considering combining its asset-management unit with the private and investment banking divisions, a person familiar with the matter said.
The Zurich-based bank hasn’t made a decision on the consolidation, said the person, who asked not to be identified because the deliberations are private.
Source: Albourne Village Newsletter
Barclays opens new London gold vault
The first British bank-owned gold vault to open in over five years, Barclays is expecting demand for space from pension funds, central banks and sovereign wealth funds.
September 29, 2012--Too much gold and just nowhere to put it? A high security solution to bullion storage issues is at hand at a secret location somewhere inside London's orbital motorway-the first British bank-owned gold vault to open in over five years.
Barclays (BARC.L) new vault anticipates demand from pension funds, central banks and sovereign wealth funds who have been scooping up the precious metal that has doubled in value since late 2008.
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Source: MineWeb
BlackRock Buys Stake in Moscow Bourse, Vedomosti Says
September 28, 2012--BlackRock Inc. (BLK), the world's biggest asset manager, bought a stake in the Moscow Exchange from the Russia Direct Investment Fund, a government-backed private-equity fund, Vedomosti reported,
citing two unidentified people close to the bourse’s shareholders.
The RDIF owns 2.7 percent of the bourse. The newspaper didn’t identify the size of the stake BlackRock bought.
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Source: Bloomberg
EU Derivatives Rulebook Set to Increase Transparency .
September 27, 2012--Companies that engage in foreign-exchange hedging of less than $3 billion will be exempt from new rules forcing nearly all derivatives transactions to be reported and routed through central counterparty clearing houses.
In a rulebook published on Thursday, the European Securities and Markets Authority set standards for over-the-counter interest rate, credit, equity, foreign-exchange and commodity trading ahead of the implementation of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation by the end of the year. It also set a framework for regulating clearing houses, such as Eurex Clearing AG and LCH. Clearnet Ltd., for the first time ever.
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Source: Wall Street Journal
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