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BoE is running out of policy options

August 8, 2012-- Britain's economic recovery is now projected to be weaker and more protracted than had been expected a few months ago, and raises questions about just how far monetary policy can be used to boost demand.

According to the Bank of England’s quarterly inflation report, the economy is expected to be expanding at an annual rate of 2.1 per cent in two years’ time, down from a forecast of 2.6 per cent in May and down from a forecast for early 2015, made just six months ago, of 3.4 per cent.

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Source: FT.com


Time to play ETFs in 'efficient' markets

August 8, 2012--SEB fund selector Andreas Bichler has clear guidelines about when to use active and passive investments. When markets are efficient ETFs are king.

Frankfurt-based Andreas Bichler, head of fund selection at SEB Asset Management, who gives equal weight to the use of active and passive funds.

He believes active managers have a key role in maximising returns from inefficient markets, but where an index is steady and close to unbeatable, funds like ETFs are the obvious choice.

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Source: CityWire


European ETF market hits record high

August 8, 2012--Assets under management in the European exchange-traded fund market have reached an all-time high after strong inflows as investor confidence starts to return.

The data, put out by European ETF provider Lyxor, shows that total AUM reached €255bn at the end of July, up 3% on the previous record in February of €248bn.

The results have been driven by market gains which boosted the underlying index performance, as well as fresh inflows over the last three months.

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Source: Financial News


Eurozone GDP to fall by 0.3% this year

August 8, 2012--The eurozone economy will contract by 0.3% in 2012 before recovering more slowly than expected next year to expand by 0.6%, a poll conducted by the European Central Bank (ECB) revealed on Thursday.

The data came from the Survey of Professional Forecasters which the ECB carries out on a quarterly basis. It was published in the Frankfurt-based bank‘s monthly bulletin. The previous SPF survey predicted a 0.2% contraction for eurozone gross domestic product (GDP) this year and a 1-per-cent expansion in 2013.

Source: Online News


ESMA publishes update on MiFID waivers from pre-trade transparency

August 8, 2012--ESMA published todays a revision of its waiver document (ESMA/2011/241) which provides information on the pre-trade transparency of trading systems already set up in the European Union and informs on the compliance of such systems with MiFID, the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive.

Pre-trade transparency waivers are an integral feature of MiFID.

However, in order to ensure the liquidity and efficiency of equity markets, waivers allow in a limited number of cases to deviate from MiFID’s trade transparency requirements.

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Source: ESMA


Fund launches hit five-year Q2 low

August 7, 2012--The number of newly-launched funds in Europe hit their lowest number for second quarter results in the last five years, according to the latest Lipper data.

The Fund Market Insight report revealed new launches dropped by 50% in Q2 compared to the same period last year, with 411 funds launched in 2012 compared to 838 for 2011.

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Source: CityWire


S&P revises Greece's outlook to negative

August 7, 2012--Overview
Following delays in implementing budgetary consolidation measures and a worsening Greek economy, we believe Greece is likely to require additional financing for 2012 under the EU/International Monetary Fund (IMF) program (EU/IMF Program).

We consider the Greek government will find it difficult to make further cuts to meet the conditions to secure the next disbursement of the next tranche of funding from the EU/IMF Program.

We are revising the outlook on the long-term ratings on Greece to negative, reflecting the possibility of a downgrade if Greece fails to secure the next disbursement of the EU/IMF Program.

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Source: Reuters


Spanish Trading Disrupted by Glitch

August 6, 2012--Trading in Spanish equities was disrupted for more than four hours Monday as a technical glitch hit the systems of stock-market operator Bolsas y Mercados Espanoles SA.

The outage, which began after the first hour of trading, came as local stock prices were rising on hopes that the European Central Bank may purchase soverign bonds in secondary markets to bring down borrowing costs of the debt-laden country along with those of Italy.

A spokesman for BME in Madrid said technicians were studying the systems to get a better picture of what caused the shutdown but couldn't comment further on the disruption.

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Source: Wall Street Journal


Esma bowls ETF market a googly

August 6, 2012--The fund management industry was knocked for six on July 25 when the European Securities and Markets Authority,

one of the region’s main financial regulators, launched the final version of its guidelines on exchange-traded funds and Ucits.

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Source: Financial News


Retrocession ban still on the cards

August 5, 2012--An EU-wide ban on inducements for some intermediaries is still expected even if it is ruled out of the upcoming Mifid II directive, according to some industry commentators.

The European Commission’s move to ban retrocession fees is widely expected to be absent from Mifid II, after an influential European Parliament committee opposed the proposal.

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Source: FT.com


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