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iShares unveils world's first GBP currency-hedged Japanese ETF

iShares MSCI Japan Monthly GBP Hedged ETF gives UK investors exposure to Japan with managed currency risk.
August 1, 2012--iShares, the exchange traded funds ('ETF') platform of BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) has launched the world's first Japanese equity ETF which aims to minimise currency risk for UK and sterling investors.

Listed on the London Stock Exchange, the iShares MSCI Japan Monthly GBP Hedged ETF provides exposure to over 300 of the largest Japanese companies, with a particular focus on industrial, consumer discretionary and financial companies.

The fund is physically-backed, investing in individual securities, and is optimized to track the performance of the MSCI Japan 100% Hedged to GBP Net Total Return Index, holding a sub-set of the index’s constituents. The index offers exposure to Japanese stocks and complies with MSCI's size, liquidity, and free float criteria.

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Source: BlackRock


ETF Securities sale 'off the table'

August 1, 2012--A sale of ETF Securities is "off the table", according to exchange traded fund industry sources, some seven months after chief executive Graham Tuckwell enlisted the help of Goldman Sachs to try and sell the firm.

Mr Tuckwell, who is also chairman and majority shareholder of ETF Securities, was reportedly on the hunt in December for someone to snap up the London-based provider, with unconditional offers expected before Christmas.

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Source: FT.com


Home > ESMA calls for candidates to join its consultative working group on investor protection and intermediaries

August 1, 2012--ESMA has launched today a call for expressions of interest for its Consultative Working Group (CWG) for ESMA's Investor Protection and Intermediaries Standing Committee (IPISC).

CWG members are selected for a renewable term of two years. Appointments are done on a personal basis, and are bound by confidentiality requirements in relation to all non-public information they are provided with while performing their tasks.

IPISC undertakes ESMA’s work relating to the provision of investment services and activities by investment firms and credit institutions. Particular regard is made to investor protection, including the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) conduct of business and organisational requirements and their technical implementation, and the distribution of investment products.

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Source: ESMA


Europe's top banks feel pain from debt crisis

July 31, 2012--Europe's biggest banks on Tuesday took massive hits on their second-quarter profits as the eurozone debt crisis sliced into earnings and added to pressure to boost their capital defences.

In Germany, the biggest lender Deutsche Bank said it would axe 1,900 jobs as the crisis slashed its bottom-line profit nearly in half in the period from April to June.

In neighbouring Switzerland, giant UBS blamed a 58-percent slump in second-quarter net profit on lower trading and services revenues while operating costs rose.

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Source: EUbusiness


ETF guidelines will see investors reclaim securities lending profits

July 31, 2012--The guidelines released by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) last week will help exchange-traded fund (ETF) providers who have chosen physical replication to adapt their business model and will lead to greater transparency among funds, according to the EDHEC-Risk Institute.

In a statement, the institute said it welcomed the guidelines, which also touched on issues relating to UCITS, released on 25 July by ESMA, which indicated that all profits from securities lending should be returned to the fund.

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Source: IP&E


Boerse Stuttgart welcomes draft law to control high-frequency trading

Precise definitions needed for different investor groups
July 31, 2012--Dr Christoph Boschan, Managing Director of the Stuttgart Stock Exchange, described the official draft of Germany's proposed high-frequency trading law' published today by the Federal Ministry of Finance,

as a ‘very useful initiative from the perspective of a stock exchange that focuses on private investors’. Boerse Stuttgart is pleased to note that the supervisory body’s powers are to be extended and the obligations of trading platforms and participants are specified. ‘Overall, we see this as confirmation of our own efforts in the area of self-regulation in favour of private investors. In Stuttgart we have had a restrictive approach to high-frequency trading for some time. Furthermore, it is in the interest of all financial market stakeholders that we create greater legal certainty in terms of the way we deal with high-frequency traders,’ observed Dr Boschan.

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Source: Boerse Stuttgart


SIX Swiss Exchange: the world's fastest exchange

100 days after the introduction of X-stream INET, latency measurements confirm that SIX Swiss Exchange currently runs the fastest trading platform.
August 1, 2012--On 23 April 2012, SIX Swiss Exchange introduced X-stream INET, the world's most advanced trading technology for equities.

After the successful launch, the SWXess trading platform has now been running smoothly for a 100 days and the announced average roundtrip latency of just 37 microseconds has been confirmed under production load.

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Source: SIX Swiss Exchange


More Transparency and Protection for Investors: EU Issues Guidelines on ETFs, Other UCITS Issues

July 31, 2012--On 25 July the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published Guidelines on ETFs and other UCITS issues, following two consultations on ETF-related issues (to which CFA Institute responded) and considerable work on the subject.

ESMA also launched a short consultation on the treatment of repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements (included in Annex IV of the Guidelines document).

The most important changes in ESMA’s proposals pertain to collateral characteristics and disclosure, to securities lending and repos (enhanced disclosure), and to restrictions in the use of indices. New ETF-specific rules are introduced as well.

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Source: Market Integrity Insight


Dutch regulator stands by its ETF advice

July 31, 2012--The Dutch financial markets regulator (AFM) said on Tuesday that it would stand by its own recommendations on index tracking financial products while also welcoming the publication last week of new guidelines on exchange traded funds and other Ucits by the European Securities Markets Authority.

The AFM said there was “no conflict” between its recommendations, which were published in June, and Esma’s new guidelines

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Source: FT.com


DB - Equity Research-Weekly European ETF Market Monitor

July 31, 2012--Attached is 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 the monthly report, issued in the first week following the end of each month.

The following link will be available for 90 days. For more information, please click on the link for the full PDF. If you have any trouble viewing the link, copy and paste the link in a browser.

http://pull.db-gmresearch.com/p/593-BAF0/8087620/ETF_Research_-_Weekly_European_ETF_Market_Monitor.pdf

Source: Christos Costandinides, European Head of ETF Research & Strategy, Deutsche Bank


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