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Soaring revenues add shine to Dutch HFT

June 15, 2012--A Dutch high-frequency trading firm -which is expected to be put up for sale following a strategic review-reported a near-doubling of revenues in its Amsterdam office last year.

Flow Traders BV reported a 97% increase in trading revenues to €112.4m in the 12 months ended 31 December 2011, according to accounts filed with the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce. Pre-tax profits increased from €6m to €38.3m.

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Source: Financial News


Four new UBS ETFs launched on Xetra

June 15, 2012--Four new exchange-listed equity index funds from the issuer UBS Global Asset Management have been tradable in Deutsche Boerse's XTF segment since Friday.
ETF name: UBS ETFs plc- HFRX Equity Hedge Index SF (EUR) A-acc
Asset class: equity index ETF
ISIN: IE00B76VD289
Total expense ratio: 1.50 percent

Distribution policy: non-distributing
Benchmark: HFRX Equity Hedge Index

ETF name: UBS ETFs plc-HFRX Event Driven Index SF (EUR) A-acc
Asset class: equity index ETF
ISIN: IE00B76VD396
Total expense ratio: 1.50 percent
Distribution policy: non-distributing
Benchmark: HFRX Event Driven Index

ETF name: UBS ETFs plc -HFRX Macro CTA Index SF (EUR) A-Acc
Asset class: equity index ETF
ISIN: IE00B76VD404
Total expense ratio: 1.50 percent
Distribution policy: non-distributing
Benchmark: HFRX Macro CTA Index

ETF name: UBS ETFs plc – HFRX Relative Value Arbitrage Index SF (EUR) A-Acc
Asset class: equity index ETF
ISIN: IE00B76VD511

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Source: Xetra


db X-trackers launches the world's first range of North American corporate credit ETFs

June 15, 2012--db X-trackers has launched a range of ETFs designed to provide financially sophisticated investors with exposure to North American high yield and investment grade credit indices.

The London-listed ETFs, which are the first of their kind globally, let institutional investors take pure credit risk exposure – as opposed to the credit plus interest rate risk generated through investing in corporate bond indices

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Source: IAIR


Audit to show Spain banks need up to EUR 65 bn: report

June 14, 2012--An audit of Spanish banks will show they need up to 65 billion euros of fresh capital, the ABC daily said Thursday, citing a draft report by auditors Oliver Wyman and Roland Berger.

Eurozone finance ministers on Saturday agreed to make a loan of up to 100 billion euros ($125 billion) available to the Spanish government to prop up banks laden with bad loans following the collapse of a real estate bubble.

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Source: EUbusiness


European Parliament panel to finalize MiFID II amendments

June 14, 2012--The European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON) will finalise its amendments to MiFID II by 10 July, setting out its stance on key trading and market structure issues.

The ECON meeting follows the submission of MEP’s individual amends to MiFID II, based on prior meetings and an initial set of proposed modifications to the European Commission’s October 2011 draft of MiFID II by Markus Ferber MEP.

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Source: The Trade News


ETF Stat May 2012-Borsa Italiana

June 14, 2012--The ETF Statistics of the ETF Plus Market for the month of May 2012 are now available.

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Source: Borsa Italiana


Government sets out plans to split retail and investment banking

June 14, 2012--The Government has today published a White Paper setting out proposals to fundamentally reform the structure of banking in the UK.

The White Paper, which details how the Government will implement the recommendations of the Independent Commission on Banking (ICB), offers further detail on plans to separate retail and investment banking through a ‘ring-fence’ and increase competition in the banking sector. It sets out proposals to make banks more resilient, as well as making them simpler to resolve in the event of failure.

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view the White Paper-Banking reform: delivering stability and supporting a sustainable economy

Source: HM Treasury


FundsNetwork unveils ETF range

June 14, 2012--FundsNetwork has announced a range of 50 exchange traded funds (ETFs) will launch on the platform for advisers next week.

The platform is launching an initial range of 50 physically-backed ETFs on 18 June, including index-linked trackers and commodity ETFs, from the following providers: Credit Suisse, ETFS, HSBC and iShares.

ETF trading on the platform will be carried out using J.P. Morgan's execution service. Advisers will also have access to an ETF information page.

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Source: Investment Group


ECB-Euro area securities issues statistics

June 13, 2012--The annual growth rate of the outstanding amount of debt securities issued by euro area residents decreased from 4.8% in March 2012 to 4.4% in April. For the outstanding amount of quoted shares issued by euro area residents, the annual growth rate was 1.4% in April 2012, compared with 1.5% in March.

New issuance of debt securities by euro area residents totalled EUR 903 billion in April 2012. Redemptions stood at EUR 939 billion and net issues amounted to EUR 1 billion.1 The annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by euro area residents decreased from 4.8% in March 2012 to 4.4% in April

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Source: ECB


EU27 investment flows with the rest of the world

June 13, 2012--After significant falls in 2010, EU27 FDI1 (foreign direct investment) flows more than doubled in 2011. The EU27 FDI flows to the rest of the world (outflows) reached 370 billion euro in 2011, after having decreased from 316 bn in 2009 to 146 billion in 2010.

FDI into the EU27 from the rest of the world (inflows) were at 225 bn in 2011, after having declined from 234 bn in 2009 to 104 bn in 2010.

These figures2, published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, come from the first FDI results for 2011.

Half of investments from the rest of the world into the EU came from the USA in 2011 EU27 investments in all its major partners rose in 2011, except for Russia. In 2011, the main destinations of EU investments were the USA (111 bn), the Offshore financial centres3 (59 bn), Switzerland (32 bn), Brazil (28 bn), China (18 bn), Canada and India (both 12 bn). A disinvestment of 2 bn was recorded with Russia in 2011. In 2011, the main investors into the EU27 were the USA (115 bn), Switzerland (34 bn), the Offshore financial centres3 (16 bn), Canada (7 bn), Hong Kong (6 bn), Japan and Brazil (both 5 bn).

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Source: Eurostat


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