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S&P warns of $46tn refinancing challenge

May 10, 2012--European companies could face serious challenges refinancing a wall of maturing debt over the next few years as the region's banks deal with the impact of regulation and fallout from the eurozone debt crisis, according to a new report from Standard & Poor's.

The rating agency predicted that companies round the world would need new funding or to refinance existing debt totalling as much as $46tn over the next five years. And while global banks and debt capital markets should largely be able to provide the majority of funding for companies, S&P raised concerns about the ability of European lenders in particular to meet all corporate funding needs as they deal with the impact of sluggish economic growth and tough regulatory requirements.

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Source: FT.com


SPDR ETF on Asian government bonds launched on Xetra

May 10, 2012---A new exchange-listed bond index fund issued by SPDR (State Street Global Advisors) has been tradable on Xetra since Thursday.
ETF name: SPDR Citi Asia Local Government Bond ETF
Asset class: bond index ETF
ISIN: IE00B7GBL799

Total expense ratio: 0.50 percent Distribution policy: distributing Benchmark: Citi Asian Government Bond Investable Index

The SPDR Citi Asia Local Government Bond ETF enables investors to participate for the first time in the performance of a broadly diversified basket of Asian government bonds. The index currently contains government bonds from China (offshore), Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. The maximum weighting of a single country is limited to 20%.

The product offering in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment currently comprises a total of 970 exchange-listed index funds, making it the largest offering of all European stock exchanges.

Source: Xetra


Fuhr: costs fall as rivalry grows --but TERs still have a long way to go

May 9, 2012--Total expense ratios (TERs) for exchange traded funds (ETFs) in Europe have declined over the past year as increasing competition among providers has helped drive costs down.

According to the latest research by ETFGI, the overall average TER for ETFs in Europe is now 36 basis points (bps) down from 37bps in January 2011.

TERs for ETFs listed in Europe are still higher than the TERs for ETFs listed in the US where the overall average is 29bps, down from 32bps in January 2011.

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Source: CityWire


OTC derivatives market activity in the second half of 2011

May 9, 2012--Large movements in the latest data are highlighted in the Statistical release. An analysis of recent trends will be released in conjunction with the forthcoming BIS Quarterly Review, to be published on 4 June 2012. Data at end-June 2012 will be released no later than 15 November 2012.

Data at end-December 2011 are not fully comparable with previous periods because of an increase in the reporting population. Australia and Spain reported for the first time, expanding the reporting population to dealers headquartered in 13 countries

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view the Detailed tables on semiannual OTC derivatives statistics at end-December 2011

Source: BIS


European ETF market slumps after strong first quarter

May 9, 2012--The European ETF market slowed in April with outflows rising, dealing a blow to those predicting better growth this year.

The industry experienced outflows of close to €4bn over April, reducing net inflows for the first four months down to €1.8bn and making April the worst month in terms of flows this year, according to the data.

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Source: Efinancial News


iShares expands fixed income range with eight single country Eurozone sovereign

Five funds offer world-first exposures for an ETF format
May 9, 2012-- iShares, the Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) platform of BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) today announced the launch of eight funds that provid precise and targeted exposure to the sovereign debt of eight Eurozone countries.

The launch represents the continued expansion of iShares’ fixed income range to meet growing interest in fixed income ETFs, and to satisfy demand for more granular exposures within the asset class.

The eight funds to launch on the London Stock Exchange today are:

1. iShares Barclays Austria Treasury Bond ETF
2. iShares Barclays Belgium Treasury Bond ETF
3. iShares Barclays Finland Treasury Bond ETF
4. iShares Barclays France Treasury Bond ETF
5. iShares Barclays Germany Treasury Bond ETF
6. iShares Barclays Italy Treasury Bond ETF
7. iShares Barclays Netherlands Treasury Bond ETF
8. iShares Barclays Spain Treasury Bond ETF

The ETFs invest in the fixed rate debt issued by the government of the specified country, denominated in local currency, with the bonds having at least one year until maturity. They are physically backed funds and each has a total expense ratio of 0.20%.

The ETFs providing exposure to sovereign debt from Austria, Belgium, Finland, the Netherlands and Spain are the first of their kind in the world.

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Source: BlackRock


Greece at risk of leaving eurozone, says official

May 9, 2012--Greece could be forced to leave the eurozone if it fails to abide by EU and IMF loan commitments, a government economic advisor warned Wednesday as Athens raised prospects of renegotiating a bailout deal.

"If we say no to everything, we leave the eurozone," said Gikas Hardouvelis, economic advisor to outgoing Prime Minister Lucas Papademos.

Voters roundly rejected austerity measures in Sunday's elections, booting out a coalition by the two mainstream parties and leaving the radical left-wing Syriza party charged with forming a government.

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Source: EUbusiness


DB - Equity Research-Weekly European ETF Market Monitor

May 9, 2012--The most recent issue of the European ETF Market Monitor. The report includes key statistics on the European ETF market as well as global ETF market highlights.

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/603-A5E2/58637314/ETF_Research.pdf

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


New Amundi ETF launched on Xetra

EFT tracks S&P 500 with currency hedging
May 9, 2012--A new exchange-traded equity index fund issued by Amundi has been tradable in Deutsche Börse's XTF segment since Wednesday.
ETF name: Amundi ETF S&P 500 EUR Hedged Daily
Asset class: equity index ETF
ISIN: FR0011133644
Total expense ratio: 0.28 percent

Distribution policy: distributing
Benchmark: S&P 500 EUR Daily Hedged Strategy Index

The Amundi ETF S&P 500 EUR Hedged Daily enables investors to participate in the performance of the S&P 500 Total Return Net Index with hedging against daily exchange rate fluctuations between the euro and the US dollar. The S&P 500 Total Return Net Index is weighted according to free float market capitalisation and in turn tracks the performance of the 500 largest US stock corporations.

The product offering in Xetra’s XTF segment currently comprises 969 exchange-traded index funds, making it the largest offering of all European stock exchanges.

Source: Xetra


Newsflash-new daily record in the Eurex KOSPI Product on 8 May 2012

More than 525,000 contracts traded on a single day
Eurex KOSPI Product
May 9, 2012-- New daily record turnover on 8 May 2012: 525,781 contracts
Previous daily record on 9 November 2011: 387,935 contracts

Average daily volume May 2012: 272,563 contracts

Average daily volume year-to-date: 144,159 contracts

Average daily volume 2011: 71,454 contracts

Total volume year-to-date: 12,109,368 contracts

Total volume full year 2011: 17,577,676 contracts

The new record volume is mainly due to the increasing number of active trading participants, both from South Korea and existing Eurex members, and the related growth in trading activity.

Source: Eurex


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