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Moderating Risks, Bolstering Growth: Russian Economic Report 27
March 27, 2012--Russia's latest economic performance has been robust, in spite of the fact that output growth is slowing this year in line with weaker growth in Europe and in a number of emerging economies, says the World Bank’s Russian Economic Report №27 (PDF 1.5 Mb) launched today in Moscow.
The report analyzes the country’s recent economic developments and prospects. Special focus is on the invitation to Russia to accede to the WTO by the summer of 2012 - a unique and important opportunity for the country’s economic development.
Half a year ago, Russia’s economic prospects looked uncertain since the global economy was losing momentum, the expansion in the euro zone was grinding to a halt, and the commodities prices were beginning to fall. But at the end of 2011, the country’s economy returned to its pre-crisis level supported by the growing domestic consumption.
In 2011, measured in current dollar terms, Russia’s economy was the ninth biggest in the world, compared to the eleventh biggest in 2007. In 2012, Russia’s output might exceed US$ 2 trillion. Equalizing for prices difference with purchasing power parity, today Russian economy is already the sixth biggest in the world.
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Source: World Bank
STOXX introduces Market Classification Model ande Emerging Markets Index
March 27, 2012--STOXX Limited, the market-moving provider of innovative, tradable and global index concepts, today introduced a market classification model to group countries included in the STOXX index universe into Developed and Emerging Markets. At the same time, the launch of the STOXX Emerging Markets Total Market Index was announced, which comprises those countries classified as Emerging Markets under the new model.
“With the launch of the STOXX market classification model and subsequently the STOXX Emerging Markets Index we once again take a step to confirm our commitment to developing rules-based and transparent index concepts that are at the same time highly innovative,” said Hartmut Graf, chief executive officer, STOXX Limited. “Emerging Markets continue to be global growth drivers. The new STOXX model is the first of its kind to offer market participants a completely comprehensible classification for Developed and Emerging Markets in five transparent steps.”
The STOXX market classification model relies on a completely rules-based and transparent methodology, and is the first such concept to exclude any subjective decisions from the process. The model is based on a three-step approach applying only five screening criteria, for which only data publicly available from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank, as well as data supplied by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is used.
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Source: STOXX
Lyxor: Nothing to fear from Esma rules
March 27, 2012--Lyxor’s chairman says synthetic exchange traded funds have nothing to fear from a recent consultation paper issued by the European Securities and Markets Authority, which aims to increase transparency in the sector.
Speaking at this month’s Alfi conference in Luxembourg, Alain Dubois told delegates that some have misinterpreted draft guidelines published by the regulatory body in January to be a potential crackdown on certain types of ETFs.
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Source: FT.com
Credit Suisse to switch swap-based ETFs range to physical
March 27, 2012--Credit Suisse is to convert seven of its synthetic exchange traded funds (ETFs) to physical products, as part of a drive to become one of Europe's leaders in the physical ETF space.
The Swiss ETF provider said the conversion of the seven swap-based products will occur between 30 April and 10 May this year.
The move marks the second wave of conversions for the firm, following a similar process in November last year, which saw four CS ETFs switched to physical funds.
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Source: CityWire
12 new Commerzbank ETNs launched on Xetra
March 26, 2012--Twelve new exchange-traded notes (ETNs) issued by Commerzbank AG have been tradable on Xetra since Monday.
The new exchange-traded notes track both the positive and the inverse performance of the benchmarks SGX Nikkei 225 Index Future, Hang Seng Index Future and HSCEI Future (H-shares) with a respective leverage factor of three or four.
The underlying indices are strategy indices which are oriented to the price movement of the reference entity and consist of a leverage component and an interest rate component.
ETNs are tradable notes that track the performance of underlying reference indices outside of the commodities sector and provide investors with access to additional asset classes.
Deutsche Börse’s ETN segment product range currently comprises 135 instruments. The monthly trading volume of ETNs on Xetra averages around €100 million.
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Source: Xetra/FWB
Four new Lyxor commodity index ETFs launched on Xetra
March 26, 2012--Deutsche Börse continues to expand its XTF segment for exchange-traded
index funds. Four new Lyxor commodity index ETFs have been tradable since Monday.
ETF name: Lyxor ETF Broad Commodities Momentum TR
Asset class: commodity index ETF
ISIN: LU0721447596
Total expense ratio: 0.35 percent
Distribution policy: non-distributing
Benchmark: S&P Commodities Curve
Momentum Beta+ TR TM
The Lyxor ETF Broad Commodities Momentum TR tracks a strategy index weighted according to the situation in the commodities market. This means that in a backwardation situation, commodities have a heavier weighting in order to realise rolling profits. Rolling profits are generated when shorter futures are more expensive than longer ones.
ETF name: Lyxor ETF Broad Commodities Optimix TR
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Source: Xetra
Source launches the MSCI Europe Value Source ETF
March 26, 2012--Source is pleased to announce the launch of the MSCI Europe Value Source ETF, designed to provide value-focused exposure to the European equity market via the MSCI Europe Value EUR Total Return (Net) Index.
"Value investing has been popular since the 1920s,” says Source CEO Ted Hood. “This ETF allows investors to implement a European value strategy quickly and easily, while maintaining diversification and high liquidity.” The MSCI Europe Value Index is subset of the MSCI Europe Index, focused on stocks that exhibit “Value” - as opposed to “Growth” – characteristics. It currently comprises 214 stocks, or around 50% of the free float-adjusted market capitalisation of the MSCI Europe. The factors used to assess a stock’s value include book value, 12-month forward earnings and dividend yield.
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Source: Source
Synthetic ETFs get thumbs down
March 25, 2012--Synthetic exchange traded funds are rated as poor quality by almost a third of European investment managers, according to a survey by Edhec-Risk Institute.
Physical ETFs were much less likely to be viewed as poor quality. Edhec’s 2011 European ETF survey found just 1 per cent of those surveyed rated ETFs that hold all the constituents of an index as poor quality, a proportion that rose to 11 per cent for ETFs that hold a representative sample of stocks.
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Source: FT.com
Germany seeks alternatives to financial transaction tax
March 23, 2012--German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Friday he would seek alternatives to a cross-border tax on the finance industry that has run into fierce resistance in Europe.
Speaking to public broadcaster SWR in an interview to be transmitted on Saturday, Schaeuble appeared to back down on a French-led initiative for a financial transactions tax (FTT), acknowledging it would be nigh on impossible to push through at a European level.
"Instead, I will now back equal alternatives, such as extended stock market tax and one which has the broadest possible backing," Schaeuble said.
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Source: EUbusiness
MSCI Europe Value Source ETF launched on Xetra
March 23, 2012--A new equity index fund issued by Source has been tradable on Xetra since Friday.
ETF name: MSCI Europe Value Source ETF
Asset class: equity index ETF
ISIN: IE00B3LK4Z20
Total expense ratio: 0.35 percent
Distribution policy: non-distributing
Benchmark: MSCI Europe Value EUR TRN Index
The MSCI Europe Value Source ETF allows investors to participate in the performance of European companies whose share price is considered to be undervalued compared to the enterprise value. These are known as “value stocks”. The following key figures are taken into account: price/book value, 12-month earnings forecast to price and price/dividend ratio.
The product offering in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment currently comprises a total of 948 exchange-listed index funds, while average monthly trading volume stands at €16 billion.
Source: Xetra
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