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UK Hopes Ring-Fence Banking Will Safeguard Against Collapse

December 26, 2011--The rest of the European Union will be watching the U.K. closely as it implements a series of banking reforms in an attempt in mitigate what was identified as serious vulnerabilities in the system.

Last week, U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer (treasury secretary) George Osborne told Parliament that banks will have to ring-fence cash for families and small businesses to stop money being sucked away by speculative investments.

Ring-fencing is part of the coalition government’s decision to implement key recommendations from the Independent Commission on Banking (ICB) report headed by Sir John Vickers.

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Source: Globe and Mail


Synthetic ETFs do not pose systemic risk but more investor education needed, says SSgA’s Eleanor Hope-Bell

December 23, 2011--There can be no doubting the popularity of ETFs. As an asset class it has grown substantially in recent years.

According to data in BlackRock’s ETF Landscape Industry Review for end of Q1 this year the number of global ETFs has risen from around 1,200 in 2007 to 2,500 in 2010.

However, in recent months voices of concern have been getting louder, perhaps reaching a crescendo recently when a rogue trader was exposed at UBS.

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Source: ETF Express


France leads world as gloomiest over economy

December 23, 2011-- France leads the world as the "most pessimistic" country in terms of the economic outlook, with the lowest recorded score in more than 30 years, according to a global poll published on Friday.

The "End of Year" survey by Gallup International of 51 countries found that France beat second placed Ireland and third placed Austria for the dubious recognition as most pessimistic, economically-speaking.

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Source: FIN24


UK economy grows faster than forecast

December 22, 2011--The economy unexpectedly grew faster than first thought between July and September, thanks to stronger services and construction output, the Office for National Statistics said on Thursday.

However, the economy did not grow at all in the second quarter, and economists forecast a sharp slowdown at the end of this year and early in 2012.

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Source: FIN24


Germany banks on consumers to aid economy

December 22, 2011--Germany’s upbeat consumers will continue to support the economy and provide the basis for growth, which should peak next summer after a slowdown in the months ahead, the finance ministry said on Thursday in its monthly report.

The view builds on reports tracking consumer morale, which held steady going into January and resisted an expected fall as income expectations and views of the economy improved despite a softening of households’ willingness to make major purchases.

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Source: FIN24


Stocks to be included in ISE Stock Indices

December 21, 2011--The following changes will be made to the ISE 100, ISE 50, ISE 30, ISE Bank 10 and ISE

Dividend indices will be revised as shown in the following, starting from 01/01/2012.
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Source: ISE (Istanbul Stock Exchange)


Application of own credit risk adjustments to derivatives - Basel Committee consultative document

December 21, 2011--The Basel Committee today issued a consultative document on the application of own credit risk adjustments to derivatives.

The Basel III rules seek to ensure that a deterioration in a bank's own creditworthiness does not at the same time lead to an increase in its common equity as a result of a reduction in the value of the bank's liabilities. Paragraph 75 of the Basel III rules requires a bank to "[d]erecognise in the calculation of Common Equity Tier 1, all unrealised gains and losses that have resulted from changes in the fair value of liabilities that are due to changes in the bank's own credit risk".

The application of paragraph 75 to fair valued derivatives is not straightforward since their valuations depend on a range of factors other than the bank's own creditworthiness. The consultative paper proposes that debit valuation adjustments (DVAs) for over-the-counter derivatives and securities financing transactions should be fully deducted in the calculation of Common Equity Tier 1. It briefly reviews other options for applying the underlying concept of paragraph 75 to these products and the reasons these alternatives were not supported by the Basel Committee.

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Source: BIS


Eurozone target in danger as UK declines

December 20, 2011--Euro zone ministers agreed on Monday to boost IMF resources by €150bn to ward off the debt crisis and won support for more money from EU allies, but it was unclear if the bloc would reach its €200bn target after Britain bowed out.

Following a three-hour conference call, European Union finance ministers said currency zone outsiders the Czech Republic, Denmark, Poland and Sweden would also grant loans to the International Monetary Fund to help save the 17-nation zone.

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Source: FIN24


New listing on LSE for Gold P-ETC GBp On London Stock Exchange

December 19, 2011--Source, one of the fastest growing Exchange Traded Product (ETP) providers in Europe with US$8 BN in assets, is pleased to announce that its Source Physical Gold P-ETC is now listed in GBp on the London Stock Exchange (LSE).

This listing complements the existing listing in USD on the LSE, and provides sterling-denominated investors with easy access to one of the fastest growing gold products in Europe. The company also plans to list the product in EUR on Xetra early 2012.

Year to date, the Source Physical Gold P-ETC has raised over US$1 billion in assets and traded over US$4 billion on the LSE. As demand for precious metals has soared, investors have adopted physically-secured ETPs as their vehicle of choice. With over US$2.2 billion in assets, the Source Physical Gold P-ETC is now the 6th largest physical gold product globally, and is one of the most cost-efficient and liquid products in the market.

Commenting on the new listing, Source CEO Ted Hood said, “Investors look to precious metals as both an investment opportunity and a safe haven. The concept of a physical holding is part of their appeal. It is important that the investment vehicle does not compromise this.”

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Source: Source


Consultative paper on "Principles for the supervision of financial conglomerates" released by the Joint Forum

December 19, 2011--The Joint Forum released today a consultative paper on Principles for the Supervision of Financial Conglomerates.

The proposed principles, which revise the Joint Forum's 1999 principles, provide national authorities, standard setters and supervisors with a set of internationally agreed principles that support consistent and effective supervision of financial conglomerates and in particular those financial conglomerates that are active across borders.

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Source: AME Info


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