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Italy Bonds Slide, Premium to Bunds at Record, on Greece Concern

November 1, 2011--Italian bonds led declines in the securities issued by Europe’s most indebted nations after a Greek plan to hold a referendum on its international bailout added to concern the region’s financial turmoil will deepen.

Italy and France’s 10-year borrowing costs climbed to the highest levels relative to benchmark German bunds since before the creation of the euro in 1999. Bund yields fell the most on record, with the securities outperforming all their euro-area peers, as investors sought the safest assets. Greek two-year yields climbed to a record high 87.28 percent as members of the nation’s ruling party called for Prime Minister George Papandreou to resign.

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Source: Bloomberg Business Week


Eurozone may adopt finance tax without EU backing: Schaeuble

October 31, 2011--Eurozone members could introduce a financial transaction tax even if other EU countries were opposed, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told the Financial Times in an interview published Monday.

Schaeuble said he backed using the 17-member eurozone as a testing ground for the levy, which is designed to restrict speculative trading, even though Britain and its vast financial sector are firmly against it.

Schaeuble said he respected the arguments of Britain, a member of the European Union but not of the eurozone.

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Source: EUbusiness


Flash estimate - October 2011-Eurozone inflation estimated at official 3.0% in October

October 31, 2011--Euro area1 annual inflation2 is expected to be 3.0% in October 2011 according to a flash estimate issued by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. It was also 3.0% in September3.

Computation of flash estimates
Euro area inflation is measured by the Monetary Union Index of Consumer Prices (MUICP). To compute the MUICP flash estimates, Eurostat uses early price information relating to the reference month from Member States for which data are available4 as well as early information about energy prices.

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Source: Eurostat


London 'under constant attack' from EU directives: Cameron

October 28, 2011-British Prime Minister David Cameron said London's financial district was under "constant attack" from European Union directives, the BBC reported Friday.

During a flight from the EU leaders' summit in Brussels to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth, western Australia, Cameron told a BBC reporter that Britain's finance industry should be protected from EU measures.

"London -- the centre of financial services in Europe -- is under constant attack through Brussels directives," Cameron said.

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Source: EUbusiness


EU leaders set to force banks to boost capital: draft

October 28. 2011--European Union leaders were set Wednesday to impose new capital requirements on banks so they can absorb big losses on Greek debt, according to a draft statement obtained by AFP.

According to the text, which is to be adopted at a summit later Wednesday, measures to restore confidence in Europe's banks "are urgently needed and are necessary in the context of strengthening prudential control of the EU banking sector".

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Source: EUbusiness


ESMA publishes the responses received to the Consultations on the Regulatory Technical Standards for Credit Rating Agencies

October 28, 2011--ESMA has published the responses received to the Consultations on the Regulatory Technical Standards for Credit Rating Agencies.

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Source: ESMA


EBRD supports energy efficiency in Turkey

October 28, 2011--The EBRD is boosting its support to energy efficiency projects in Turkey with a new US$ 40 million loan to Isbank for on-lending to local companies and households.

The loan is part of the EBRD’s US$ 240 million Turkey Private Sector Sustainable Energy Financing Facility, or TurSEFF, with Isbank, one of the leading banks in Turkey, becoming the fifth bank participating in the programme.

The EBRD’s loan will be used to finance energy efficiency and small-scale renewable energy investments such as industrial energy efficiency, thermal rehabilitation of buildings, small scale renewable investments, including geothermal, solar, biomass and biogas.

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Source: EBRD


Euro area economic and financial developments by institutional sector-Second Quarter 2011

October 27, 2011--In the second quarter of 2011, the annual growth rate1 of net disposable income in the euro area decreased to 3.6%, compared with 3.8% in the first quarter of 2011 (see Annex, Table 1). The annual growth rate of final consumption in the euro area stood at 2.5% in the second quarter (2011q1: 2.7%). The annual growth rate of gross fixed capital formation decreased to 3.1% in the second quarter of 2011, from 6.4% in the previous quarter.

The annual growth rate of households’ gross disposable income stood at 3.0% in the second quarter of 2011, compared with 2.9% in the previous quarter (see Table 2). The annual growth rate of households’ consumption expenditure was 3.2% in the second quarter compared with 3.1% in the previous quarter. The annual growth rate of households’ gross saving increased to 2.2% in the second quarter compared with 0.5% previously. The households’ gross saving rate2 decreased to 13.6%, as compared with 14.3% in the second quarter of 2010. The annual growth rate of household financing decreased to 1.7% (2011q1: 2.3%) and that of financial investment was broadly unchanged at 2.4% in the second quarter of 2011(2011Q1: 2.5%). Households’ net worth3 increased by 2.5% in the second quarter, compared with 3.1% in the previous quarter (see Chart 6).

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Source: ECB


D. Boerse, NYSE buy back shares

D. Boerse to buy back 100 mln euros, NYSE $100 mln
D. Boerse lowers 2011 cost outlook to 1.13 bln euros
D. Boerse shares up 7 pct, NYSE up 2 pctOctober 27, 2011-Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext , the U.S. exchange operator it is buying for $9 billion, announced share buybacks of $238 million on Thursday, underscoring their confidence in the deal.

The Frankfurt bourse operator also lowered its 2011 outlook for expenses after posting strong third-quarter results and slimming down. It now sees costs at 1.13 billion euros ($1.56 billion) instead of 1.15 billion.

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Source: Reuters


ISDA Updates Greek Sovereign Debt Q&A

October 27, 201--October 27, 2011 – The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today announced that following recent events related to the restructuring of Greek sovereign debt, it has updated its Greek sovereign debt Q&A.

The document, which can be accessed at the ISDA website includes responses to the most frequently asked questions regarding the application of credit default swaps contracts in Greek sovereign debt. It outlines the triggers for credit events, the process for determining a credit event and the current amount of CDS notional outstanding on Greek sovereign debt.

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view the ISDA Greek Sovereign Debt Q&A (Update)

Source: EUbusiness


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