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Balanced budget 'golden rule' rare in Europe
August 30, 2011--All European Union member states must keep their budget deficits to a strict limit but most have failed the test and so Germany, Europe's paymaster, has laid down the gauntlet by adopting a "golden rule" on keeping the books balanced.
Under a constitutional requirement, the German government must ensure that there is no budget deficit -- the shortfall between revenues and spending -- from 2016 and France and Italy say they intend to adopt a similar rule.
Eurozone economic confidence falls for sixth month
August 30, 2011--- Consumer and business confidence in the eurozone economy fell for the sixth consecutive month in August, an EU survey showed on Tuesday amid rising fears of an economic slowdown.
The decline resulted from a "broad-based deterioration in sentiment across the sectors," particularly in services, retail trade and among consumers, the European Commission said. Only the construction sector saw an improvement.
EBA is worried about some European banks: report
August 30, 2011--The European Banking Authority is worried that some European banks do not have enough capital, a situation highlighted by the International Monetary Fund as well, the Financial Times Deutschland said Tuesday.
EBA head Andrea Enria has written to the Ecofin council in Brussels to ask that the European Financial Stability Facility, set up to lend to troubled eurozone countries, give money directly to troubled banks to accelerate their recapitalisation, the newspaper said.
Ten new UBS ETFs launched on Xetra
First ETFs listed on MSCI regional indices with focus on sustainability
August 29, 2011--Ten exchange-traded index funds issued by UBS ETF SICAV are tradable in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment as of today. All ten are based on the MSCI index family. These equity indices are weighted according to free-float market capitalisation.
The ten new ETFs are based on five reference indices – two ETFs on each index. These exchange-traded index funds differ according to share class, with share class I ETFs primarily aimed at institutional investors and wealthy private customers.
In selecting the respective ETF, investors focus on the Global (UBS-ETF MSCI World Socially Responsible A/I), North American (UBS-ETF MSCI North America Socially Responsible A/I), Europe and the Middle East (UBS-ETF MSCI Europe & Middle East Socially Responsible A/I) or Pacific Region (UBS-ETF MSCI Pacific Socially Responsible A/I). A particular feature of these ETFs is that they take sustainability into account. Company selection considers economic and social aspects as well as corporate governance, in addition to the traditional aspects of liquidity and security.
The two ETFs on the MSCI Turkey Index (UBS-ETF MSCI Turkey A/I) give investors the opportunity to participate in the performance of Turkish equities which meet the MSCI criteria in terms of size, liquidity and free-float market capitalisation.
The product offering in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment currently comprises a total of 848 exchange-listed index funds, while average monthly trading volume stands at €14 billion.
AMF publishes 2010 report on credit rating agencies
August 29, 2011--The AMF's seventh annual report on credit rating agencies (CRAs) covers international regulatory
developments, the European registration procedure and credit ratings.
International regulatory developments
The European Regulation on CRAs came into force on 7 December 20091, introducing a procedure for
registering agencies established in the European Union (EU)2.
The procedure has been supplemented by
a new Regulation3, which transfers jurisdiction for registration from national authorities to the European
Securities and Markets Authority as from 1 July4.
In parallel, the European Commission launched a consultation at end-2010 on new legislative initiatives to
regulate CRAs' activities and the use of credit ratings. Although it does not prefigure the issues that may
give rise to concrete proposals in the latter half of 2011, the consultation covers the following topics:
overreliance on CRA ratings
sovereign debt ratings
competition in the ratings industry
civil liability
conflicts of interest and the "issuer-pays" remuneration model.
UK growth falters
August 26, 2011--The UK economy grew at just 0.2% in second quarter of this year as manufacturing output dropped, official data showed on Friday, confirming last month's first estimate.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) also confirmed annual growth of 0.7%, as analysts had forecast.
The dominant services sector was the main driver of growth in the second quarter, but output fell by 0.1% on the month in June.
MONETARY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE EURO AREA: JULY 2011
August 26, 2011--The annual growth rate of the broad monetary aggregate M3 stood at 2.0% in July 2011, compared with 1.9% in June 2011.1 The three-month average of the annual growth rates of M3 in the period from May
2011 to July 2011 stood at 2.1%, compared with 2.0% in the period from April 2011 to June 2011.
M3 components
Regarding the main components of M3, the annual growth rate of M1 decreased to 0.9% in July 2011, from
1.2% in June. The annual growth rate of short-term deposits other than overnight deposits (M2-M1) stood
at 3.7% in July, unchanged from the previous month. The annual growth rate of marketable instruments
(M3-M2) increased to 0.9% in July, from -0.9% in June. Among the deposits included in M3, the annual
growth rate of deposits placed by households stood at 2.1% in July, unchanged from the previous month,
while the annual growth rate of deposits placed by non-financial corporations increased to 4.6% in July,
from 4.3% in the previous month. Finally, the annual growth rate of deposits placed by non-monetary
financial intermediaries (excluding insurance corporations and pension funds) decreased to 5.3% in July,
from 6.2% in the previous month.
European nations extend bans on short-selling
August 26, 2011-- Several European countries that banned short-selling have extended the prohibition until the end of September.
When concerns about European banks’ exposure to Greek debt sent their stocks plummeting two weeks ago, market regulators in Belgium, France, Greece, Italy and Spain stepped in to prohibit traders from betting on the decline in a share’s price.
ESMA publishes a set of Questions and Answers on European Money Market Funds
August 26, 2011--- The purpose of this document is to promote common supervisory approaches and practices in the application of the guidelines on a Common Definition of European Money Market Funds developed by CESR by providing responses to questions posed by the general public and competent authorities.
This document is intended to be continually edited and updated as and when new questions are re-ceived. The date on which each question was last amended is included after each question for ease of reference.
Questions on the practical application of any of the requirements of CESR’s guidelines on a Common Definition of European Money Market Funds may be sent to the following email address at ESMA: moneymarketfunds@esma.europa.eu
view the Questions and Answers-A Common Definition of European Money Market Funds
EEX offers cash bonuses to lure CO2 trade
August 23, 2011--Carbon exchange EEX will from September 1 offer monthly cash bonuses of up to 20,000 euros to its best customers in a move designed to wrestle market share away from market leader ICE Futures Europe, the bourse said Tuesday.
EEX will give 10,000 euros to a maximum of three companies that trade more than 2 million units per month, rising to 20,000 euros if they trade more than 4 million, the Leipzig-based exchange said in a statement.
Firms operating as market-makers on EEX- Eurex will not qualify as the platform already operates an incentive scheme for those companies, EEX added.
EEX’s share of carbon trade has fallen from 4 percent at the start of the year under 1 percent, according to Point Carbon News data.
