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EU probes Thomson Reuters competition commitments
December 14, 2011-- The European Commission said on Wednesday it was launching consultations to see if commitments by global news agency Thomson Reuters were enough to remedy concerns over its dominant market position.
The Commission opened an inquiry in 2009into the financial news and information giant owing to concerns that its coding system for listed companies could harm competition, denying users other sources of information.
In an initial finding, the Commission ruled that the Reuters Instrument Codes system posed significant obstacles to clients wishing to change information suppliers because their own systems were tied into RICs.
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Source: EUbusiness
CP11/28: UK implementation of Amending Directive 2010/73/EU - Simplifying the EU Prospectus and Transparency Directives
December 13, 2011--The FSA's Consultation Paper CP11/28 is entitled 'UK implementation of Amending Directive 2010/73/EU - Simplifying the EU Prospectus and Transparency Directives'. It was published in December 2011. Comments should reach us by 13 March 2012.
Europe’s CLO market in danger of extinction
December 13, 2011--Bundles of European buy-out loans, used to underpin many private equity deals prior to the financial crisis, are in danger of dying out, removing a vital cog in the region’s credit machinery.
Bankers warn that a winding down of European collateralised loan obligations (CLOs) is expected to stymie fresh deals and to hamstring the market’s ability to refinance an estimated €250bn of European leveraged loans due to mature by 2017.
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Source: FT.com
ESMA launches a consultation on possible delegated acts concerning the Prospectus Directive
December 13, 2011--The purpose of this consultation document from ESMA is to seek comments on the technical advice that ESMA proposes to give to the European Commission on a number of possible delegated acts.
ESMA welcomes comments to this consultation paper by 6 January 2012.
To view the consultation, please see the section Your input>Consultations.
Source: ESMA
STOXX launches pure dividend calculation for European and Euro Zone indices
December 13, 2011--STOXX Limited, the market-moving provider of innovative, tradable and global index concepts, today announced the launch of the STOXX Europe 600, STOXX Europe 600 Supersector and EURO STOXX Supersector DVPs (Dividend Points). The new calculation products provide pure dividend data for the 19 supersectors of the STOXX Europe 600 and EURO STOXX indices, respectively, as well as for STOXX Europe 600 Index.
“In 2008 STOXX introduced the first pure dividend calculation product, the EURO STOXX 50 DVP. Building on its great success, we are now applying the same sophisticated calculation methodology to the popular STOXX Europe 600 and its respective supersectors indices, as well as to the EURO STOXX Supersector Indices,” said Hartmut Graf, chief executive officer, STOXX Limited. “The launch of the new DVPs again proves STOXX’s dedication to apply successful, innovative index concepts to the existing index family, thus offering market participants a wider range of choices.”
The STOXX Europe 600, STOXX Europe 600 Supersector and EURO STOXX Supersector DVPs represent ordinary un-adjusted gross cash dividends of the individual constituents, as well as withholding taxes of special cash dividends and capital returns as applied to the individual constituents of each of the 19 supersector indices derived from the STOXX Europe 600 and EURO STOXX indices, and the STOXX Europe 600 Index itself.
Historical data is available back to January 2nd, 2008 All new DVPs are calculated end of day and disseminated in real-time.
For further information on the new calculation products and the STOXX indices, please visit www.stoxx.com.
Source: STOXX
Spanish stock exchange trades the first ETFon the IBEX 35® Double Short
It is the first ETF on the Spanish stock market on a double short strategy
December 12, 2011--The Spanish Stock Exchange today started trading a new exchange-traded fund called LYXOR ETF IBEX 35® DAILY DOUBLE SHORT, issued by Lyxor Asset Management, Société Générale’s investment subsidiary.
This issue brings the number of ETFs listed on the Spanish stock exchange to 67, in this way increasing the number of assets linked to strategy indices in the Spanish market.
The IBEX 35® DOUBLE SHORT offers double short exposure to the daily return on the IBEX35® NET RETURN, through the investment of an initial capital plus an equivalent loaned capital. A negative daily return on the IBEX35® NET RETURN yields a positive return, but double that amount, for the IBEX 35® DOUBLE SHORT and viceversa.
The trading volume on the ETF segment to November reached €3.19bn on 40,613 trades.
Source:BME
World Bank sees risks to growth in EU tightening
December 12, 2011--Europe's solutions to the eurozone crisis could hit growth around the world and especially in neighboring countries where EU banks are strong, World Bank President Robert Zoellick warned Monday.
Zoellick called the world financial system and economy "fragile" and vulnerable to slashed government spending and contracting bank lending -- likely results from Friday's EU pact on tighter fiscal discipline.
"As I start to look into the end of the year and 2012, I think it's a pretty dicey situation overall. And there's not much room for people to make missteps," Zoellick told CNBC television.
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Source: EUbusiness
Moody's to review EU states in first quarter of next year
December 12, 2011--Moody's said on Monday it will review the credit ratings of all EU countries in the first quarter of next year, commenting that an EU summit last week failed to deliver "decisive policy measures".
Fellow ratings agency Standard and Poor's had already announced that it is considering downgrading the debt of 15 of the 17 eurozone countries, including the bloc's Triple-A-rated champions like France and Germany.
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Source: EUbusiness
NASDAQ OMX Commodities and Nord Pool Spot-
December 12, 2011--Highlights physical November 2011:
POWER:
Nord Pool Spot market share of Nordic consumption was 72.8 per cent in November.
The total Nordic preliminary consumption for November was 33.1 TWh compared to 31.3 TWh in October.
Volumes traded in the day-ahead and intraday markets were 26.6 TWh in November compared to 24.6 TWh in October 2011.
The average system price for November was 41.18 EUR/MWh compared to 27.96 EUR/MWh in October 2011.
The value of turnover in the day-ahead and intraday markets for November was EUR 1.17 billion.
MEMBERS:
Nord Pool Spot: 338 memberships in total.
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Source: NASDAQ OMX Commodities
FESE European Equity Market Report - Year 2011 Updated With November Figures
December 12, 2011--FESE has published the ‘European Equity Market Report’ which gathers data from all the market segments operated by FESE members (including Regulated Markets and Multilateral Trading Facilities) as well as from the major MTFs operated by investment firms in the European market. The FESE Statistics Methodology used in the Report has been agreed by all the trading venues involved, both RM and MTFs.
view the 2011 European Equity Market Report - Year 2011 (updated with November figures)
Source: FESE
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