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European pension funds adopt 'wait and see' approach to market turmoil
August 9, 2011--European pension schemes are adopting a 'wait and see strategy' as the US market remains highly volatile.
Several of the larger Dutch pension funds have decided to refrain from any sudden changes in their investment policies and will stick to their long-term investment strategies for the time being.
France's AMF sees no need for short sale ban
August 8, 2011--French market regulator AMF has no current plans to follow its Greek counterpart in implementing a ban on short-selling, a spokeswoman said on Monday.
"The AMF decided that at this stage, the situation on the French stock markets did not make it necessary to implement a short-selling ban," the spokeswoman said.
Source Physical Platinum P-ETC and Source Physical Palladium P-ETC receive Shari'ah approval
August 8, 2011--Source, the US$10 billion specialist provider of Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) working in partnership with BofA Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Nomura, and other market makers, is pleased to announce that its
Source Physical Platinum P‐ETC (SPPT LN) and Source Physical Palladium P‐ETC (SPAL LN) have been confirmed as permissible Islamic investment certificates complying with the
requirements of Shari’ah law.
The Source products were approved on 26th July 2011 by a Board of Shari’ah Scholars facilitated by Amanie Islamic Finance Consultancy and Education LLC (“Amanie”). The Shari’ah Supervisory Board included representation from world‐renowned scholars versed in differing schools of fiqh including Dr. Mohammed Ali Elgari (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), Dr. Mohd Daud Bakar (Malaysia), Dr. Muhammed Amin Ali Qattan (Kuwait), and Dr. Osama Al Dereai (Qatar). This Shari’ah Board has been retained by Source as its dedicated Shari’ah
Supervisory Board (Please see below for board member biographies).
European equities fall after US downgrade
August 8, 2011--Europe’s leading benchmark indices fell sharply on Monday after Standard & Poor’s downgraded US sovereign debt, triggering a flight to safety.
The pan-European benchmark index tumbled 4 per cent to 936.29, with very few risers across the board.
ECB to fight debt crisis with major bond purchases
August 8, 2011--The European Central Bank said it would make major purchases of eurozone government bonds in the latest move to stem a debt crisis that has world leaders scrambling for a global response.
The ECB said it would "actively" renew the bond purchases after Italy and Spain announced new measures and reforms to boost their economies and France and Germany pushed for full and rapid implementation of terms agreed at an emergency summit last month.
Hellenic Capital Market Commission: Notice Of Prohibition Of Short Selling
August 8, 2011--The Board of Directors of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC) decided today to temporarily ban short selling of shares and units of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) listed in the Athens Exchange irrespective of the venue where the transaction is executed (regulated markets, Multilateral Trading Facilities or over the counter).
The ban includes covered short sales and sales which are settled with subsequent intraday purchases. This Decision shall take effect from 9 August 2011 and shall remain in force up to and including 7 October 2011.
Shareholders of MICEX and RTS voted for integration of the exchanges
August 8, 2011--On August 5, 2011 MICEX and RTS held extraordinary general shareholders meetings. Restructuring of OJSC RTS in form of accession to ZAO MICEX was the main issue on the agenda of these shareholders meetings.
Approximately 93.36% of MICEX shareholders and 88.45% of RTS shareholders were present at these meetings and participated in voting.
Restructuring of OJSC RTS in form of accession to ZAO MICEX was approved by 93.348% of all MICEX shareholders represented at the shareholders meeting. Out of all RTS shareholders that participated in the shareholders meeting 99.776 % voted for the restructuring.
The shareholders of RTS also voted for on all the other matters put to vote including dividend distribution on shares of OJSC RTS for H1 of 2011, the deal between OJSC RTS and Not-for-profit partnership "Russian Trading System" Stock Exchange", and the amended Articles of Association of OJSC RTS.
Turkey confident as world shares plunge on crisis fears
August 5, 2011--The government and the central bank have expressed their trust in the resilience of the Turkish economy against external shocks as world equities incurred substantial losses for a second day on Friday.
Whereas a number of leading figures from the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government dismissed any major impact on the Turkish economy from a second wave of global financial turmoil as a possibility, Central Bank of Turkey Governor Erdem Başçı reassured observers that there will be “a swift reduction” in the country's current account gap.
Unscheduled free float adjustment in SDAX
Adjustment for Medion AG as of 10 August 2011
August 5, 2011-- Deutsche Börse has announced an unscheduled adjustment to the free float of Medion AG in SDAX. Due to the takeover of Medion AG by Lenovo Germany Holding GmbH, the free float of Medion has changed by more than 10 percentage points.
According to the index guidelines, the company’s free float will thus be reduced from the current 45.11 percent to 13.48 percent.
The adjustment will become effective on Wednesday, 10 August 2011.
The next regular review of the Deutsche Börse blue-chip indices will be on 5 September 2011.
European Commission to publish eurobond report: Rehn
August 5, 2011--The European Commission will publish a report later this year on the possibility of issuing eurobonds guaranteed by eurozone states, Economic Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said Friday.
As it searches for solutions to the sovereign debt crisis engulfing the 17-nation currency union, the Commission, the European Union's executive arm, will take a serious look at eurobonds, Rehn told BBC radio.
