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High deficit exposes Turkey to shocks

September 18, 2011--Turkey is vulnerable to external shocks because of its high current account deficit, but the risk will diminish as the economy slows from its blistering rate of growth, Mehmet Simsek, the country’s finance minister, has told the Financial Times.

"Yes, we have a very large current account deficit and we are concerned about it . . . and I do take on board that a large current account deficit makes us more vulnerable to external shocks,” he said in an interview. “But at the same time other fundamentals in Turkey are strong enough to manage things.”

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Source: FT.com


UBS Provides More Detailed Information On Unauthorized Trading

September 18, 2011--On September 15, 2011 UBS announced that it had discovered unauthorized trading in its Investment Bank. This trading was conducted by a trader in its Global Synthetic Equity business in London. The trader in question has been charged by UK authorities with fraud by abuse of position.

Before making a further announcement, we needed to be certain that we understood the positions that were booked and that we knew the amount of our resulting loss.

We have now covered the risk resulting from the unauthorized trading, and the equities business is again operating normally within its previously defined risk limits. The loss arising from this matter is USD 2.3 billion. As previously stated, no client positions were affected.

The loss resulted from unauthorized speculative trading in various S&P 500, DAX, and EuroStoxx index futures over the last three months. The positions taken were within the normal business flow of a large global equity trading house as part of a properly hedged portfolio. However, the true magnitude of the risk exposure was distorted because the positions had been offset in our systems with fictitious, forward-settling, cash ETF positions, allegedly executed by the trader. These fictitious trades concealed the fact that the index futures trades violated UBS's risk limits.

Following inquiries directed to him by UBS control functions that were reviewing his positions, the trader revealed his unauthorized activity on September 14, 2011.

UBS's Board of Directors has set up a special committee to conduct an independent investigation of the unauthorized trading activities and their relation to the control environment. The committee will be chaired by David Sidwell, the Senior Independent Director, and will report to the Board of Directors. The other members of the committee are Ann Godbehere and Joseph Yam.

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Source: UBS


Eurozone-only transaction tax possible: Germany

September 17, 2011--A proposed tax on financial transactions could be introduced in the eurozone alone, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said in an interview to be published Sunday.

"The ban on 'naked' short selling was only the beginning of the measures we are taking," Schaeuble told Bild am Sonntag.

"Before the end of the autumn we are going to create a tax on financial transactions. If necessary, I'm sure, just in the eurozone," he added.

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Source: EUbusiness


Calls for ETF ban in wake of UBS rogue trader scandal

September 16, 2011--City veterans called for a ban of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) yesterday as the UBS rogue trading scandal put a spotlight on to the financial market's latest money-spinning wheeze.

ETFs have become increasingly popular, and until recently were the only place trading desks were hiring. Yet they have also been dogged by criticism from some in the City and faced scrutiny both in London and on a European and global level, and regulators have been threatening to derail their recent spectacular rise.

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Source: The Independant


NASDAQ OMX Starts Trading In New China ETF From XACT Fonder

September 16, 2011 — NASDAQ OMX Stockholm, part of the NASDAQ OMX Group (NASDAQ:NDAQ), today starts trading in a new exchange traded fund (ETF), XACT China (short name: XACT Kina). The new ETF issued by XACT Fonder is based on the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index (HSCEI), which tracks the performance of the 40 largest Chinese companies listed on the Hong Kong exchange.

Henrik Norén, CEO XACT Fonder, said: “China's strong economic development is going to be a feature of the financial markets for many years to come, and through this new product we can offer our customers the opportunity to take part in that journey in a simple way. XACT China responds to the increasing demand for new EFTs that together can form the basis of a complete investment portfolio with a good diversification of risk.”

Jenny Rosberg, Senior Vice President NASDAQ OMX, commented: “XACT China provides investors with an easy and cost-efficient means to gain exposure against one of the world's most traded indexes. Our Nordic ETF portfolio today covers many international indexes allowing private investors to build a global portfolio at low costs.”

An ETF is an index fund which trades like a stock on an exchange. ETFs are a complement to actively managed funds and provide investors with the possibility to invest in well known global indices in the local currency.

Source: NASDAQ OMX


Moody's continues to mull Italy downgrade

September 16, 2011--Rating firm Moody's said Friday it was still weighing whether to cut Italy's credit rating amid increasing uncertainty in the eurozone over sovereign debt.

"Moody's will strive to conclude the review within the next month," the firm said in a statement, three months after it announced the review of Italy's credit for a possible downgrade.

Italy, the eurozone's third-largest economy, has a credit rating of Aa2, two notches below Moody's top triple-A rating.

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Source: EUbusiness


UBS trading losses: FSA and FINMA to launch investigation

September 16, 2011--The Financial Services Authority (FSA) and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) are launching a comprehensive independent investigation into the events surrounding the trading losses incurred by UBS AG in its London operations.

The investigation, to be conducted by a third party firm independent of UBS, will focus:

•on the details of the unauthorised trading activity;
•on the control failures which permitted the activity to remain undetected; and
•will include an assessment of the overall strength of UBS’s controls to prevent unauthorised or fraudulent trading activity in its Investment Bank.

At the moment no indication can be given with regard to the duration of that investigation.

Source: FSA.gov.uk


UBS $2 billion rogue trade suspect held in London

September 16, 2011--Swiss bank UBS said it had lost around $2 billion due to rogue dealing by a London-based trader at the Swiss bank and police said they had arrested a man on suspicion of fraud.

Sources close to the situation named the suspect as 31-year-old Kweku Adoboli , who was working as UBS director of exchange traded funds and so-called Delta 1 trading, according to his profile on LinkedIn .

Adoboli was arrested during the night at UBS's London office, the sources told Reuters.

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Source: Reuters


ETF Stat August 2011 -Borsa Italiana

September 16, 2011--The ETF Statistics of the ETF Plus Market for the month of August 2011 are now available.

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Source: Borsa Italiana


ETF warning sounded after UBS rogue trading loss

Exchange traded funds (ETFs) have quickly become a trillion-dollar plus trading instrument - but there are warnings that they are now are being mis-sold to the retail market
September 16, 2011--Small investors have been mis-sold "exchange traded funds" at the heart of UBS's £1.3bn rogue trading loss and face potentially huge losses, according to leading City financier Terry Smith.

Smith, chief executive of money brokers Tullett Prebon, compared ETFs to the toxic instruments that played a catastrophic role in the credit crunch, and said the City had failed to learn any lessons.

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Source: The Guardian


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