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The Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) approves the merger of the MICEX and the RTS

September 12, 2011--The merger of the MICEX and the RTS has been approved by the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation.
Welcoming the decision of the FAS, the MICEX President Ruben Aganbegyan said: "The merger has been approved by all parties: shareholders in the two exchanges and the FAS.

The merger of Russia’s two major exchanges has entered its final stage. I believe in success, I believe in synergy between our companies, which are destined to become one. We will be a united, strong, customer-oriented trading floor that is able to meet the current challenges of the globalized world."

Roman Goryunov, CEO at OJSC RTS believes that the FAS’ approval opens the way for the final implementation of the merger. "This means that by the end of the year we will be a single company. In fact, we have already begun to work as a unified team. We have done a lot of work together, including the analysis and the joint assessment of markets, products and services. Before long, the results of our work will be submitted to market participants for consideration and discussion. Our plan is to build an exchange that will be sought-for and convenient for clients", said Roman Goryunov.

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Source: RTS


Investors could use ETFs to trade longevity, Deutsche Börse predicts

September 12, 2011--Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) could be used for trading longevity once the market becomes sufficiently liquid, Deutsche Börse has suggested.

Addressing delegates at the Longevity Seven conference in Frankfurt last week, Hendrik Rogge, responsible for the company's Xpect longevity indices, also said trading would be limited to such funds and future contracts, as regular trading would be impractical due to the monthly release of new data.

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Source: IP&E


Independent Commission on Banking released its Final Report

September 12, 2011--Introduction
On 16 June 2010, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the creation of the Independent Commission on Banking, chaired by Sir John Vickers. The Commission has been asked to consider structural and related non-structural reforms to the UK banking sector to promote financial stability and competition, and to make recommendations to the Government by the end of September 2011.

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Source: ICB


SNB acts decisively to halt rise of franc

September 9, 2011--The Swiss currency tumbled after the central bank announced it would stop the franc from strengthening above SFr1.20 against the euro

The SNB moved on Tuesday to prevent the strength of the franc from pushing Switzerland into recession by announcing that it would stop the franc from strengthening above SFr1.20 against the euro.

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Source: FT.com


Britain 'sceptical' on transaction tax: official

September 9, 2011--Britain is still "sceptical" about a Franco-German proposal for imposing a European Union-wide financial transaction tax, a British finance ministry official said at a G7 meeting in Marseille

"The UK is sceptical about au EU-wide tax," he said during the Group of Seven industrialised nations meeting in the southern French port.

Detractors say such a tax would inevitably weaken the EU by diverting financial activity elsewhere, quite apart from the difficulty of applying it in the first place.

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Source: EUbusiness


Key statistics for August 2011-SIX Swiss Exchange and Scoach Switzerland

New record figures resulting from strong increase in trades and turnover at SIX Swiss Exchange and Scoach Switzerland.
September 8, 2011--In August, SIX Swiss Exchange saw a jump in trading activities. On 9 August 2011, a new daily record was set with roughly 390'000 trades. The number of trades was up in August by 64 % compared with the previous month.

This was driven, in particular, by the equities (incl. funds, ETSFs and ETPs), ETF as well as structured products and warrants segments. With the number of trades reaching 125'862, the ETF segment advanced for the first time into six-digit territory.

Substantial increase in turnover The ETF segment also set a new record in terms of turnover. With a gain of over 88 % as compared to July 2011, turnover climbed to CHF 13'732 million. Turnover in the structured products and warrants segment almost doubled, growing by 93.5 % to CHF 5'813 million. Across all trading segments, there was month-on-month growth of 51.3 % in turnover in August.

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Source: SIX Swiss Exchange


Deutsche Börse adds global treasury auction data to machine-readable news feed

“AlphaFlash Global Treasury Feed” makes data available from 12 countries
September 8, 2011--Deutsche Börse has added global treasury auction data to its algorithmic news feed “AlphaFlash”. The global treasury data package provides key treasury auction data from 12 countries directly from the source in a low latency, machine readable format.

The new service is designed for algorithmic traders, asset managers, hedge funds, analysts and professional investors whose trading decisions are based on government bond market activity.

“Especially in today’s financial environment, speedy access to government bond data is essential. Sovereign debt markets have become more and more volatile over recent years, impacting all other asset classes and the world economy. The global treasury feed enables market participants to instantly access treasury auction announcements and execute their automated trades”, said Georg Gross, Head of Front Office Data & Analytics at Deutsche Börse.

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Source: Deutsche Börse


EU plans tax on stocks and bonds trading

September 8, 2011--The European Commission is set to propose a tax on trading shares and bonds according to a senior EU official on Thursday, who said it will proceed with its plans in the eurozone if Britain objects.

The proposal for a 0.1 percent tax, which has drawn criticism from the European Central Bank and others who say it may drive trading out of countries where it applies, could prove impractical to introduce though.

But if EU officials strike a formula to impose the charge without scaring off traders, it could be central to the bloc's bid to tax banking following the global financial crisis.

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Source: Reuters


EU market plans may boost Boerse/NYSE merger deal

September 8, 2011--Draft European Union plans for a sweeping overhaul of its market rules could make it easier for Brussels to nod through a megabourse merger while also threatening the deal's viability, trading and exchange industry officials said on Thursday.

The EU is due in October to publish plans to overhaul the bloc's markets in financial instruments directive (MiFID).

Leaks on the proposals in recent days reveal a broad core aim to open up vertically integrated exchanges like Deutsche Boerse (DB1Gn.DE) to competition in clearing, indexes and data selling.

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Source: Reuters


Amundi launches 7 new emerging market ETFs on London Stock Exchange

London Stock Exchange welcomes seven new ETFs from Amundi tracking emerging markets
London Stock Exchange’s position as the leader in emerging market ETFs reinforced

September 8, 2011--The London Stock Exchange this week announced the trading of seven new Amundi emerging market exchange-traded funds.

The new products will provide investors with specific exposure to India, China, Eastern Europe (ex Russia), Brazil, Asia and Latin America, as well as to a broad index ETF tracking the performance of all emerging markets. Also trading from today is an ETF providing exposure to the European Real Estate sector.

The London Stock Exchange now offers 158 emerging market ETFs, compared with 126 on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE Arca) and 93 on Deutsche Boerse.[1]

Pietro Poletto, Head of ETFs and ETPs at London Stock Exchange Group, said:

“The London Stock Exchange has long been a truly international market place, where investors can find a wide range of products offering opportunities across many sectors and geographies. These new ETF listings will further extend our offering, the largest in the world”.

Valérie Baudson, Managing Director of Amundi ETF comments:

“This latest series enhances our range of equity exposure on the LSE. We offer investors cost effective emerging market exposures, with low tracking error, reflecting the quality of our products. These launches are in line with our development objectives for the UK.”

Amundi has issued 41 ETFs on the London Stock Exchange since May 2011. Amundi is the fifth largest ETF provider on the London Stock Exchange, with £116m traded in their ETFs in July 2011.

Source: London Stock Exchange


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