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BlackRock ETF Landscape: STOXX Europe 600 Sector ETF Net Flows: week ending 05-Aug-11

August 10, 2011--For the week ending 05 August 2011, there were US$160.4 Mn net outflows from STOXX Europe 600 sector ETFs. The largest sector ETF net outflows last week were in telecommunications with US$97.6 Mn followed by banks with US$41.9 Mn net outflows while insurance experienced net inflows of US$27.4 Mn.

Year to date, STOXX Europe 600 sector ETFs have seen US$38.0 Mn net outflows. Utilities has seen the largest net outflows with US$242.4 Mn, followed by basic resources with US$214.9 Mn net outflows, while healthcare experienced the largest net inflows with US$280.2 Mn.

As of 05 August 2011, there is US$8.7 Bn AUM invested in the STOXX sector ETFs which is greater than the US$5.7 Bn open interest in the sector futures. The ETF AUM is greater than the open interest in the corresponding futures contract in 15 out of 19 sectors. .

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Source: Global ETF Research & Implementation Strategy Team, BlackRock


Deutsche Börse Commodities makes 500th Xetra-Gold delivery

A total of 2.5 tonnes of gold have been transferred to investors
August 10, 2011--Xetra Gold is a zero-coupon bond with perpetual maturity, representing a gram of gold. It is 100% backed by physical gold and represents the right to the delivery of gold. For investors, owning a unit of Xetra-Gold is equivalent to owning one gram of physical gold.

Since Xetra-Gold launched in 2007, investors have already made use of this physical backing 500 times and taken delivery of a total 2.5 tonnes of gold. Fees for packaging, transport and insurance apply, which depend on the quantity delivered.

“Investors have a choice of small bars in several different sizes (1 gram to 1000 grams) and standard bars of 12.5 kilograms,” said Steffen Orben, managing director at Deutsche Börse Commodities GmbH. “Delivery normally takes around two weeks.”

The Deutsche Börse Commodities' gold reserve, which backs the Xetra-Gold bearer bond, amounted to 50.6 tonnes at the end of July. The gold is stored at Clearstream’s vaults in Frankfurt. At a price of EUR 36.38 per unit (Xetra price on 29 July), the current value of the gold in custody is around EUR 1.8 billion.

“Xetra-Gold provides investors with one of the most favourable opportunities of acquiring and trading physical gold,” said Martina Gruber, managing director at Deutsche Börse Commodities. “The bid/ask spread is generally only around 0.1 percent. In contrast to fund trading and other ETCs, no ongoing management fees are charged for Xetra-Gold.”

Xetra-Gold is therefore by far the best-performing security among the 181 exchange traded commodities (ETCs) available on Xetra. Its share of total order book sales in the ETC segment is around 16 percent.

Source: Deutsche Börse


UK rates likely to remain on hold for some time

August 10, 2011--The Bank of England has signalled that interest rates will remain on hold for much longer than previously believed, as it forecast lower economic growth and inflation over the next two years.

In outlining the Bank’s new forecasts, governor Sir Mervyn King emphasised that they did not take account of worst-case scenarios from the eurozone debt crisis.

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Source: FT.com


Eurozone states get moving after ECB, Fed take centre role

August 10, 2011--Urgent action on the eurozone debt crisis picked up Wednesday with emergency budget talks in Rome and Paris after the ECB laid down terms for shoring up Europe's single currency.

A new round of stock market free-falls underscored fragile sentiment despite a US Federal Reserve statement that forecast low US credit rates for the next two years.

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Source: EUbusiness


Euro area securities issues statistics-June 2011

August 10, 2011--The annual growth rate of the outstanding amount of debt securities issued by euro area residents increased from 3.6% in May 2011 to 3.9% in June. For the outstanding amount of quoted shares issued by euro area residents, the annual growth rate increased from 1.3% in May 2011 to 1.6% in June.

New issuance of debt securities by euro area residents totalled EUR 888 billion in June 2011 (see Table 1 and Chart 1). Redemptions stood at EUR 871 billion and net issues amounted to EUR 25 billion (see Table 1). 1 The annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by euro area residents increased from 3.6% in May 2011 to 3.9% in June (see Table 1 and Chart 3).

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Source: ECB


ESMA provides opinions on pre-trade transparency waivers

August 10, 2011--ESMA today provided its first opinions on pre-trade transparency waivers to competent authorities under Article 29(1)(a) of the ESMA Regulation. These opinions contribute to a common supervisory culture and consistent supervisory practices. The decisions on ESMA opinions to competent authorities are taken by simple majority.

The opinions published today relate to the MiFID compliance of two trading functionalities submitted for ESMA’s assessment by the relevant national competent authorities as part of the process originally developed by CESR in spring 2009. The substance of the individual opinions has been included (in red) in the table annexed to the document “Waivers from Pre-trade transparency, ESMA opinions and CESR positions” (ESMA/2011/241). As the opinions relate to confidential information, the substance of the individual opinions has been anonymised. According to these opinions, ESMA considered a reference price system proposed by a trading venue to be MiFID compliant, whereas a system intended to formalise negotiated trades was not considered to comply with the MiFID requirements for granting a pre-trade transparency waiver.”

view the Waivers from Pre-trade Transparency CESR positions and ESMA opinions

Source: ESMA


ESMA publishes updated list of measures adopted by competent authorities on short selling

August 9, 2011-- ESMA today published an update regarding the measures taken by EU competent authoritites regarding short selling.
This update includes measures taken by Greece

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Source: ESMA


FSA publishes Recovery and Resolution Plans consultation

August 9, 2011--The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has today published a Consultation Paper (CP) and Discussion Paper (DP) on its proposals for Recovery and Resolution Plans (RRP), required of financial institutions.

The publication also covers policy proposals aimed at reducing the impact of firms' failure in relation to their investment business client money and custody assets holdings.

The CP covers the requirement for banks and large investment firms in the UK to prepare and maintain Recovery and Resolution Plans and the DP explores matters relevant to the resolution of financial services firms.

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view the CP11/16 -Recovery and Resolution Plans

Source: FSA.gov.uk


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.

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Source: IP&E


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.

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Source: Reuters


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