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German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) approves merger of Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext
September 12, 2011--Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has approved the merger of Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext. With BaFin’s decision, the merger has reached an important regulatory milestone in Germany.
The BaFin examination is comparable to the shareholder control procedure by the stock exchange regulators. It concerns a significant acquisition of shares in the banks and financial services institutions of the Deutsche Börse Group by the parent company of the new group (Holdco) headquartered in the Netherlands, and the permissibility of this acquisition. This particularly includes Clearstream Banking AG as the central settlement institution for securities transactions, and Eurex Clearing AG as the central counterparty for the derivatives exchange Eurex.
Among other things, BaFin’s examination involved assessing the reliability of the Dutch Holdco and its financial solidity. BaFin’s overall conclusion was that there are no grounds against the merger in Germany in terms of banking supervisory regulations.
The transaction remains subject to further conditions being met, such as approval by the responsible EU competition authorities and by responsible exchange supervisory authorities.
Source: Deutsche Börse
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.
view the Independent Commission on Banking-Final Report
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
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