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130 billion euro turned over on Xetra in May
June 1, 2011--Order book turnover on Xetra and on the trading floor of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange stood at €136.5 billion in May – a decrease by 16 percent year-on-year (May 2010: €163,5 billion). Of the €136.5 billion, €130.8 billion was attributable to Xetra which registered a decline of 16 percent y-o-y (May 2010: €155.5 billion).
€5.7 billion was attributable to floor trading in Frankfurt, a decrease of 29 percent y-o-y (May 2010: €8 billion). Order book turnover on Tradegate Exchange totaled €2.4 billion in May, making it 50 percent higher y-o-y (May 2010: €1.6 billion).
In equities, turnover reached €118.8 billion on Deutsche Börse’s cash markets (Xetra: €115.7 billion, Frankfurt trading floor: €2.3 billion). Turnover in bonds was €1.5 billion, and in structured products €2.8 billion (including Scoach). Order book turnover in mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) amounted to €13.6 billion.
A total of 19.3 million transactions were executed on Xetra in May, a decrease of 6.3 percent y-o-y (May 2010: 20.6 million).
NYSE Euronext announces new ETF on European markets -HSBC MSCI SOUTH AFRICA ETF
June 1, 2011--NYSE Euronext is pleased to announce that HSBC ETFs has listed 1 new ETF on NYSE Euronext's Paris market today:
Name:HSBC MSCI SOUTH AFRICA ETF
Trading name:HSBC MSCI STH AFR
ISIN: IE00B57S5Q22
Symbol: HZAR
Reuters RIC: HZAR.PA
BBG Ticker: HZAR FP
Underlying index: MSCI South Africa
TER: 0,60%
NYSE Euronext has now 654 listings of 563 ETFs based on more than 360 indices. So far this year, a total of 113 new listings of 87 ETFs have taken place on the NYSE Euronext European market.
Average daily volume of 13 million contracts at Eurex Group in May
Eurex Exchange: growing volume of interest rate derivatives segment/Eurex Repo: continues to grow in all markets year-on-year
June 1, 2011--In May 2011, the international derivatives exchanges of Eurex Group recorded an average daily volume of 12.9 million contracts (May 2010: 16.2 million). Of those, 10.0 million were Eurex Exchange contracts (May 2010: 12.2 million), and 2.9 million contracts (May 2010: 4.0 million) were traded at the U.S.-based International Securities Exchange (ISE).
The decline of Eurex Exchange volume y-o-y – which peaked in May 2010 – is due to the lower volatility compared with May 2010 and the adjustment of contract specification of equity derivatives. In total, 219.7 million contracts were traded at Eurex Exchange and 60.6 million at ISE.
Eurex Exchange traded 64.3 million equity index derivatives contracts (May 2010: 101.4 million). The single largest contract was the future on the EURO STOXX 50® Index with 28.3 million contracts. The option on this blue chip index totaled 24.8 million contracts. Futures on the DAX index recorded 3.1 million contracts while the DAX options reached another 5.2 million contracts. The Eurex KOSPI Product achieved a new monthly record with more than 320,000 contracts, an ADV of more than 14,500 contracts.
European banks to resubmit stress test data
June 1, 2011--European banks are being forced to resubmit their information for the latest round of “stress tests” because of concerns that some countries and institutions made mistakes or used overly rosy assumptions.
The results of the stress tests, which were to be published this month, are now likely to be delayed by a few weeks, to July, people familiar with the work said.
Private equity lobby warns of EU decline
June 1, 2011--Europe will risk "a further relative decline in the world" if it does not remove barriers that prevent foreign groups from investing on the continent, the new head of Europe’s private equity lobby has warned.
Karsten Langer, who on Thursday becomes chairman of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, called on the European Union to change regulatory rules that prevent overseas investors from deploying capital into private equity funds.
Demand for Rhodium robust after first ETF
June 1, 2011--The price of rhodium, a little-traded metal prized by the car industry for its qualities as a catalyst, has jumped 20 per cent in the past week after the launch of the first investment vehicle to hold physical rhodium.
Deutsche Bank last week launched an exchange traded fund backed by rhodium on the London Stock Exchange, the first product to allow investors exposure to physical rhodium. Similar products for physical gold, silver, platinum and palladium have been hugely successful in recent years, helping drive prices higher. There is currently more than $100bn invested in such products.
First iShares ETF on the MSCI Poland launched on Xetra
May 31, 2011--A new ETF issued by iShares has been tradable in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment since Tuesday.
ETF name: iShares MSCI Poland
Asset class: equity index ETF
ISIN: DE000A1H8EL8
Total expense ratio: 0.74 percent
Distribution policy: non-distributing
Benchmark: MSCI Poland Index
iShares MSCI Poland enables investors to participate for the first time in the performance of the MSCI Poland index. The index is a free-float adjusted performance index weighted by market capitalisation, which tracks the performance of currently 22 listed companies from Poland.
The product offering in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment currently comprises a total of 807 exchange-listed index funds, making it the largest offering of all European stock exchanges. This selection, together with an average monthly trading volume of €13 billion, makes Xetra Europe’s leading trading venue for ETFs.
Cash market to open at 8 a.m. from June
L/E-DAX is already calculated from 8 a.m.
May 31, 2011-- The Frankfurt Stock Exchange will be opening an hour earlier from 1 June. Investors will then be able to buy and sell shares, funds and ETFs through Xetra specialists from as early as 8 a.m. Trading via specialists will end at 8 p.m. as usual.
By expanding its service for investors, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse (FWB®, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange) is taking an important step towards improving price quality in German early trading. This is because the opening of the most important market for German equities will considerably improve the liquidity in trading before 9 a.m., which in turn may have a positive effect on price ranges. Traditional Xetra trading will continue to operate between 9 a.m. and 5.30 p.m.
Bonds are excluded from the earlier start of trading, as these are predominantly bought and sold in off-exchange interbank trading, and these reference markets are not available before 9 a.m.
The most important barometer for the German equities market in evening trading, the L-DAX (ISIN DE0001717049), which was previously calculated from 5.30 p.m. to 8 p.m., will additionally be calculated from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. as of June, and re-named L/E-DAX. The "L" stands for "late", the "E" stands for "early". There is no change to the ISIN.
ESMA: Publication Of The Regulation On Supervision Of Credit Rating Agencies
May 31, 2011-The CRA regulation establishing ESMA's responsibility for the supervision and registration of credit rating agencies
in the European Union is published today in the official journal.
Europe may introduce new OTC directive before end of reprieve
May 31, 2011-- Pension funds could see legislation regulating their use of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives introduced prior to the end of the three-year reprieve, a partner of law firm Sackers has said.
Speaking after the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee last week passed an amendment that would see pension funds exempt from the new derivatives legislation for up to three years, Andrew Bradshaw said the directive could have otherwise caused a "real headache" for UK lawmakers.
