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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.

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Source: FT.com


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.

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Source: FT.com


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.

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Source: FT.com


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.

Source: Deutsche Börse


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.

Source: Deutsche Börse


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.

view the REGULATION (EU) No 513/2011 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 11 May 2011-amending Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 on credit rating agencies

Source: ESMA


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.

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Source: IP&E


ETF world split over trade body

May 31, 2011--BlackRock iShares, the world’s largest ETF provider, has rejected proposals for a new trade body to represent the exchange traded funds industry in Europe.

Lyxor and db-x trackers, the ETF business of Deutsche Bank, have been pressing hard for a European ETF trade body to speak for the industry, in particular to answer recent concerns raised by regulators.

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Source: FT.com


EU carbon emissions plummeted in 2009: official

May 31, 2011--Greenhouse-gas emissions by the 27 members of the European Union (EU) fell by 7.1 percent in 2009 over 2008, driven by economic recession but also a switch to renewable energy, the European Environment Agency (EAA) said on Tuesday.

Emissions of the 15 countries that signed up to the Kyoto Protocol before EU enlargement fell by 6.9 percent in 2009 over the previous year, it said in a press release.

Their target under Kyoto is an overall reduction of eight percent for the 2008-2012 period compared with the benchmark year of 1990.

By the end of 2009, their emissions were 12.7 percent below those of 1990.

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Source: EUbuiness


Flash estimate - May 2011 Euro area inflation estimated at 2.7%

May 31, 2011--Euro area1 annual inflation2 is expected to be 2.7% in May 2011 according to a flash estimate issued by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. It was 2.8% in April3.

Computation of flash estimates Euro area inflation is measured by the Monetary Union Index of Consumer Prices (MUICP). To compute the MUICP flash estimates, Eurostat uses early price information relating to the reference month from Member States for which data are available4 as well as early information about energy prices.

The flash estimation procedure for the MUICP combines historical information with partial information on price developments in the most recent months to give a total index for the euro area. No detailed breakdown is available. Experience has shown the procedure to be reliable (19 times exactly anticipating the inflation rate and 5 times differing by 0.1 over the last two years). Further information can be found in Eurostat News Release 113/2001 of 5 November 2001.

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Source: Eurostat


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