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Eight new SPDR ETFs launched on Xetra

May 18, 2011--Eight new exchange traded index funds issued by SPDR (State Street Global Advisors) have been tradable on Xetra since Wednesday. The funds comprise seven equity-index ETFs and one bond-index ETF.

The five new SPDR ETFs on the MSCI Emerging Markets Index Series enable investors to participate in the performance of companies from emerging markets. While three ETFs are focused on Asia, Europe and Latin America, two ETFs track the performance of companies from all emerging-market regions. The SPDR MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap ETF includes small companies from emerging markets around the world.

Two further equity index ETFs issued by SPDR offer investors the chance to invest in the MSCI ACWI (All Country World Index) and MSCI ACWI IMI (All Country World Investable Market Index). Both indices aim to track the performance of equities from industrialised countries as well as emerging markets. The MSCI ACWI All Country World Index comprises around 2,400 companies, the MSCI ACWI All Country World Investable Market Index around 9,000 companies from 45 countries, of which 24 are industrialised countries and 21 emerging markets.

The equities are weighted on the basis of free-float market capitalisation in all seven SPDR Equity index ETFs.

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Source: Deutsche Börse


BlackRock ETF Landscape: European STOXX 600 Sector ETF Net Flows for Week Ending 13-May-2011

May 18, 2011--For the week ending 13 May 2011, US$189.4 Mn net outflows from STOXX Europe 600 sector ETFs. The largest sector ETF net outflows last week were in oil and gas with US$114.8 Mn followed by chemicals with US$81.9 Mn net outflows while utilities experienced net inflows of US$31.3 Mn.

Year to date, STOXX Europe 600 sector ETFs have seen US$367.9 Mn net inflows. Oil and gas has seen the largest net inflows with US$352.4 Mn, followed by banks with US$245.0 Mn net inflows while basic resources experienced the largest net outflows with US$173.3 Mn.

As of 13 May 2011, there is US$10.6 Bn AUM invested in the STOXX sector ETFs which is almost double the US$6.6 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


New ETFs on NYSE Euronext-Amundi IS lists 2 new ETFs

May 18, 2011--NYSE Euronext is pleased to announce that Amundi IS has listed 2 new ETFs on NYSE Euronext’s Paris market today:
ETF name: AMUNDI ETF MSCI EM ASIA B
ETF Trading name:AMUNDI ETF EM AS U
ETF ISIN: FR0011018316

ETF Symbol:AASU
ETF Reuters RIC: AASU.PA
ETF Bloomberg Ticker: AASU FP
Underlying index:MSCI EMERGING MARKETS ASIA
TER: 0,45%
PEA:Y
SRD:Long-Only
Trading currency: USD

ETF Name: AMUNDI ETF MSCI EM LATIN AMERICA B
ETF Trading name:AMUNDI ETF EM LA U
ETF ISIN:FR0011018324
ETF Symbol:ALAU
ETF Reuters RIC: ALAU.PA
ETF Bloomberg Ticker: ALAU FP
Underlying index:MSCI EMERGING MARKETS LATAM
TER: 0,45%
PEA:Y
SRD:Long-Only
Trading currency: USD

NYSE Euronext now has 649 listings of 557 ETFs based on more than 360 indices. So far this year, a total of 108 new listings of 82 ETFs have taken place on the NYSE Euronext European market.

Source: NYSE Euronext


Investor Flight Spotlights Ucits Volatility

May 18, 2011-European investors withdrew almost five times more from so-called Ucits funds in March than they did from other regulated funds, highlighting the fast-expanding sector's susceptibility to retail sentiment.

Total assets held under a Ucits wrapper dropped 1.4 percent in March as unrest in North Africa and Japan's earthquake undermined investor confidence, dwarfing a 0.3 percent drop in non-Ucits products, fund industry body EFAMA said on Tuesday.

Source: Reuters


ESMA issues Guidelines on endorsement and clarifies the use for regulatory purposes of credit ratings issued outside the European Union after 6 June 2011

May 18, 2011--ESMA issues today its Guidelines on endorsement (ESMA/2011/139) in a Final Report, including a Feedback Statement.

The Guidelines address how ESMA will implement the “as stringent as” test for credit ratings produced outside the European Union, in what are named “third countries”. These credit ratings are used by financial institutions to assess the risk of their exposures and in calculating their capital requirements. The test requires that the credit rating activities performed by Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs) outside the European Union are subject to requirements established by law which are “as stringent as” those applicable in the EU.

Key phases concerning the use of non EU credit ratings which are not endorsable ESMA’s Guidelines clarify that EU CRAs can continue to issue credit ratings produced outside the EU after the 6 June at least until the point of registration.

If at the point of a CRA’s registration, credit ratings issued outside the EU are not considered endorsable in the European Union, because an appropriate regulatory regime has not entered into force in the relevant third country (or the other necessary conditions as set out in the Regulation are not in place), the use of such credit ratings for regulatory purposes by financial institutions will still be possible for three months from that date.

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view the report-Final Report Guidelines on the application of the endorsement regime under Article 4 (3) of the Credit Rating Agencies Regulation No 1060/2009

Source: ESMA


2010 record year for Turkish capital markets, report shows

May 18, 2011-The Turkish capital markets have broken multiple records in the past year, the Brokerage Industry Review 2010 report said on Wednesday.

According to the report, published by the Association of Capital Market Intermediary Institutions of Turkey (TSPAKB), the equity markets around the world -- including that in Turkey -- recovered in 2009 following the global crisis. Contrary to expectations, emerging equity markets outperformed developed markets in 2010. The İstanbul Stock Exchange Benchmark Index (İMKB-100) has increased by 25 percent in the past year, making it the 17th fastest growing bourse around the world, after Asian markets such as Colombo (102 percent), Thailand (58 percent), Indonesia (55 percent) and Malaysia (38 percent), compared to 2009.

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Source: Todays Zaman


Forecast for the UK Economy -a comparison of independent forecasts

This edition contains forecasts to 2015
May 18, 2011--This edition of the comparison contains 26 new forecasts, all of which were received between May 4th and May 13th 2011.

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Source: HM Treasury


EU ministers set parameters for short-selling curbs

May 17, 2011--European finance ministers said they agreed a new negotiating position Tuesday in a bid to clamp down on the short-selling of sovereign debt and company shares.

The now want to give a European Union regulatory body, the European Securities and Markets Authority, power to stop trading in some instances, but this has still to be fully negotiated with the European Parliament.

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view the ECONOMIC and FINANCIAL AFFAIRS Council (provisional version) - Brussels, 17 May 2011

Source: EUbusiness


TD Unveils Enhanced Retail Derivatives Service

TD Waterhouse, the UK’s leading execution only broker, has enhanced its Contracts for Difference (CFD) and Financial Spread Betting (FSB) services to cater to the different and specific needs of these sophisticated traders.
May 17, 2011--

TD customers can now take control of their trading through two distinct accounts – TD Derivatives Trading for CFD trades, which will also include Forex and Futures, and TD Financial Spread Trading specifically for FSB trades.

TD Derivatives Trading (provided by Saxo Bank):

The TD Derivatives Trading account, provided by Saxo Bank, the online trading and investment specialist, combines all the elements required by an experienced derivatives trader. Not only can customers trade CFDs – with commissions for CFD equity trades starting from 0.15% (minimum £15) on all markets2 – they can also take advantage of one of the leading Forex Trading offerings available, with access to more than 160 Forex currency pairs. The account also includes Futures, enabling customers to trade over 450 instruments on live market prices from over 15 exchanges around the world.

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Source: PR Web


Eurex KOSPI Product Surpasses Milestone Of 1 Million Traded Contracts

May 17, 2011--The international derivatives exchange Eurex today announced that its Eurex KOSPI Product has exceeded the 1 million traded contracts threshold last Thursday, 12 May, for the first time since its launch on 30 August 2010. Monthly trading volume has been increasing steadily, reaching more than 147,000 contracts in the current month (as of 13 May).

Average daily volume is on record levels and totals more than 21,000 contracts in the current month. The current daily record of more than 29,000 order book traded contracts was achieved on 11 May 2011.

Eurex and KRX expect that volumes continue to grow in conjunction with the rising number of active end-customers as well as Eurex and KRX members using the Eurex KOSPI Product. Currently, five out of the ten most active Korean member firms trade the Eurex KOSPI Product. Altogether, 13 KRX and Eurex participants are active, among them two market makers. Further, there are 5 additional KRX and 7 Eurex members who are preparing to participate in the Eurex/KRX Link in due course.

The Eurex KOSPI Product is a daily futures contract based on the KOSPI 200 options available on the Korea Exchange (KRX). The futures contracts expire at the end of each trading day and any open positions are transferred to KRX to establish a position in the KOPSI 200 option. This product cooperation between Eurex and KRX enables market participants to trade KOSPI 200 options during European and North American trading hours.

Source: Eurex


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