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Euroclear UK & Ireland integrates ETF order routing and settlement
June 6, 2011--Euroclear UK & Ireland (EUI) launches today a new service that seamlessly integrates and automates Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) order routing and trade settlement. The service will be available to institutional and retail clients in the UK via IFAs and fund platforms.
By leveraging the EMX Message System, fund distributors will be able to route ETF subscription and redemption orders using the same infrastructure they currently use for mutual fund order flows. Settlement of ETF trades can then take place at EUI, which currently settles trades in more than 1,600 ETFs.
Underscoring the UK’s strong appetite for ETF investment, the value of ETFs held through EUI tripled over the past three years to approximately GBP 64 billion (EUR 73 billion).
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Source: Euroclear
Three new SPDR bond ETFs launched on Xetra
June 6, 2011-- Three further exchange-listed index funds issued by SPDR (State Street Global Advisors) have been tradable on Xetra® since Monday.
ETF name: SPDR Barclays Capital Sterling Aggregate Bond ETF
Asset class: bond index ETF
ISIN: IE00B3T8LK23
Total expense ratio: 0.20 percent
Distribution policy: distributing
Benchmark: Barclays Capital Sterling Aggregate Bond Index
ETF name: SPDR Barclays Capital US Aggregate Bond ETF
Asset class: bond index ETF
ISIN: IE00B459R192
Total expense ratio: 0.20 percent
Distribution policy: distributing
Benchmark: Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index
ETF name: SPDR Barclays Capital US Treasury Bond ETF
Asset class: bond index ETF
ISIN: IE00B44CND37
Total expense ratio: 0.15 percent
Distribution policy: distributing
Benchmark: Barclays Capital U.S. Treasury Index
The first two new SPDR bond index ETFs in the Barclays Capital Bond Index Series are based exclusively on bonds denominated solely in pounds sterling and US dollars respectively, with a fixed coupon and an investment grade rating.
The Barclays Capital Sterling Aggregate Bond ETF tracks the performance of government bonds, treasury bonds and corporate bonds denominated in pounds sterling. The SPDR Barclays Capital US Aggregate Bond ETF primarily tracks the performance of government bonds, treasury bonds and corporate bonds denominated in US dollars.
The SPDR Barclays Capital US Treasury Bond ETF enables investors to participate in the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. Treasury Index. This contains bonds issued in the US only which are weighted according to market capitalisation. Bonds considered for the index must have a minimum maturity of one year at the time the index is reviewed.
The product offering in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment currently comprises a total of 810 exchange-listed index funds, making it the largest offering of all European stock exchanges.
Source: Deutsche Börse
London Stock Exchange Group: Monthly Market Report – May 2011
JUne 6, 2011--London Stock Exchange Group (LSE.L) sits at the heart of the world’s financial community, offering international business unrivalled access to Europe’s capital markets. In May, a total of 27.1 million trades were carried out across the Group’s electronic equity order books with a combined value of £210.4 billion (€239.6 billion), down 19 per cent on May 2010 (£259.6 billion).
UK Equities Order Book
During the month, the average daily value traded on the UK order book was £5.4 billion (€6.1 billion), down 24 per cent year on year; the average daily number of trades reduced 16 per cent to 694,247.
The LSE’s share of trading in the total UK order book for May was 64.7 per cent.
Italian Equities Order book
On the Italian order book, the average daily number of trades was 261,696, down 31 per cent on the same month last year, whilst the average daily value traded on the order book decreased 33 per cent year on year to €3.7 billion (£3.3 billion).
Turquoise Cash Equities
The average daily value traded on the Turquoise integrated book in May was €1.4 billion (£1.2 million), up eight per cent on the same month last year. The average daily number of trades was up 27 per cent, at 309,090.
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Source: London Stock Exchange
Norma Group and GSW Immobilien to be included in SDAX
Colonia Real Estate und Homag Group to leave SDAX/ Tognum Free Float adjusted/ Decision made on treatment of Deutsche Börse shares in context of planned merger with NYSE/Euronext
June 6, 2011--Based on the outcome of today’s meeting of the Working Committee for Equity Indices Deutsche Börse has decided that Norma Group AG and GSW Immobilien AG will be included in SDAX and that Colonia Real Estate AG and Homag Group AG are to leave SDAX. This change will take effect on 20 June 2011. The next regular index review will be held on 5 September 2011.
Due to the successful takeover offer of Engine Holding GmbH for Tognum AG its free-float in MDAX declines from 75 to 40.13 percent. The adjustment becomes effective as of 9 June.
The Working Committee for Equity Indices today also independently discussed the treatment of the merger of Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext. Following thorough considerations, the committee decided to replace the share of Deutsche Börse AG (ISIN DE0005810055) with the tendered shares (ISIN DE00A1KRND6) provided an acceptance threshold of at least 50 percent is reached by the end of the initial tender period or at any time throughout the extended period with two trading days notice. With achieving this threshold the then larger share class is included in the DAX index in accordance with the index rulebook.
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Source: Deutsche Börse
EPEX Spot / EEX Power Derivatives: Power Trading Results in May
June 6, 2011--In May 2011, a total volume of 110.9 TWh was traded on the Power Spot and Derivatives Market operated by EPEX Spot SE and EEX Power Derivatives respectively (May 2010: 151.5 TWh).
In May 2011, power trading on the day-ahead auctions on EPEX Spot accounted for a total of 23,773,281 MWh (May 2010: 21,477,835 MWh) and can be broken down as follows:
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Source: EEX
Semi-Annual Review of OMX Copenhagen 20 Index
June 6, 2011--On June 3, 2011, the NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) announced the result of the semi-annual review of the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index (NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen: OMXC20), which will become effective with the market open on Monday, June 21, 2010.
As a result of the re-ranking NASDAQ OMX will add Coloplast to the OMXC20 Index and remove Genmab.
The OMXC20 Index is the NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen's tradable index. It was introduced July 3, 1989 as an underlying instrument for futures and options. The OMXC20 Index has a base value of 100 and is weighted in terms of free floated market value.
The OMX Copenhagen 20 Index constituents effective June 21, 2010 are:
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Source: NASDAQ OMX
Deutsche Börse publishes 2010 Corporate Responsibility Report
June 6, 2011--Deutsche Börse has published its third Corporate Responsibility Report,
presenting its initiatives for the concluded financial year 2010. The
report was prepared and examined in accordance with the internationally recognized Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines, and reached the second
highest reporting level (GRI Level B+).
In addition, the figures in the chapters
“Employees”, “Environment” and “Community” and also the quantitative and qualitative statements in the chapter “Economy” were audited by KPMG. This guarantees international comparability and a reliable, transparent quality standard of sustainable reporting.
The Company believes that the capital market and its institutions have a responsibility to society, and it is committed to this. Deutsche Börse Group's social initiatives focus on the Group's locations around the world and the active involvement of its own employees. Our long-term commitment continues to focus on four areas: economy, employees, environment and community.
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Source: Deutsche Börse
NYSE Euronext announces new ETF -HSBC MSCI CANADA ETF
June 6, 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 CANADA ETF
Trading name: HSBC MSCI CANADA
ISIN:IE00B51B7Z02
Symbol: HCAN
Reuters RIC:HCAN.PA
BBG Ticker: HCAN FP
Underlying index:MSCI CANADA
TER: 0,35%
NYSE Euronext has now 655 listings of 564 ETFs based on more than 360 indices. So far this year, a total of 114 new listings of 88 ETFs have taken place on the NYSE Euronext European market.
Source: NYSE Euronext
UK official holdings of international reserves, May 2011
June 3, 2011--This monthly press notice shows details of movements in May in the UK’s official holdings of international reserves, which consist of gold, foreign currency assets and International Monetary Fund assets. These reserves are maintained primarily so that the UK Government’s reserves could be used to intervene to support Sterling, or the Bank of England’s reserves could be used to support the Bank’s monetary policy objectives.
If such interventions were to occur, then they would be shown and explained in this release. The Background note at the end of this release explains more about the reserves, and about these statistics.
In summary this month’s release shows that, in May 2011: No intervention operations were undertaken.
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Source: HM Treasury
Amundi to Cut Fees on Hedge Fund-Style Portfolios
June 2, 2011-Amundi Asset Management plans to cut fees on its hedge-fund-style portfolios, in a rare sign that investors may be able to flex their muscles on charges in the wake of the credit crisis.
The France-based firm, which manages 14 billion euros ($20.1 billion) in absolute return strategies and which has around 690 billion euros in assets in total, said it was reviewing the fee structure on its VaR (value at risk) range of funds.
Source: Reuters
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