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EPEX Spot / EEX Power Derivatives:Power Trading Results in February 2011

March 3, 2011--In February 2011, a total volume of 116.8 TWh was traded on the Power Spot and Derivatives Market operated by EPEX Spot SE and EEX Power Derivatives (same month of the previous year: 112.3 TWh).

In February 2011, power trading on the day-ahead auctions on EPEX Spot accounted for a total of 24,195,345 MWh (February 2010: 21,034,205 MWh) and can be broken down as follows:

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Source: EEX


IMKB shows notable rebound as risk appetite increases

March 3, 2011---The Istanbul Stock Exchange benchmark index (IMKB-100) rose significantly during Thursday’s trading session as investors’ risk appetite went up.

As investors were talking about the ?stanbul bourse entering into a “bear market,” which refers to falling stock indices, the ?MKB recovered from three days of consecutive drops and gained by 2.70 percent, or 1,565 points by the time Today’s Zaman went to print, as Swiss Credit Suisse Group AG raised its recommendation on the equity market to “overweight” and a Turkish Statistics Institute (TurkStat) report showed that monthly inflation in February came below a 41-year low level on Thursday, leading to an increase in investors’ risk appetite.

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Source: Todays Zaman


Changes in SDAX and TecDAX

Deutsche Börse reviews index composition
March 3, 2011--: On Thursday, Deutsche Börse has decided on the new composition of its equity indices SDAX and TecDAX. Hamborner REIT is included in SDAX and replaces Pfleiderer. Manz Automation leaves TecDAX and is replaced by Süss MicroTec. Gigaset replaces Conergy in TecDAX. This decision is based on the assignment of Gigaset to the technology segment.

These changes will take effect on 21 March 2011.

SDAX
Inclusion: Hamborner REIT AG (DE0006013006)
Exclusion: Pfleiderer AG (DE0006764749)

TecDAX
Inclusion: Süss MicroTec AG (DE0007226706), Gigaset AG (DE0005156004)
Exclusion: Manz Automation (DE000A0JQ5U3), Conergy AG (DE0006040025)

The next equity index review is scheduled for 6 June 2011.

Source: Deutsche Börse


Hedge funds head for Malta to escape regulation

March 3, 2011--Some of London’s biggest hedge fund managers are shifting their operations to Malta in response to both the rising costs of business and the growing regulatory burden in the UK.

The Mediterranean island is emerging alongside traditional rivals to London, such as Swiss towns Geneva and Zug, as another European location for hedge fund managers keen to maintain flexible operating arrangements – and avoid heavy tax bills.

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Source: FT.com


EU moves towards 'single energy market' with new regulator

March 3, 2011--The European Union inaugurated its new energy regulators' office in Slovenia on Thursday, as new legislation for liberalising the EU's internal energy market came into force

"Today marks a historic milestone in Europe's single energy market," European Commissioner for Energy Gunther Oettinger said at the inauguration ceremony in Ljubljana of the bloc's Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER).

He also welcomed into force the European Union's so-called third energy package, passed by the European Parliament in 2009.

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Source: EUbusiness


London Stock Exchange Group Monthly Market Report - February 2011

March 3, 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 February a total of 25.4 million trades were carried out across the Group’s electronic equity order books with a combined value of £191.3 billion (€226.1 billion), up eight per cent on February 2010 (£177.8 billion).

UK Equities Order Book
During the month, the average daily number of trades increased five per cent year on year to 635,187; the average daily value traded on the UK order book was £5.0 billion (€5.9 billion), down two per cent.
The LSE’s share of total UK order book trading for February was 65.2 per cent.

Italian Equities Order book
On the Italian order book, the average daily number of trades was 306,219, up eight per cent on the same month last year; the average daily value traded on the order book increased 15 per cent year on year to €3.7 billion (£3.1 billion).
Borsa Italiana’s share of total Italian order book trading for February was 83.3 per cent.

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Source: London Stock Exchange Group


ETF Securities Lists Two New Infrastructure ETFs

First ETF in the world to track Dow Jones Brookfield Emerging Markets Infrastructure Index
First ETF in Europe to track Dow Jones Brookfield Global Infrastructure Index
Both funds aim to provide pure-play infrastructure exposure across a broad range of sectors, enabling investors to benefit from the expected long-term global growth in this space.
March 2, 2011--ETF Securities (ETFS) has today listed the ETFX Dow Jones Brookfield Global Infrastructure Fund and ETFX Dow Jones Brookfield Emerging Markets Infrastructure Fund on the London Stock Exchange (LSE).

Both funds, which are part of ETF Securities' equity ETF platform ETF Exchange (ETFX), are designed to track specialist infrastructure indices created by Dow Jones Indexes and Brookfield Asset Management, a global asset manager focused on property, power and infrastructure assets.

Constituents in the Dow Jones Brookfield Global Infrastructure Index and the Dow Jones Brookfield Emerging Markets Infrastructure Index are required to derive a significant amount of cash flow from infrastructure lines of business and aim to provide exposure to all sectors of the infrastructure market, from oil & gas storage and transportation to toll roads and ports. The indices are believed to offer broader exposure to pure-play infrastructure than many other listed infrastructure products currently available to investors in Europe.

The ETFX Dow Jones Brookfield Global Infrastructure Fund currently provides exposure to 90 securities across 20 countries with a focus on developed markets. The ETFX Dow Jones Brookfield Emerging Markets Infrastructure Fund focuses on developing economies and currently provides exposure to 71 securities across 16 countries.

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Source: ETF Securities


ETF Landscape: European STOXX 600 Sector ETF Net Flows for Week Ending 25-Feb-2011

March 2, 2011--For the week ending 25 February 2011, there were US$201.3 Mn net outflows from STOXX Europe 600 sector ETFs. The largest sector ETF net outflows last week were in basic resources with US$95.7 Mn followed by financial services with US$74.5 Mn net outflows while oil and gas experienced net inflows of US$117.0 Mn.

Year to date, STOXX Europe 600 sector ETFs have seen US$1,476.5 Mn net inflows. Banks has seen the largest net inflows with US$580.2 Mn, followed by oil and gas with US$338.5 Mn net inflows while chemicals experienced the largest net outflows with US$100.6 Mn.

As of 25 February 2011, there is US$11.7 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 18 out of 19 sectors.

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Source: Global ETF Research & Implementation Strategy Team, BlackRock


Trading volume on the Spanish Exchange reached €66.44 bn in February on 3.8 million trades, up 14.2% on the year

Monthly Trading Statements for the BME Markets
March 2, 2011--The number of trades to February totalled 8.4 million, up 32.5% year on year In February trading in Futures on Stocks on BME’s Derivatives market increased by 69%
Trading on the Corporate Debt market reached a monthly record high in February, at near €650 bn

Equities
The Equity trading volume on the Spanish stock exchange in the first two months amounted to €165.22 bn, which represents a 1% increase from the same period in 2010. The trading volume in February came in at €66.44 bn, down 13% from the same period a year earlier.

The number of share trades to February totalled 8.4 million, up 32.5% from the same month in 2010. The number of trades in February reached 3.8 million, up 14.2% from the same period in 2009

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Source: BME


IMKB tumbles to six-month low amid antitrust probe

March 2, 2011--The Istanbul Stock Exchange (IMKB) fell sharply on Tuesday, dropping by 4.20 percent to a six-month low due to concerns over an antitrust probe in which the Turkish Competition Authority (RK) heard verbal defenses delivered by the top executives of eight Turkish banks on charges of violating competition law.

The allegation leveled by the RK's investigating committee was that Akbank, Garanti Bank, ?? Bankas?, Yap? Kredi Bankas?, Vak?fbank, Finansbank, Koçbank, which is currently part of Yap? Kredi, Pamukbank, which was transferred to Halkbank in 2004 by the state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF), and Denizbank agreed on promotions to attract individual wage deposits, violating Competition Law No. 4054.

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Source: Todays Zaman


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