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EU bank tests to assess liquidity and debt exposure
January 18, 2011--European Union economic leaders said Tuesday they will shortly launch new transparent, uniform stress tests on banks that will aim to check liquidity levels after Ireland's banks needed bailing out.
EU financial services commissioner Michel Barnier said the tests, still being designed by the European Central Bank and the new European Banking Authority which holds its first board meeting in Frankfurt on Thursday, would also assess the risk of exposure to sovereign debt losses.
The tests are set to begin in February or March with results to be published mid-year, an EU official said.
Clearstream increases collateral range by adding the asset class investment funds
New asset class for Clearstream’s Global Liquidity Hub
First provider to offer the leverage of funds to secure money market transactions
Approximately 700 billion euros of additional collateral to improve liquidity management activities
January 18, 2011--Clearstream, the international central securities depository (ICSD) within Deutsche Börse Group, has added investments funds to its portfolio of asset classes eligible for collateral use. Clearstream customers can now leverage investment funds shares that are settled via and held by Clearstream to collateralise money market transactions in line with the product range offered through the company’s Global Liquidity Hub.
Clearstream estimates that around 700 billion euros will be made available as collateral based on the most liquid money market funds managed in Luxembourg and Dublin. With this new asset class, Clearstream has added an additional element to its Global Liquidity Hub strategy which reaches across continents, timezones and a wide coverage of collateral types. This goes hand-in-hand with Clearstream’s ongoing extension towards a global exposure coverage service steered out of the company’s collateral management facility which allows customers to further optimise their use of accessible collateral.
Deutsche Börse launches ShortTecDAX index
January 17, 2011--Deutsche Börse is expanding its offering in the area of short indices. As of today, the company calculates ShortTecDAX which is offered to investors as a hedge against falling prices.
The daily performance of ShortTecDAX is directly opposed to that of TecDAX, i.e. if TecDAX rises by 5 percent ShortTecDAX falls by 5 percent, and vice versa.
TecDAX comprises the 30 largest companies from the technology sector below DAX according to market capitalization and stock exchange turnover
ETF Stat December 2010 Borsa Italiana
January 17, 2011--The ETF Stat December 2010 of the Borsa Italiana are now available.
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NYSE Liffe Commodity Derivatives Record-Breaking Performance - 2010 Highlights
January 17, 2011--NYSE Liffe’s Commodity Derivatives trading volumes reached new highs in 2010, experiencing double digit growth both in futures and options. Annual volume grew by 37% year on year, reaching a new record of 16,679,006 contracts against 2008’s volume of 13,245,517 contracts.
Total futures volume in 2010 of 14,133,913 contracts increased by 33% against 2009, while total options volume
2,545,093 contracts increased by 65%.
Ian Dudden, Director, Commodity Derivatives, said: “With year on year growth of 37%, 2010 was a particularly strong year for NYSE Liffe’s Commodities portfolio. Strong gains were seen across a broad range of products, both in futures as well as options.
Russian IOB stock dividend futures launched on EDX London
First Russian stock dividends to be traded on Exchange
LSE Group broadens its derivatives offering
January 17, 2011--Today EDX London, London Stock Exchange Group’s (LSEG) international derivatives market has gone live with dividend futures on six Russian International Order Book (IOB) underlyings. This is the first time Russian dividend futures will be traded on exchange.
Nicolas Bertrand, Head of Equities and Derivatives for London Stock Exchange Group, said:
“The launch of this new service on EDX London demonstrates our innovative approach to product development, giving investors the ability to trade or hedge dividend exposure to Russia on exchange for the first time.”
“London has long been the natural home for Russian companies looking to gain access to international capital. This, coupled with the world’s most liquid order book for GDRs, and the broad range of Russian derivatives products we now offer, reinforces London’s credentials as a global gateway for trading in Russian instruments and markets.”
FESE European Equity Market Report - December 2010 Figures
January 17, 2011--The FESE European Equity Market Report - December 2010 Figures is now available.
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European securitisations face S&P downgrade
January 17, 2011--Nearly half of all European securitisations could be downgraded following changes in the criteria Standard & Poor’s uses to measure the creditworthiness of deals.
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The criteria, which cover how third parties involved in deals are evaluated, are global but the new changes will more heavily affect European deals because of their higher use of counterparties to provide interest rate and currency swaps.
Deutsche launches research for index investors
A research service specifically for index investors has been launched by Deutsche Bank.
January 17, 2011--Deutsche claimed the launch was a first for the investment research industry.
Fundamental Index Views, the first of which analyses prospects for the German Dax30 equity index, will become a regular feature of the bank’s research output for institutional investors.
Deutsche Bank said with more investors seeking to take market exposure via exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in particular, as well as other index-based products, it has identified demand for a service dedicated to regular analysis of the index market.
The reports will be published without individual product recommendations, and will focus purely on analysing indices.
Turkish banks to electronically transfer gold
January 14, 2011--?stanbul Gold Exchange (?AB) Chairman Osman Saraç has said they are working on a project enabling Turkish banks to transfer gold between accounts.
Saraç, the head of ?AB, told the Anatolia news agency on Friday that they are working on a system where people can transfer gold, similar to how they send money with the Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) system. The amount of gold transferred will then appear in their accounts and they will be able to physically withdraw their gold from the ?AB.
Within the framework of forming the gold exchange system, the ?AB has conducted talks with the Turkish Banks Association (TBB) and the Association of Turkish Participation Banks (TKBB).
