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UK Government Publishes Final Legislation On The Bank Levy

December 9, 2010--Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Mark Hoban MP, announced today the publication of final legislation to implement the bank levy announced in the June Budget.
Following two periods of consultation since June, the final legislation contains changes to the rate of the levy. The rate for 2011 will be 0.05 per cent, rather than 0.04 percent, and it will rise to 0.075 per cent from 2012, instead of the 0.07 per cent announced in June.

These changes, along with the introduction of an allowance, rather than a threshold, for those liabilities to which the levy applies, will generate around £2½ billion of annual revenues. This is in line with the Budget estimates.

The levy is intended to encourage banks to move to less risky funding profiles, and the £2½ billion is a fair contribution in respect of the risks the banking system poses to the wider economy, while ensuring that the industry remains competitive.

The levy will take effect from 1 January 2011 and will be permanent.

Mark Hoban said:

"We have consulted on the design of the scheme so that it achieves two objectives: first, ensuring that banks make a fair contribution in respect of the potential risks they pose to the UK financial system and wider economy. Second, the final scheme design will encourage the banks to make greater use of more stable sources of funding, such as long-term debt and equity, working with the grain of our wider reform programme."

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Source: HM Treasury


EBRD and Deutsche Bank team up to issue green bonds

December 9, 2010--The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Deutsche Bank have launched green bonds to finance environmental projects.

The proceeds of the ‘Environmental Sustainability Bonds’ will support a projects aimed at promoting sustainable development and clean energy technologies in central and eastern Europe and central Asia, the duo said in a statement.

They would also help to improve energy efficiency, water and waste management, environmental services and public transport.

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Source: Responsible Investor


CISI Survey Shows Two Thirds Of Financial Services Practitioners Believe Government Spending Review Is Good News For UK

December 9, 2010--Two-thirds of financial services players believe the Government Spending Review is good news for the UK economy, a Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) survey shows.

Of respondents, 14% believe the impact of the review, which will cut £81bn from public spending over four years to tackle the UK budget deficit, will be strongly positive. A further 52% think the effect will, on balance, be positive.

However 34% say it will harm the country, with 10% of those concerned that the result will be strongly negative.

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Source: Mondovisione


EDHEC survey shows modest but growing use of ETFs by pension funds

December 9. 2010-- European pension funds remain modest users of ETFs, but their participation is growing.

The EDHEC-Risk European ETF Survey 2010, unveiled at EDHEC-Risk's Institutional Day in Monaco, gives an insight into how ETFs are used by 192 respondents across Europe, 68% of which were institutional investors, of which 15% were pension funds (10% of the total).

A panel discussion and views from the conference fringe also suggested pension providers use ETFs differently from the core wealth and asset management client base.

The survey revealed that most respondents use ETFs to achieve buy-and-hold broad market exposure, rather than for tactical asset allocation (TAA) or diversification via style- or sector-specific vehicles.

Felix Goltz, EDHEC-Risk's head of applied research, said: "That was surprising, seeing that the big advantage is the liquidity they offer."

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Source: IP&E


ISE "Sustainability Index" will increase Turkish companies' competitive edge

December 8, 2010--Implemented together by Turkish Business Council for Sustainable Development (TBCSD) and Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE), ISE Sustainability Index Project (ISESI) moves on in accordance with its time schedule. The workshop, titled "Corporate Sustainability Indicators for Turkish Business World & Expectations of the Investors" took place in Istanbul within the scope of this project, which aims to form a sustainability index for the companies quoted at ISE.

With the creation of the index, where the operations of companies, quoted at the ISE, will be evaluated in terms of sustainability, it is expected that the competitive edge of Turkish companies will increase and that they will become more attractive for the investors, as they will be assessing their social and corporate management risks, in addition to financial risks.

Criteria for the index were discussed

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Source: Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE)


Europe to recycle and dig in drive for rare earths

December 9, 2010-- Europe will look to recycle used goods and start prospecting on home turf as it joins the international scramble for rare earth minerals, European Industry Commissioner Antonio Tajani told AFP Thursday.

After a June report forecast an upcoming shortage of 14 critical mineral raw materials across the bloc, Tajani said he would issue a plan January 26 "to ensure a supply of rare earths for companies across the European Union."

Rare earth minerals are used in everything from guided missiles to flat screen televisions and cars but availability is increasingly under pressure.

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Source: EUbusiness


Rabobank and ETF Exchange launch new ETFX Exchange Traded Funds on NYSE Euronext Amsterdam

December 9, 2010--ETF Exchange and Rabobank today announce the launch of the ETFX AMX® Fund (EAMX NA), a new ETF on the Dutch mid-cap AMX index®. This follows the earlier listing of the ETFX AEX® Fund (NTH NA), in March 2010, which tracks the Dutch blue chip benchmark, the AEX Index®.

The ETFX funds track the two main indices on NYSE Euronext Amsterdam. The ETFX AEX® Fund tracks the AEX Index® of the top 25 Dutch companies on the exchange; the ETFX AMX® Fund tracks the AMX Index®, which gives exposure to 25 Dutch mid-cap companies. The advantages of these Exchange Traded Funds include low expenses, transparency and intra-day liquidity.

The launch of these two ETFs continues the unique cooperation between Rabobank and ETF Exchange and signals Rabobank International’s growing commitment to the ETF market for the Dutch investing community. Over the coming months, Rabobank will be looking to enhance its ETF product offering, especially in its core market segments of Food & Agriculture and Sustainability.

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Source: Rabobank


European Senior Fixed-Income Investor Survey Q410

Cautious Optimism for Corporates and Banks Amid Persistent Sovereign Gloom and Contagion Concerns
December 8, 2010--Highlights
Fitch Ratings’ latest quarterly survey of fixed?income investors across Europe signalled rising optimism regarding the outlook for corporates and banks. However, similarly to Q3, investors also felt contagion concerns from sovereign debt problems were the greatest risk to credit market stability, as borne out by recent events. Conducted from early October until 5 November 2010, the survey preceded Ireland’s request for financial assistance from the EU and IMF on 19 November, which has negatively impacted market access for banks in peripheral economies.

The survey responses show that austerity measures in progress by the euro zone and UK governments are overall regarded as well balanced, although a significant minority are concerned that cuts are too severe and may backfire, especially in the UK. The Q4 results remained broadly consistent with the last quarter, with sovereigns remaining the asset class least favoured by investors (36%), facing the greatest refinancing challenge (51%) and the area where most investors expect further deterioration in credit fundamentals (52%).

Respondents’ concern over bank refinancing subsided and there was a clear bias in anticipation of improving credit fundamentals, despite the interconnectedness between sovereign credit risk and the financial system. Banks as an asset class saw the highest expectations for increasing debt issuance.

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Source: Fitch Research


ETF Landscape: European STOXX 600 Sector ETF Net Flows week ending 03-Dec-10

December 8, 2010--For the week ending 03 December 2010, there were US$358.0 Mn net outflows from STOXX Europe 600 sector ETFs. The largest sector ETF net outflows last week were in basic resources with US$174.5 Mn and banks with US$118.3 Mn while insurance experienced net inflows of US$145.2 Mn.

Year-to-date, STOXX Europe 600 sector ETFs have seen US$118.7 Mn net inflows. Banks sector ETFs have seen the largest net inflows with US$103.9 Mn, followed by personal and household goods with US$72.2 Mn while food and beverage has experienced the largest net outflows of US$175.8 Mn YTD.

As of 03 December 2010, there is US$9.6 Bn AUM invested in the STOXX sector ETFs which is more than double the US$4.6 Bn open interest in the sector futures. The ETF AUM is greater than the open interest in the corresponding futures contract in 17 out of 19 sectors.

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Source: Global ETF Research & Implementation Strategy Team, BlackRock


Strengthening sanctions for violations of EU financial services rules: the way forward

December 8, 2010-The European Commission adopted today a communication setting out possible ways to reinforce sanctioning regimes in the EU's financial services sector. Today, rules vary greatly between Member States and, arguably, often do not serve as an effective deterrent. Based on a review of national sanctioning regimes for violations of national rules transposing some of the most important EU directives relating to financial services, the Communication presents areas for improvement and suggests possible EU actions in order to achieve greater convergence and efficiency of these regimes. Interested stakeholders can send their contributions up until 19 February 2011.

Internal Market and Services Commissioner Michel Barnier said: "If a financial institution does not abide by EU rules in the area of financial services, traders and executives must realise that they won't get away with it and that the response will be tough, wherever in Europe the violation occurs. Now, too often, that is not the case. Today's Communication sets out a way forward to ensure that sanctioning powers will be stronger and more convergent across Europe so we can better protect citizens' interests."

The Communication is based on a cross-sectoral stocktaking exercise of the coherence, equivalence and actual use of sanctioning powers in the Member States carried out by the three Committees of Supervisors (Committee of European Banking Supervisors - CEBS, Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors - CEIOPS and Committee of European Securities Regulators - CESR).1 The exercise covered some of the most important Directives applicable in the financial sector including securities, banking and insurance legislation.

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Source: Europa


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