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The NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability 50 Index Expands to 100 Companies and Releases Semi-Annual Evaluation Results
November 22, 2010--The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and CRD Analytics announced the expansion of the NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability 50 Index (Nasdaq:QCRD) today.
The index will be expanded to include 100 securities and the name will change to NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability Index. These changes will be made in conjunction with the semi-annual evaluation, which will become effective prior to market open on Monday, November 22, 2010. To see a full list of securities included in the index, please visit https://indexes.nasdaqomx.com/.
The NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability Index is an equally-weighted equity index that serves as a benchmark for stocks of companies that are taking a leadership role in sustainability performance reporting and are traded on a major U.S. stock exchange. The Index is made up of companies that have taken a leadership role in disclosing their carbon footprint, energy usage, water consumption, hazardous and non-hazardous waste, employee safety, workforce diversity, management composition and community investing. These are companies that are voluntarily disclosing their current environmental, social and governance risks as well as their revenue opportunities and how it will affect future performance. The securities must also meet other eligibility criteria which include minimum requirements for market value, average daily share volume, and price. The Index is evaluated on a semi-annual basis in May and November. For more information about the NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability Index, including detailed eligibility criteria, visit https://indexes.nasdaqomx.com/.
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Source: NASDAQ OMX
Europe's Growth Challenges
By Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
Frankfurt, November 19, 2010
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Good afternoon. I would like to talk to you about one of the greatest challenges facing European policymakers today—how to ignite and sustain economic growth across the continent.
The postwar European model was built upon three pillars—peace, growth, and social cohesion. All three are critically important, and all three feed on each other. Today, Europe has a serious growth problem—a problem magnified by the earthquake of the global financial crisis. Today, with so many European countries under pressure from all sides, these challenges are more urgent than ever. If unaddressed, Europe’s social model could unravel. It is time to renew the founders’ commitment to ever-greater openness and ever-closer integration.
European growth
Europe enjoyed stellar growth in the decades after the war. Growth was then driven by technology catch-up, a stable macroeconomic environment, growing European integration, and a strong banking system. But these gains ground to a halt in the early 1980s.
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Source: IMF
Post-crisis world economy will be different: IMF chief
November 19, 2010--The head of the International Monetary Fund said Friday the post-crisis global economy would be very different to the system in place before the turbulence, calling for nations to pull together.
Speaking at a European Central Bank conference, Dominique Strauss-Kahn said: "The global economy after the crisis can't be the global economy before."
"We have to fix the problems, one by one, and imagine what the next system could be like, which can only be based on cooperation."
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Source: EUbusiness
German Equity Forum Fall 2010 in Frankfurt
Largest equity financing event in Europe/ IPO financing moves back into the spotlight
November 19, 2010-From 22 to 24 November, Deutsche Börse and KfW Bankengruppe will be holding the Fall 2010 German Equity Forum in Frankfurt/Main. The forum is aimed at high-growth, private and listed companies, investors, analysts and financial service providers. With around 5,000 participants, this three-day event is the largest platform for equity financing matters in Europe.
“The German Equity Forum in Frankfurt has now crossed European borders and established itself as an international networking and information platform,” said Frank Gerstenschläger, member of the Executive Board of Deutsche Börse AG and responsible for the Xetra business area. “We are now seeing more and more Asian participants.”
“The financial crisis has changed the conditions of the German equity financing market in that it now offers new and varied opportunities and potential, especially as regards the financing of growth and innovation. Expectations as to the quality of assets and the professionalism of market participants, however, have continued to rise. Players in this market are facing considerable challenges,” said Dr. Ulrich Schröder, Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors of KfW Bankengruppe.
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Source: Deutsche Börse
U.K. Hedge-Fund Registrations Pick Up Speed
November 18, 2010--Wall Street Journal reports, more hedge funds were set up in the U.K. in the third quarter than at any time in the period that followed the September 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings, data show,
in a sign that higher taxes and tougher regulation in the country aren't stopping would-be hedge-fund managers from venturing out on their own. In those three months, 28 new hedge-fund firms registered with the U.K.'s Financial Services Authority, bringing the total this year to 65, according to corporate-finance firm Imas Corporate Advisors. That figure already is more than the 60 new hedge-fund managers that registered during all of last year.
Source: Albourne Village
Sustaining EU10 Recovery Requires Strong Policy Action
November 18, 2010--Half a year after Europe was shaken by a sovereign debt crisis, the recovery in the EU10[1] continued in 2010 and is set to strengthen in 2011, according to the World Bank’s new EU10 Regular Economic Report launched today in Warsaw.
The report says that year-on-year output growth in the EU10 increased from 0.6 percent in the first quarter of 2010 to 2.2 percent in the second quarter of 2010. Growth improved not only due to the base effect — the second quarter of 2009 was the trough of the crisis — but also due to a strong dynamism of the economies, with quarter-on-quarter growth rising from 0.4 percent to 0.8 percent. The rebound in global trade and industrial production has lifted economic activity. European economies benefit from the upswing in trade, the return of confidence in financial markets in response to decisive policy action, low interest rates, and positive feedback effects between the real and financial sectors.
The upswing is taking root across the region. In 2010, Slovakia and Poland are leading in the region with growth of 3.5 percent or more, helped by modest adjustment needs during the crisis, a normalization of global trade and capital flows, and — in the case of Poland — solid consumption. Estonia and Lithuania, which undertook large adjustments during the crisis, are set for a turnaround from a contraction of around 15 percent in 2009 to an expansion of around 2 percent in 2010. Growth in the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Slovenia is likely to be more modest, ranging from 0 to 2.0 percent, as domestic demand remains weak. Only Latvia and Romania are projected to contract in 2010, reflecting the large adjustment needs from unsustainable domestic booms in those countries in the run-up to the crisis. Growth is set to be positive in all EU10 countries in 2011.
view the EU10 Economic Report -Sustaining Recovery November 2010
Source: World Bank
BME sets up two hubs in London to access the Spanish stock market
November 18, 2010--BME, through its IT subsidiary Visual Trader Systems, has set up two new hubs in London to access the Spanish stock exchange. Equipped with the necessary communication infrastructure, the hubs will allow investors to connect to the Spanish equities and derivatives platforms, SIBE and MEFF, respectively.
The two sites, linked to Madrid through high-speed, high-capacity lines, will make it easier for firms in London to access the Spanish stock market in a secure, fast and reliable manner. The technology used for the connection offers the fastest data transmission speed and the lowest latency.
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Source: The Financial
CESR’s Comment Letter On EFRAG’s Draft Response On The IASB’s Exposure Draft Deferred Tax: Recovery Of Underlying Assets – Proposed Amendments To IAS 12 (Ref: CESR/10-1370)
November 18, 2010--CESR’s has released its Comment Letter On EFRAG’s Draft Response On The IASB’s Exposure Draft Deferred Tax: Recovery Of Underlying Assets – Proposed Amendments To IAS 12 (Ref: CESR/10-1370)
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Source: CESR
LSE eyes derivatives boost as it sets launch
November 18, 2010--The London Stock Exchange is aiming for a quadrupling in revenue from derivatives trading with the launch in the first half of next year of equity options
on its Turquoise pan-European trading system. Xavier Rolet, chief executive, has said the LSE must expand into derivatives and clearing to boost margins and restore it to the ranks of rivals such as NYSE Euronext ..
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Source: FT.com
STOXX launches Blue-chip Indices for North America, Asia/Pacific and Global markets
November 17, 2010--STOXX Limited, a global index provider and creator of the leading European equity indices, today announced the launch of the STOXX North America 50, STOXX Asia/Pacific 50 and STOXX Global 150 indices. The new blue-chip indices take the well-known methodology of the European flag-ship indices to the North American and Asia/Pacific regions.
„With the launch of the STOXX North America 50, STOXX Asia/Pacific 50 and STOXX Global 150 indices, STOXX for the first time applies the renowned methodology of the EURO STOXX 50 Index to the North American and Asian/Pacific markets,” said Hartmut Graf, chief executive officer, STOXX Limited. “Our new indices offer a unique and well-balanced representation of blue-chip companies across all supersectors in these markets, thus enabling investors to participate from the performance of only the most liquid stocks in these regions.”
The STOXX North America 50 and STOXX Asia/Pacific 50 indices are derived from the STOXX Americas 600 and STOXX Asia/Pacific 600 indices, respectively. For each of the 19 supersectors of the respective index, the components are ranked by free float market capitalisation. The largest stocks are then added to the selection list until the coverage is close to (but still less than) 60% of the market capitalisation of the respective supersector. Stocks on the selection list are ranked by free float market capitalisation and the 50 largest stocks are chosen as components for the respective blue-chip index.
The STOXX Global 150 Index comprises the components of the STOXX North America 50, STOXX Europe 50 and STOXX Asia/Pacific 50 indices.
The new indices are weighted by float-adjusted market capitalization, calculated in EUR and US dollar, and are available in price and net return versions. Daily history is available back to December 31, 1991. The indices are reviewed annually in September.
For more information on the STOXX North America 50, STOXX Asia/Pacific 50 and STOXX Global 150 indices please visit www.stoxx.com.
Source: STOXX
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