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CESR publishes responses to the Consultation on Transaction Reporting on OTC Derivatives and Extension of the Scope of Transaction Reporting Obligations
August 24, 2010--CESR has published the responses to the Consultation on Transaction Reporting on OTC Derivatives and Extension of the Scope of Transaction Reporting Obligations.
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Chi-X receives approach from ‘third party’
August 23, 2010--Chi-X Europe, the pan-European share trading platform, said on Monday it had received an approach that could lead to an offer being made for the company.
It said the “enquiry” from an unnamed third party “may not lead to an offer for the whole or partial sale of the company”.
A sale of the company could lead to a big shake-up of Europe’s share trading markets.
In recent months there has been speculation that interested bidders for Chi-X, which was been for sale periodically in the past 18 months, would be Nasdaq OMX and Deutsche Börse. Neither would comment on Monday night
Eurozone recovery slows slightly in August: survey
August 23, 2010--- The economic recovery in the 16-nation eurozone slightly lost momentum in August, with growth still depending on powerhouses Germany and France, a leading indicator showed on Monday.
The purchasing managers' index (PMI), a survey of 4,500 euro area companies compiled by data and research group Markit, fell to 56.1 points from 56.7 points in July, when it had accelerated for the first time in three months.
"The reading was still consistent with a robust rate of expansion and combined manufacturing and service sector output has now risen for 13 consecutive months," Markit said.
On-exchange turnover in European ETF segment reaches all-time high
August 20, 2010--Assets under management in the pan-European exchange-traded funds segment continued to grow over Q2 2010, gaining 1.79 per cent to EUR183.24bn, a surprising inflow because of movements on the global stock markets, a report by Lipper says.
The average monthly turnover in euros for Q2 2010 was up 31.40 per cent—from EUR39.11bn for Q1 2010 to EUR51.40bn for Q2—driven by a new all-time high in on-exchange turnover in May 2010.
Basel proposal for bank ‘bail-ins’
August 19, 2010--Bank debt holders would have to take losses or have that debt converted into equity before any government rescue could take place, under proposals put forward on Thursday by international regulators and central bankers.
Dubbed a “bail-in”, the proposal is a direct response to the recent financial crisis, which saw taxpayers forced to stump up billions of dollars to save big banks while bond holders and creditors were largely protected.
Bank of Scotland pulls out of Ireland
August 19, 2010--Bank of Scotland, one of the most aggressive lenders during Ireland’s property boom, on Thursday became the latest foreign bank to quit the Irish market.
The decision followed a strategic review of its operations by Lloyds Banking Group, its parent. Lloyds said Bank of Scotland (Ireland) would stop offering banking services from the end of December.
German economic growth set to hit 3%
August 19, 2010--Germany’s economy will grow by 3 per cent this year, according to a sharply upward revised Bundesbank forecast issued as investors pushed the cost of borrowing by its government towards fresh record lows.
The economic recovery in Europe’s largest economy was increasingly generating its own momentum, the country’s central bank said on Thursday, with positive ripple effects spreading to other eurozone countries. In June, the Bundesbank had forecast almost 2 per cent growth in 2010.
European Weekly ETP Review: Another quiet week as the Summer draws to an end
Weekly European ETP Market Roundup
August 19, 2010--Highlights
Net Cash flows
Major European market indices largely reversed last week’s gains. The Euro Stoxx 50 index was down 2.6%, the CAC 40 index fell by 2.8%, the DAX fell by 2.4% and the FTSE 100 index dropped by 1.1%. The Euro was down 3.6% against the US dollar and the price of gold (USD/oz) rose by 0.8%.
The somber mood carried in the European ETF market and it almost entirely silenced flows. Total Inflow for the week amounted to just €56 million, compared to €1.1 billion of inflow last week. False start or warm-up, not clear, reality is that investors are still proving to be cautious with the mood clearly undefined.
European ETP cash flow activity was subdued across all asset classes. Equity net inflows totaled: €17 million (€825 million in previous week), fixed Income net inflows totaled €48 million (€210 million last week) and commodity ETPs netted €23 million of outflow ($1 million inflow last week). There were no meaningful cash flow trends within assets classes during the week that ended August 13 2010.
New Listings
Source listed one ETF targeting the Merrill Lynch Factor Model Index. The Merrill Lynch Factor Model is an index designed to track the performance of alternative investments, including hedge funds, funds of hedge funds and hedge fund indices, as represented by the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index.
Turnover
On-exchange daily average ETP turnover rose up by 1.8% to €1.73 billion, for the week that ended August 13 2010. This is the first rise in daily turnover in the past three weeks.
More analytically, equity ETF turnover rose by 0.9% to €1.26 billion, fixed income turnover rose by 1% to €203 million and commodity turnover rose by 7.1% to €251 million.
Assets Under Management (AUM)
European ETP AUM remained unchanged finishing the week at €198.1. Year to date, European AUM are up by 18.4%.
German pension funds 'absurd' to ditch equities, academics say
August 19, 2010--Equities are vital to maintaining return opportunities in second-pillar pensions, according to a study into the effects of the crisis on the German pension system
The research, commissioned by Union Investment, was carried out by Bernd Raffelhüschen and Johannes Vatter from the centre for intergenerational contracts at the University Freiburg.
In their paper, the academics said: "To deduce a general reduction of risky investments like funds or equities seems absurd because, with those asset classes especially, the return potential has to be taken into account."
Status of the STOXX Sustainability Indices
August 19, 2010--STOXX Limited, a global index provider and creator of the leading European equity indices, today clarified that it will continue to calculate and publish the STOXX Sustainability Indices, contrary to what was implied in a media statement issued by SAM Group on August 18.
While STOXX Ltd. and SAM Group will end their cooperation, the Sustainability Indices - among them the well-known STOXX Europe Sustainability Index and the EURO STOXX Sustainability Index - will of course be continued to be calculated by STOXX.
The quality and thoroughness with which the STOXX Sustainability Indices are calculated will remain unchanged, and the indices will be provided under the established brand of the index provider STOXX. Going forward, the scope and depth of the research previously provided by SAM – merely the ranking of index components by sustainability standards – will be improved, and delivered by another data provider.
Details on this will be released shortly, but for the users of the indices nothing will change.
Further information on the STOXX Sustainability Indices can be found on www.stoxx.com.
