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NYSE Liffe: Early Opening following UK Election For NYSE LIFFE Benchmarks Sterling Based Financial and Equity Index Futures
April 21, 2010--Following the UK General Election on May 6th, NYSE Liffe will open its benchmark Short Sterling futures, FTSE 100 futures and Short, Medium and Long Gilt futures at 7:00pm Chicago time to begin the May 7th trading day.
This will give customers the opportunity to trade these benchmark products as the results of the UK General Election This will give customers the opportunity to trade these benchmark products as the results of the UK General Election unfold.
For moe info refer to London Notice No. 3277
Low Carbon Investors’ founder leaves
April 21, 2010--Mark Shorrock, the co-founder and former chief executive of UK cleantech asset manager, Low Carbon Investors (LCI), has left the firm.
Low Carbon Investors is the investment manager of Low Carbon Accelerator, an AIM-listed, closed-end investment company in which the Derbyshire and South Yorkshire pension funds have sizeable investment stakes. LCI said Shorrock had left the firm “to pursue other opportunities”. Shorrock is retaining a significant minority shareholding in LCI but will have no ongoing executive or management role.
WestLB Launched as New ETN Provider on Xetra
DAX is the most important German equity index, and as the fourth largest underlying for derivatives in the world is a key equity index in the global financial markets. The DAX index is calculated by Deutsche Börse and tracks the performance of the 30 largest German companies in terms of order book turnover and market capitalization.
Deutsche Börse’s ETN segment product range currently comprises 13 instruments. In addition to the new ETN on the equities asset class, investors can also invest in ten ETNs on the currencies asset class and two on the volatility asset class. Lyxor AM has listed 3 new ETF on NYSE Euronext’s Paris market today ETF name:Lyxor ETF Daily Double Short Bund ETF name:Lyxor ETF Euro Stoxx 50 Dividends German investor confidence rises New ETC Provider Standard Commodities Limited Launched on Xetra
The RBS physical Gold ETC offers investors the opportunity to participate in the performance of the London Gold Market AM fix price in US dollars. The ETC is traded in euros. The RBS physical Gold ETC is an exchange-traded bond backed by physically deposited gold.
Deutsche Börse’s ETC segment product range currently comprises 161 instruments. The monthly trading volume of ETCs on Xetra averages around €440 million. LSE changes tariffs to attract traders EU chamber says China business climate worsening
"The pie is getting bigger and the door is getting narrower," Wuttke told reporters at a press briefing, adding, "we are losing out on opportunities."
German bank chief says Greece may need EUR 80 billion euros: report Navellier launches ETF-based suite of strategies
April 22, 2010--An ETN (exchange traded note) issued by WestLB has been tradable for the first time on Xetra® since Thursday. WestLB is the third issuer to join Deutsche Börse’s ETN segment. Exchange traded notes track the performance of reference indices outside of the commodities sector.
ETN name: Index Plus ETN DAX
Asset class: Equities
ISIN: DE000ETN1WL5
Management fee: none
Benchmark: DAX® Index
April 20, 2010--NYSE Euronext is pleased to announce that Lyxor AM has listed 3 new ETF on NYSE Euronext’s Paris market today:
ETF name:LYXOR ETF DAILY SHORTDAX x2
ETF ISIN:FR0010869495
ETF Symbol:DSD
ETF Bloomberg Ticker: DSD FP
ETF ISIN:FR0010869578
ETF Symbol:DSB
ETF Bloomberg Ticker:DSB FP
ETF ISIN:FR0010869529
Bloomberg Ticker:DIV
ETF Bloomberg Ticker:DIV FP
April 20, 2010--German investor confidence rose strongly this month as healthy industrial orders and exports buoyed sentiment, a closely watched survey showed Tuesday.
The ZEW institute’s index, which measures investors’ outlook for the next six months, rose to 53 points in April from 44.5 in March. That was well above economists’ forecasts of a slight increase to 45.1 and far above the indicator’s historical average of 27.3. “The financial market experts’ positive expectations seem to have been decisively reinforced by the recent increase in exports and stable incoming orders,”
April 20, 2010--Since Tuesday, an ETC issued by the provider Standard Commodities Limited, the ETC platform of the Royal Bank of Scotland, has been tradable for the first time on Xetra®. Standard Commodities Limited is the sixth issuer to be included in the ETC segment of Deutsche Börse.
ETC name: RBS physical Gold ETC
Asset class: commodities
ISIN: DE000A1EDJ96
Management fee: 0.29 percent
Benchmark: Gold PM Fixing
April 20, 2010--The London Stock Exchange tweaked its tariff structure on Tuesday night to attract high-frequency traders, just months after abandoning a scheme aimed at them.
The move is a sign that the exchange recognises it must attract trading from such market participants as it battles to halt the erosion of its market share to rival platforms such as Chi-X Europe and BAT Europe.
April 20, 2010--Growing nationalism and lobbying by local firms is making China more protectionist and hostile towards foreign firms, European businesses claimed on Tuesday.
Market-opening reforms had unmistakably slowed as Beijing gains more economic clout, Joerg Wuttke, president of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China said, warning it could spark a backlash in Europe.
April 20, 2010--German central bank governor Axel Weber has said Greece may need up to 80 billion euros (108 billion dollars) in financial aid to avoid default, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
Weber made the remarks to a small group of German lawmakers at a closed-door meeting, the report quoted a person familiar with the matter as saying.
April 20, 2010--Navellier, a registered investment adviser with approximately USD2.6bn under management, is expanding its offerings by introducing an exchange-traded funds-based suite of strategies called Navellier Vireo.
Vireo is a series of actively managed portfolios that seek to deliver superior returns through a focused strategy of avoiding losses, especially during extended market downturns.