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IOSCO Publishes the Responses to Financial Benchmark Consultation
June 3, 2013--The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published today the comment letters to the consultation paper on Principles for Financial Benchmarks that was issued on 16 April 2013. The report sought public comment on a set of high-level principles for benchmarks used in global financial markets.
More than 40 responses were received. Because of the wide diversity of benchmarks, IOSCO also asked for public comment on a subset of more detailed principles for benchmarks having specific risks arising from their reliance on submissions and/or their ownership structure.
Source: IOSCO
BIS-June 2013 Quarterly Review: Markets under the spell of monetary easing
June 3, 2013--Further monetary easing boosted asset prices despite negative macroeconomic news.
Cross-border claims of BIS reporting banks fell in the fourth quarter of 2012 as a sharp reduction in cross-border interbank lending more than offset higher cross-border credit to non-banks.
Paul Melaschenko and Noel Reynolds (BIS) propose a mechanism to recapitalise banks that are too big to fail.
Mathias Drehmann (BIS) finds that the reliability of credit gap indicators as an early warning signal for incipient systemic crises can be improved by using data on total credit to the private sector rather than bank credit data only.
Chen Zhou (Netherlands Bank) and Nikola Tarashev (BIS) measure banks' systemic importance on the basis of information about rare events that they compute using tools from extreme value theory
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Markets under the spell of monetary easing
Further monetary easing helped market participants to tune out signs of a global growth slowdown. The spate of negative economic news between mid-March and mid-April did little to interrupt the rise of equity prices in advanced economies. Further policy easing, followed promptly by an improved US outlook in early May, boosted market sentiment and lifted the main equity indices to new highs.
Source: AME Info
Markit Launches ETP Analytics
June 3, 2013--Markit, a leading, global financial information services company, today announced that it has launched Markit ETP Analytics, a comprehensive and independent analytics solution for the global Exchange Traded Products (ETP) market.
Markit ETP Analytics is built on the foundation of Markit’s encyclopaedia and composition data, which spans over 5,100 unique ETPs. It provides full transparency into the global ETP landscape through a comprehensive set of analytics that covers over 1,300 calculations to address performance, liquidity, risk and benchmark tracking metrics.
Source: Markit
IntercontinentalExchange Stockholders Approve Acquisition of NYSE Euronext
June 3, 2013--IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global markets and clearing houses, announced the results of the special meeting of stockholders today to approve ICE's acquisition of NYSE Euronext.
ICE stockholders approved the agreement to acquire NYSE Euronext, with approximately 99.68% of the shares present at the special meeting voted for the approval of the combination, representing 85.05% of ICE's outstanding common shares. All other proposals passed with an average of 97% of the shares present at the special meeting voting for each of the governance-related proposals and the adjournment proposal.
Source: CNBC
ETF Securities-Precious Metals Weekly: Platinum and Palladium Prices Rise on Start of South Africa "Strike Season"
June 3, 2013--Tepid economic data from the US eased fears that the Fed will imminently cut back on quantitative easing, sending precious metals higher last week.
The gold price temporarily rose above US$1,400/oz. for the first time in two weeks, breaking above key technical resistance before fading in early Monday trade. With Fed policy so tightly tied to labour market improvements, all eyes will be on the US non-farm payrolls data this week.
Source: ETF Securities
EPFR Global News Release-EM Fund groups stumble into June
May 31, 2013--With Europe backing away from austerity, visions of life after QE3 unnerving global markets and profit takers sending key Japanese indexes plunging, some investors opted to pull the sell-in-May-and-go-away trigger heading into June.
Emerging Equity and Bond Funds found themselves first in the line of fire. Those tracked by EPFR Global experienced their biggest redemptions since late 4Q11 and 2Q12 respectively during a week when Europe Equity Funds posted outflows for the 12th time since the beginning of March and flows into Japan Equity Funds fell to a 14 week low.
Overall, EPFR Global-tracked Equity Funds recorded collective outflows of $2.79 billion during the week ending May 29 as retail redemptions hit a year-to-date high while Bond Funds attracted $1.37 million, their second lowest total of 2013. Money Market Funds took in a net $8.52 billion, with commitments to US funds offsetting redemptions from Europe and Japan Funds, thereby posting back-to-back weekly inflow for the first time since early January.
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Source: EPFR
Final report-Technical advice on CRA regulatory equivalence on Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Hong Kong and Singapore
May 31, 2013--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has provided advice to the European Commission in respect of the equivalence between the EU regulatory regime for credit rating agencies and the respective legal and supervisory frameworks of Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Source: ESMA
BRICS Exchanges Alliance Launches Website
May 30, 2013--On May 29, 2013 BRICS Exchanges Alliance launched its own website at BRICSMART.org. The basic concept of the new website is to create a single data portal containing information on financial products and services offered by the BRICS Exchanges-members of the alliance.
The website BRICSMART.org has been designed for investors from all over the world who are interested in opportunities provided by the exchanges operating on the emerging markets. Current information on the BRICS countries, new investment products and instruments, specifications for shared contracts is available on the website. The Exchanges will update the website regularly and develop it by new sections.
Source: WFE
ESMA promotes global supervisory co-operation on alternative funds
May 30, 2013--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has approved co-operation arrangements between EU securities regulators, with responsibility for the supervision of alternative investment funds (AIFs), including hedge funds, private equity and real estate funds, and 34 of their global counterparts.
ESMA has negotiated the agreements on behalf of all 27 EU Member State securities regulators as well as the authorities from Croatia, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
Source: ESMA
IMF Working paper-Inclusive Growth: Measurement and Determinants
May 30, 2013--Summary: We estimate a unified measure of inclusive growth for emerging markets by integrating their economic growth performance and income distribution outcomes, using data over three decades.
Country distributions are calibrated by combining PPP GDP per capita and income distribution from survey data. We apply the microeconomic concept of a social mobility function at the macroeconomic level to measure inclusive growth that is closer to the absolute definition of pro-poor growth. This dynamic measure permits us to focus on inequality as well as distinguish between countries where per capita income growth was the same for the top and the bottom of the income pyramid, by accounting for the pace of growth. Our results indicate that macroeconomic stability, human capital, and structural changes are foundations for achieving inclusive growth. The role of globalization could also be positive with foreign direct investment and trade openess fostering greater inclusiveness, while financial deepening and technological change have no discernible effect.
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Source: IMF
