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FTSE/ATHEX Global Traders Index Series New Indices Creation

October 25, 2012--ATHEX in cooperation with FTSE, designed a new index series to enable the monitoring of the market performance of the listed companies that have highly globalised activity either in exports or through production abroad.

These indices record and highlight in the globalized investment community the transnational character of the Greek companies which is constantly strengthened.

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Source: Mondovisione


Credit Suisse ETF sale could raise $150m

October 25, 2012--The sale of Credit Suisse's exchange traded funds business could raise around $150m for the Swiss bank, according to Citi.

Credit Suisse put its ETF business, which has $17bn in assets, up for sale earlier this year, drawing interest from BlackRock and State Street Global Advisors, the world’s two largest ETF providers.

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Source: FT.com


IMF Working paper-Oil and the World Economy: Some Possible Futures

October 25, 2012--Summary: This paper, using a six-region DSGE model of the world economy, assesses the GDP and current account implications of permanent oil supply shocks hitting the world economy at an unspecified future date.

For modest-sized shocks and conventional production technologies the effects are modest. But for larger shocks, for elasticities of substitution that decline as oil usage is reduced to a minimum, and for production functions in which oil acts as a critical enabler of technologies, GDP growth could drop significantly. Also, oil prices could become so high that smooth adjustment, as assumed in the model, may become very difficult.

view the IMF Working paper-Oil and the World Economy: Some Possible Futures

Source: IMF


IMF Working paper-The Global Impact of the Systemic Economies and MENA Business Cycles

October 25, 2012--Summary: This paper analyzes spillovers from macroeconomic shocks in systemic economies (China, the Euro Area, and the United States) to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as well as outward spillovers from a GDP shock in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and MENA oil exporters to the rest of the world.

This analysis is based on a Global Vector Autoregression (GVAR) model, estimated for 38 countries/regions over the period 1979Q2 to 2011Q2. Spillovers are transmitted across economies via trade, financial, and commodity price linkages. The results show that the MENA countries are more sensitive to developments in China than to shocks in the Euro Area or the United States, in line with the direction of evolving trade patterns and the emergence of China as a key driver of the global economy. Outward spillovers from the GCC region and MENA oil exporters are likely to be stronger in their immediate geographical proximity, but also have global implications.

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Source: IMF


Japan Banks Hedge Bets Over New US Swap Rules

Japanese banks may reduce trading of derivatives with U.S. banks to skirt new Dodd-Frank rules, bank officials say
Officials add that banks will consider registering U.S. subsidiaries with U.S. regulators
Japanese banks remain cautious about taking clear stance until rules finalized
October 25, 2012--Japanese banks appear to be hedging their bets in response to new U.S. rules tied to the Dodd-Frank market overhaul,

with officials saying they may cut back on trading financial derivatives with their U.S. counterparts while stopping short of not registering with U.S. regulators at all.

Banks outside the U.S. have criticized the new proposals requiring them to register with U.S. regulators if they trade a certain amount of swaps with U.S. banks or for U.S. clients.

Banks in other parts of Asia are already pulling back on trading derivatives with U.S. counterparts while two large banks in Asia and Europe--Singapore's DBS Group Holdings Ltd. and Sweden's Nordea Bank AB--recently declared they wouldn't register under the rules.

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Source: The Wall Street Journal


Progress note on the Global LEI Initiative

October 24, 2012--This is the third of a series of notes on the implementation of the legal entity identifier (LEI) initiative. The first progress note is available here and the second note here
Following endorsement of the FSB report and recommendations by the G-20, the FSB LEI Implementation Group (IG) has been tasked with taking forward the planning and development work to launch the global LEI system by March 2013.

The IG is collaborating closely with private sector experts through a Private Sector Preparatory Group (PSPG) of some 300 members from 25 jurisdictions across the globe. Charter for the Regulatory Oversight Committee (ROC): The IG has prepared a draft Charter for the Regulatory Oversight Committee for review and endorsement by the FSB and G20. The draft was supported by the FSB at its recent meeting in Tokyo for submission to the early November G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting for final endorsement. Approval of the Charter will initiate the process for the ROC to be formed. ROC membership will be open to public authorities from across the globe that assent to the Charter. Authorities will also be able to apply for Observer status. The objective is to launch the ROC as the permanent governance body for the global LEI system in January 2013.

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Source: FSB


The Future of Computer Trading in Financial Markets

October 23, 2012--Advances in technology continue to transform how our financial markets operate. The volume of financial products traded through computer automated trading taking place at high speed and with little human involvement has increased dramatically in the past few years.

For example, today, over one third of United Kingdom equity trading volume is generated through high frequency automated computer trading while in the US this figure is closer to three-quarters.

A new two-year Foresight study The Future of Computer Trading in Financial Markets - An International Perspective, sheds new light on technological advances which have transformed market structures in recent years.

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view the The Future of Computer Trading in Financial MarketsAn International Perspective

Source: BIS


World Bank Online: World Bank & IFC Report Finds Developing Countries Made Significant Progress in Improving Business Regulations

October 23, 2012—Local entrepreneurs in developing countries are finding it easier to do business than at any time in the last 10 years, highlighting the significant progress that has been made in improving business regulatory practices across the globe, according to a new report released today by the World Bank and IFC.

The report, Doing Business 2013: Smarter Regulations for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises, marks the 10th edition of the Doing Business series. Over the past decade, these reports have recorded nearly 2,000 regulatory reforms implemented by 180 economies. The reforms have yielded major benefits for local entrepreneurs across the globe. For example:

Since 2005, the average time to start a business has fallen from 50 days to 30—and in low-income economies the average has been reduced by half.

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Source: World Bank


IMF Working paper-The Differential Effects of Oil Demand and Supply Shocks on the Global Economy

October 23, 2012--Summary: We employ a set of sign restrictions on the generalized impulse responses of a Global VAR model, estimated for 38 countries/regions over the period 1979Q2-2011Q2, to discriminate between supply-driven and demand-driven oil-price shocks and to study the time profile of their macroeconomic effects for different countries.

The results indicate that the economic consequences of a supply-driven oil-price shock are very different from those of an oil-demand shock driven by global economic activity, and vary for oil-importing countries compared to energy exporters. While oil importers typically face a long-lived fall in economic activity in response to a supply-driven surge in oil prices, the impact is positive for energy-exporting countries that possess large proven oil/gas reserves. However, in response to an oil-demand disturbance, almost all countries in our sample experience long-run inflationary pressures and a short-run increase in real output.

view the IMF Working paper-The Differential Effects of Oil Demand and Supply Shocks on the Global Economy

Source: IMF


Barclays launches RDR share classes as it courts advisers

October 23, 2012--Barclays is to launch retail distribution review (RDR)ready share classes across its fund ranges, alongside its discretionary offering available on platforms, as the bank seeks to gain traction with advisers.

Barclays will offer RDR share classes to the intermediary market across its GlobalAccess range, which includes single asset funds accessing third-party managers, alongside its GlobalMarkets range.

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Source: CityWire


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Europe ETF News


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Asia ETF News


July 02, 2025 Fujitsu to develop ETF trading platform based on TSE's CONNEQTOR and provide it to Australian Securities Exchange
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Middle East ETP News


July 14, 2025 Kuwait bourse to return to debt listing and trade in 2025
June 19, 2025 GCC: Growth on the Rise, but Smart Spending Will Shape a Thriving Future

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Africa ETF News


July 04, 2025 South Africa: African Development Bank Country Focus Report highlights urgent need for economic transformation as GDP growth remains subdued
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June 26, 2025 National stock exchange launched in Somalia
June 24, 2025 East Africa's regional 20 share index
June 16, 2025 African Credit Rating Agency to Launch September 2025

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June 30, 2025 OECD-Environment at a Glance Indicators
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