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FEAS Monthly Newsletter-August 2012
September 14, 2012--Highlights
ADX: Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) announcedtoday that it has succeeded in achieving a compliance rate of 100% regardingthe disclosure of financial statements of the listed public joint stockcompanies within the 45 days from the end of the second quarter perioddeadline.
BUCHAREST SE: Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) announces thetrading start of the fund units of the Open Investment Fund ETF BET Tradeville(symbol: TVBETETF; ISIN: ROETF0000019) on the BVB regulated market as of August29, 2012.
EGX: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) launched its FIXHUB project this month through linking to FIDESSA trading network. EGX FIX HUBnetwork will enable international investors to trade Egyptian securities withease through a FIX gateway. Accordingly, this will reflect positively on theEgyptian market liquidity without violating capital market rules. It is worth mentioning that few years ago EGXhas started its FIX HUB project with the aim of linking to London StockExchange (LSE).view newsletter
Source: FEAS
Core principles for effective banking supervision-revised version endorsed by global bank supervisors
September 14, 2012--Banking supervisors and central bankers representing more than 100 countries have today endorsed the Basel Committee's revised Core principles for effective banking supervision, the global standard for the sound prudential regulation and supervision of banks and banking systems.
Delegates met in Istanbul on 13-14 September 2012 for the 17th International Conference of Banking Supervisors, which was hosted by the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey and the Turkish Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency. Drawing on lessons learnt during the financial crisis that began in 2007, the revised Core Principles represent a significant step forward from the Basel Committee's 2006 Core principles for effective banking supervision and the associated Core principles methodology. They also reflect key advances in regulatory thinking in recent years that, among other things, include:
view the Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision
Source: BIS
IOSCO Creates Board Level Task Force on Financial Market Benchmarks
September 14, 2012--In light of the significant issues raised by investigations into attempted manipulation of benchmarks and related enforcement actions, in particular the recent incidents involving LIBOR, EURIBOR and TIBOR, the International Organization of Securities Commissions has constituted a Board Level Task Force on Financial Market Benchmarks to identify relevant benchmark-related policy issues and develop global policy guidance and principles for benchmark-related activities of particular relevance to market regulators.
The high level Task Force is composed of members of the IOSCO Board and will be chaired by Martin Wheatley, the Managing Director of the UK Financial Services Authority (UK FSA), and Gary Gensler, the Chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The Task Force will take into account other relevant initiatives by policymakers and stakeholders on benchmarks1 and serve as the IOSCO representative, together with the Chairman of the IOSCO Board, in any other international work initiatives on benchmarking, with a view to avoiding overlap or inconsistencies.
Source: IOSCO
Virtu Financial Acquires Amsterdam ETF Market Maker, Nyenburgh Holding B.V.
US Market Maker Strengthens Role in European ETF Market
September 14, 2012--Virtu Financial ("Virtu") has today acquired the European ETF
Market Maker assets of Nyenburgh Holding B.V. ("Nyenburgh" or the "Company").
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Barclays Bank PLC, acting through its investment bank (“Barclays”), acted as sole financial adviser to Nyenburgh in connection with the transaction.
Nyenburgh is recognized as a leading ETF market maker across Europe. The Company has years of established relationships with ETF sponsors and primary European exchanges. With the acquisition of Nyenburgh’s ETF market making business, Virtu continues its expansion into formalized, regulated market making business across the US, Europe and Asia.
Source: The Street
TABB Examines Adoption of New Structures and Technologies Moving Equity-Style ETF Trading into Corporate Bond Liquidity
Trading in US Corporate Bond ETFs Accelerated During First Half of 2012, Accounting for Average Daily Bond Volumes of $262M in Investment Grade and High-Yield Markets
September 13, 2012--In spite of the boom in the US primary markets this month, the corporate bond industry faces a level of demand among asset managers far greater than issuance, leading to the adoption of new structures and technologies driving a rise in equity-style, fixed-income exchange-traded fund (ETF) use.
In new research published today, TABB Group estimates trading in US corporate bond ETFs accelerated during the first half of 2012, accounting for average daily bond volumes of $262 million, specifically $146 million in par value in the investment grade and $116 million in par value in the high-yield markets.
“As corporate bond ETF trading accelerates,” says Henry Chien, research analyst and author of “Corporate Bonds and the ETF: Odd-Lot Arbitrage,” “unique liquidity dynamics and information flow of ETFs will increasingly impact prices and trading behavior in the underlying bond markets.”
Source: TABB Group
Rethink Role of State in Finance, says World Bank
September 13, 2012--It is time to rethink the role of the state in the financial sector, so that governments can better balance the need for credit and emergency support for banks with measures to promote transparency and competition when crises erupt, says a new World Bank report.
“Governments need to provide strong supervision and ensure healthy competition in the financial sector. They also need to support financial infrastructure, such as better quality credit information that is shared more systematically,” says World Bank Group Managing Director Mahmoud Mohieldin. "But the mixed results of their direct role in issuing credits merits close examination. Indeed, as we emerge from the global financial crisis, governments may want to consider shifting toward indirect interventions."
Source: World Bank
Economic crisis and weak outlook hit R&D, says OECD
September 13, 2012--Business spending on research and development has been hit hard by the economic crisis, with nearly all OECD countries seeing a fall in investment which could impact innovation and long-term growth, according to a new OECD report.
The OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outloook 2012 says that business spending on R&D fell a record 4.5% in 2009 in the OECD. Only France and Korea bucked the trend.
The current weak economic recovery will likely lead to continued sluggish growth in R&D spending by firms, notably in Southern and Eastern Europe, in the foreseeable future. The outlook for France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States is also uncertain, according to the report.
Spending by Asian economies, such as China, India and Korea, on the other hand continued to increase during the crisis. Year-on-year growth in R&D investment by firms in 2010 was 29.5% in China and 20.5% in Korea and India.
Source: OECD
DGCX Signs MoU with Dalian Commodity Exchange
DGCX to strengthen its footprint in China
The partnership will provide support for the innovations and development in both markets
September 13, 2012--The Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX) today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE), the first
MoU that DCE has signed with an Exchange in the Middle East.
The partnership will strengthen DGCX’s and DCE’s global collaboration and support opportunities that will mutually benefit the exchanges.
The agreement is designed to facilitate closer cooperation in areas such as product development, price risk management and the sharing of market resources. It additionally will support Middle Eastern investors and producers of energy, petrochemical and plastics to benefit from China’s huge consumer market.
Source: DGCX
Melrose and Wood Group (John) to Join FTSE 100 Index
September 12, 2012--FTSE Group ("FTSE") confirms today that, Melrose, the supplier of turbogenerators and Wood Group (John), the energy services company, will be joining the FTSE 100 Index.
In the rebalance, ICAP and Ashmore Group will leave the UK’s leading index and enter the FTSE 250 Index.
The changes announced today are part of the impartial quarterly reviews approved by the independent FTSE Europe, Middle East and Africa Regional Committee. The rules-driven reviews ensure the indices continue to portray an accurate reflection of the market they represent, and form an essential component to the management of the indices
Source: FTSE
S&P Capital IQ expands private company fundamental data coverage for Europe and North America
September 12, 2012--S&P Capital IQ, a leading provider of multi-asset class data, research and analytics, today announced an agreement with Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) that expands its offering of fundamental data for private companies in Western Europe and North America.
The comprehensive package procured from D&B will more than double S&P Capital IQ's coverage of private company financials in key markets including Germany, the Nordic countries, the United Kingdom and the United States.
"This initiative represents an important milestone for the industry, as private company financials will be presented in a more detailed and traceable chart of accounts that align with S&P Capital IQ data quality standards," says Silvina Aldeco-Martinez, Managing Director at S&P Capital IQ. "In addition, this content will be available via Xpressfeed – the firm's enterprise data feed management solution – for the first time."
Source: S&P Capital IQ
