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Blinds likely to stay down on US ETF securities lending
July 30, 2012--Europe's top securities regulator issued new rules last week requiring greater transparency around securities lending activities and revenues,
but the regulations may do little to change the opacity of sec lending practices in US exchange traded funds.
Source: FT.com
Macro Matters-Time for Ben to step in
July 29, 2012--In this issue of Macro Matters, we review the soft second quarter GDP release out of the US last Friday and assess its meaning for Asia.
With respect to the US, the loss of growth momentum and economic imbalances are messages in the data. We do not expect the Fed to announce QE3 at this week’s FOMC meeting. But we do expect the Fed to use Operation Shout by pushing out the timeframe for extraordinarily low rates into 2015. This, coupled with no surprises from the ECB meetings, will likely disappoint increasingly anxious markets as their economies remains stuck in low growth/no growth mode.
The next two payrolls reports, however, should seal the deal on QE3 as we do not expect the payrolls number to show improvement for either July or August. The July figures will be released this Friday.
Source: Mirae Asset Financial Group
EPFR Global Fund Data-Yield remains a guiding light in the gloom
July 27, 2012--The bad news kept coming in late July. It included another spike in Spanish bond yields, the US farm belt's continuing trial by drought, worse than expected 2Q12 GDP numbers from the UK and some decidedly mixed earnings reports.
With policymakers expected to respond with more monetary stimulus that will put further pressure on the returns from "safe" assets, investors focused on yield during the week ending July 25. Flows into EPFR Global-tracked High Yield Bond Funds exceeded $2 billion for the sixth time in the 30 weeks year-to-date, Municipal Bond Funds took in over $800 million and Dividend Equity Funds absorbed a net $858 million during a week when outflows from all Equity Funds exceeded $10 billion.
In their search for better than average returns investors bypassed exposure to sectors -- 10 of the 11 major EPFR Global-tracked Sector Fund groups posted outflows -- but showed a willingness to look at country-specific equity funds.
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Source: EPFR Global
Deutsche Boerse AG reports stable results in Q2/2012
Stable net revenue of €507 million despite the difficult capital market environment Full acquisition of Eurex pays off Adjusted earnings per share of €1.01
July 26, 2012-- Deutsche Boerse AG published its figures for the second quarter of 2012 on Thursday. The Company's sales revenue rose to €555.0 million.
This corresponds to a 5 percent increase compared with the second quarter of 2011 (€528.6 million), now that 100 percent of Eurex’s sales revenue is attributable to Deutsche Börse following its full acquisition. Despite an overall weak financial market environment, the Company’s net revenue remained stable at €506.7 million. This is mainly the result of the considerable increase of trading volumes in index derivative products as well as the Eurex acquisition. The Group’s operating costs declined by 2 percent year-on-year to €228.9 million and include exceptional items of around €5 million mainly for efficiency measures. Adjusted for special factors, earnings per share amounted to €1.01 in the second quarter of 2012.
In a comparison of the half-yearly figures, net revenue declined slightly from €1,032.7 million in the prior-year period to €1,013.6 million as a result of the challenging market environment. Adjusted operating costs in the first half of 2012 amounted to €449.7 million, an 8 percent increase year-on-year, mainly as a result of the investments in growth initiatives as part of the Group’s strategic positioning. This resulted in an adjusted EBIT of €566.6 million and adjusted earnings per share of €2.02.
Source: Deutsche Boerse
DCGX Academy:INR Strategy: FII +ve10.2$B 2012 Vs -ve 512$M 2011, GDP at 5.3%+ Vs. 0.75% Brazil, 4.9% Russia
July 26, 2012--HIGHLIGHTS-COMMODITIES
Gold Trades Above $1,600, May Drop for First Time in Three Days
Copper Set to Extend Gains as U.S. May Move to Bolster Economy
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
INR Gains as stimulus hopes revive
Yen rises as a perception on safe haven emerges
Citigroup - 90% probability of Greece exiting EU
GBP sharpest decline Vs.EUR as UK GDP negative
Asians rise as Korea GDP Rises 2.4%
Govement and BoJ get together to fight deflation
Source: DGCX Academy
Global ETF variety breaks through the 3000 mark
July 26, 2012--By the end of June this year, data from the research consultancy showed there were 3309 ETFs and 7353 listings across 171 providers on 50 exchanges, representing assets of $1.5bn (£950m).
Deborah Fuhr, founder of ETFGI, said: “More people are using ETFs as they want to gain exposure to different segments of the market.
“It is also hard at the moment to find active managers who are consistently dealing alpha.”
The figures showed ETFs saw net inflows of $18.5m (£11.8m) in the year up to the end of June.
According to ETFGI, 322 ETFs have been launched by 65 providers on 24 exchanges, while 42 ETFs have de-listed in the year up to the end of June 2012.
Source: Canadian ETF Watch
ETF Securities: New Release: Global Commodity ETP Quarterly -Q2 2012 Edition
July 25, 2012--Highlights
Commodity ETP Q2 Overview: Precious Metals in Demand as
Macro Uncertainty Soars
Commodity ETP Returns, Flows and AUM Comparative Analysis
Commodity Fundamentals Analysis
Overview and Comparison of Commodity Index Methodologies
Comprehensive Guide to Global Commodity ETPs
Precious Metals in Demand as Macro Uncertainty Soars
Gold ETP holdings hit an all-time high of 77 million ounces in Q2 as ETP investors took advantage of the gold price decline and slowing US economic growth raised expectations of a potential third round of quantitative easing by the US Fed. Silver also saw strong demand for similar reasons. While precious metals were in strong demand, deteriorating economic and financial conditions in Europe combined with signs of slowing growth in the US and China hit more cyclical commodities and other assets in Q2 2012, reversing most of the gains of the first quarter of the year. Although outflows from commodity ETPs were a relatively small $1.1bn, price declines across the commodity sector caused the value of assets in commodity ETPs to fall by $13.5bn to $175bn, a 7.1% decline from the previous quarter.
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Source: ETF Securities
Islamic index products struggle in Gulf investment culture
July 25, 2012--Islamic exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are struggling to attract fresh investors, in contrast to a move by Western investors into conventional ETFs -a difference due to the Gulf's plain-vanilla investment culture and the way in which institutions choose financial products.
ETFs are funds which track indexes of shares, bonds or commodities and are traded like stocks. Their sharia-compliant versions follow religious principles such as bans on interest and gambling.
Source: Reuters
Five things you need to know about Esma's new ETF rules
July 25, 2012--The biggest shock in the long-awaited guidelines on exchange-traded and other Ucits funds from the European Securities and Markets Authority is the decision not to impose a cap on securities lending.
Esma has published the new rules following a consultation paper in January, which invited the industry to respond to issues under consideration.
Source: Financial News
Basel III FAQs on counterparty credit risk rules
July 25, 2012--The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision today issued frequently asked questions (FAQs) on Basel III's counterparty credit risk rules.
To promote consistent global implementation of Basel III, the Committee has agreed to periodically review frequently asked questions and publish answers along with any technical elaboration of the rules text and interpretative guidance that may be necessary.
view the BIS Basel III counterparty credit risk-Frequently asked questions
Source: BIS
