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Hedge funds win Church of England blessing
October 6, 2009--Barely a fortnight after attacking the modern day equivalent of biblical money-changers in the City of London, leaders of the Church of England have sprung to the defence of an oft-reviled pillar of the finance industry.
While greater regulation of some sectors of the industry is necessary, the church has concluded that hedge funds are still needed.
In a letter to the House of Lord’s EU select committee, the church commissioners – the custodians of its ancient wealth – raised “serious concerns” about plans from the European Union to regulate hedge funds.
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Source: FT.com
SocGen plans €4.8bn capital raising
October 6, 2009--Société Générale hit the acquisition trail on Tuesday with a €1.4bn ($2bn) war chest after launching a €4.8bn rights issue to repay state aid and to “seize potential external growth opportunities”.
In one of his first big strategic moves since becoming executive chairman in May, Frédéric Oudéa, executive chairman of France’s third-biggest bank, indicated he planned to tilt the group away from risky trading activities by making acquisitions in the safer realms of international retail and private banking.
HSBC launches Eurozone equity ETF
October 6, 2009--HSBC launched the HSBC DJ Euro Stoxx 50 ETF on the London Stock Exchange and domiciled in Ireland, the new ETF is designed to replicate the performance of the Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50 Index (total return) covering the 50 largest companies in the Eurozone.
The total expense ratio of the fund is up to 0.15 per cent.
In August, HSBC announced its entry into the European ETF market with the launch of the HSBC FTSE 100 ETF. It plans to progressively build a comprehensive range of ETFs over the next two years, covering the main asset classes and both developed and emerging market indices.
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Source: ETF Express
CASAM ETF increases its range to 65 products with the launch of 10 new equity ETFs
October 6, 2009--Following the launch of 17 equity and bond exchange-traded funds in June, Crédit Agricole Structured Asset Management has again extended its equity ETF range by listing ten new products on Euronext Paris.
3 « flagship » ETFs in Europe
One CASAM ETF, which replicates the FTSE 100, offers investors exposure to the flagship UK index. Two ETFs tracking the Dow Jones STOXX 50® and the Dow Jones STOXX 600® indices offer exposure to the main European stocks in a single transaction.
3 new sector ETFs of which 2 are unprecedented
Two products, indexed on the MSCI World Energy and the MSCI World Financials indices, provide investors with unprecedented investment vehicles: they are the first ETFs tracking world sector indices to be listed in Europe. They offer global exposure to two flagship sectors: energy and finance. In parallel, the third of these products replicates the MSCI Europe Materials Index and complements the European sector range.
1 REIT ETF
An ETF indexed on the Euronext IEIF REIT Europe provides investors with exposure to 25 European real estate stocks in a single transaction. With annual management fees at 0.35% maximum incl. taxes, this product enables investors to take advantage of a rise in the real estate sector and equity markets in a simple and liquid way.
3 short ETFs
To respond to investors’ needs for short selling, CASAM ETF is strengthening its offering in short ETFs with products replicating the ShortDAX®, the MSCI Europe Short Daily and the MSCI USA Short Daily strategy indices.
The CASAM ETF range now comprises 65 products which, with management fees among the lowest on the market, are characterised by their competitive pricing.
Valérie Baudson, Managing Director of CASAM ETF states: “This launch confirms our desire to continually enhance our range and our capacity to provide innovative products. We are responding to investors demand while maintaining consistency with our low pricing policy.”
Thierry Ancona, Head of Sales, Continental Europe of CA Cheuvreux, comments, “The depth and quality of CASAM ETF combined with our competence in execution services, positions CA Cheuvreux as a key partner, capable of offering international institutional clients high performing solutions which are adapted to changing market conditions.”
Scott Ebner, Senior Vice President, Exchange Traded Products of NYSE Euronext, comments: “Investor demand for ETFs continues to strengthen in 2009, with NYSE Euronext welcoming 90 new ETF listings this year to bring the current total number of products to 432. The significant growth this year in the ETF products offered by CASAM, a leading European investment company specialising in structured investments, alternative managed accounts and ETFs, to include a wide range of investment exposures is further evidence of the increasing importance of the transparency and liquidity of exchange trading for investors.”
As part of the CASAM ETF product range, these new products are distributed by a dedicated sales team of CA Cheuvreux and by the sales teams of Crédit Agricole Asset Management.
Source: CASAM
New Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) On SIX Swiss Exchange
October 6, 2009--3 new products have been listed in the Exchange Traded Funds segment of SIX
Swiss Exchange, taking the total to 186 ETFs.
The new funds are:
Xmtch II (CH) on Gold. The trading currency is USD.
Xmtch II (CH) on Gold – hedged CHF. The trading currency is CHF.
Xmtch II (CH) on Gold – hedged EUR. The trading currency is EUR.
Credit Suisse will perform the market making for these products.
Source: SWX
FSA chairman outlines factors for successful European regulation
October 6, 2009--Lord Turner, chairman of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), today set out the factors that will determine the success of plans to change the structure of regulation in Europe. He was speaking at the City of London Corporation’s Annual Reception for the City Office in Brussels.
The EU has agreed major changes to the structure of regulatory and supervisory cooperation in Europe to introduce greater integration and coordination between regulators. Lord Turner said that the success of these proposals will depend upon:
The ability of the proposed European Systemic Risk Board to develop good quality risk analysis and the “willingness of politicians to take its warning seriously and to countenance potentially unpopular responses”;
Achieving a commonly agreed and enforced rule book. This needs a balance between political oversight and delegation to technical experts. It will require “technicians devoted to good regulation and supervision …. independent of apparent national interests (such as influencing the location of activities)”; and
A robust process of peer review between different regulators that would include resourcing and supervisory processes.
Lord Turner also warned about the risks that remain for host countries from cross-border banking business. The structures for cross-border business need to recognise the national interests of the host country. Host states should have the right to receive prudential information about entire groups and should be given powers to restrict the activities of branches where prudential weaknesses are not being adequately addressed by the firm or its home supervisor.
The full text of the speech can be found on the FSA website.
Source: FSA.gov.uk
Hypo Real Estate Holding AG to leave SDAX
Hornbach Holding AG to be included in SDAX
October 6, 2009--Deutsche Börse has announced an unscheduled change in the composition of
SDAX®.
After the extraordinary general meeting of Hypo Real Estate Holding AG has
resolved upon the full exclusion of current shareholders, the share does no
longer fulfill the free float requirements of the SDAX index according to
Deutsche Börse’s Guide to Equity Indices.
Hornbach Holding AG is to be included in SDAX and will replace Hypo Real
Estate
Holding AG in the index.
This change will be effective 9 October 2009.
The next equity index review is scheduled for 3 December 2009.
Source: Deutsche Boerse
Exotic ETFs are not seeing demand - provider
October 6, 2009--Exotic and more sophisticated exchange-traded funds have suffered from a serious lack of interest this year, according to Axel Lomholt, head of product development for iShares Europe.
“In the equity space, there is evidence to suggest that currently interest is limited in speciality funds and in the more advanced ETFs such as inverse and leverage ETFs,“ he sid. “It is a cyclical phenomenon and we have instead seen more demand for traditionally-driven ETFs and have also seen a great pick-up in the fixed income space.
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Source: IPE
Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 Index Licensed To HSBC To Underlie Exchange-Traded Funds
October 5, 2009-STOXX Limited, the leading provider of European equity indexes, today announced that the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 has been licensed to HSBC to serve as the basis for an exchange-traded fund, which will be available on the London Stock Exchange tomorrow.
“Since it’s launch in 1998, the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 Index has become a well-accepted, rules based and transparent tool for market participants to measure and access the performance of the euro zone’s leading companies,” said Ricardo Manrique, chief executive officer, STOXX Ltd. “By licensing the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 Index, HSBC solidifies their new lineup of ETFs by adding the leading pan-euro index to their product platform.”
Farley Thomas, global head of wholesale at HSBC Global Asset Management said "HSBC is prioritizing the launch of ETFs tracking the most popular indexes by ETF assets under management. The Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 Index is by far the most popular index in the European ETF industry."
Launched on February 28, 1998, the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 Index represents 50 supersector leaders in the 12 euro zone countries Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain.
As of October 2, 2009, the index was up 16.42% for the year. The Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 Index is weighted by float-adjusted market capitalization, and each component's weight is capped at 10% of the index's total free-float market capitalization.
The index captures approximately 60% of the free-float market capitalization of the Dow Jones EURO STOXX TMI Index. Daily historical data are available back to December 31, 1986.
r more information on the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 Index please visit www.stoxx.com.
Source: STOXX.com
HSBC unveils inaugural Eurozone equity ETF
October 5, 2009--Tomorrow the HSBC DJ Euro Stoxx 50 ETF will begin trading on the London Stock Exchange.
The HSBC DJ Euro Stoxx 50 ETF replicates the performance of the Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50 total return index, comprising the 50 largest companies in the Eurozone region.
The fund, which is domiciled in Ireland, has a total expense ratio of 0.15%.
The index covers 12 Eurozone countries, including Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain. The benchmark is weighted by float-adjusted market capitalization and each component's weight is limited to 10% of the index's total market cap.
Source: Online News
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