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Consultation on benchmarks and market indices launched following LIBOR manipulation
September 5, 2012--Following the recent manipulation of LIBOR, the Commission has today launched a consultation inviting stakeholders to comment on possible new rules for the production and use of indices serving as benchmarks in financial and other contracts.
Commissioner for Internal Market and Services Michel Barnier said: "The international investigations underway into the manipulation of LIBOR have revealed yet another example of unacceptable behaviour by banks. Doubts about the accuracy and integrity of indices can undermine market confidence, cause significant losses to consumers and investors, and distort the real economy. It is therefore essential that steps are taken to ensure the integrity of benchmarks and the benchmark-setting process. The Commission has already acted quickly to amend its legislative proposals on market abuse (see IP/12/846). However, changing the sanctions regime alone may not be sufficient: wider work is required to regulate how indices and benchmarks are compiled, produced and used."
view the European Commission Consultation on a Possible Framework for the Regulation of the Production and Use of Indices serving as Benchmarks in Financial and other Contracts
Source: European Commission
UK Official holdings of international reserves-August 2012
September 5, 2012--This monthly press notice shows details of movements in August in the UK's official holdings of international reserves, which consist of gold, foreign currency assets and International Monetary Fund assets.
These reserves are maintained primarily so that the UK Government’s reserves could be used to intervene to support Sterling, or the Bank of England’s reserves could be used to support the Bank’s monetary policy objectives. If such interventions were to occur, then they would be shown and explained in this release. The Background note at the end of this release explains more about the reserves, and about these statistics.
In summary this month’s release shows that, in August 2012: No intervention operations were undertaken. Movements in reserves and levels of reserves were as follows:
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Source: HM Treasury
STOXX launches STOXX+ Global Max Traded 200 Index
September 4, 2012--STOXX Limited, the market-moving provider of innovative, tradable and global index concepts, today introduced the STOXX+ Global Max Traded 200 Index. The new index applies an advanced set of screens to ensure that only the largest and most frequently traded companies worldwide are included, while at the same time offering a wide global diversification.
The STOXX+ Global Max Traded 200 Index is geared towards active trading purposes and has been designed to act both as a proper benchmark for actively managed funds, and to underlie exchange-traded funds and other investable products.
“The STOXX+ Global Max Traded 200 Index is the newest addition to our suite of sophisticated index concepts which are branded STOXX+. The new index offers market participants an innovative and rules-based tool to participate from the performance of the 200 most traded companies worldwide,” said Hartmut Graf, chief executive officer, STOXX Limited. “By splitting the global equity market into three time zones and including a fixed number of companies from each of those, the index also ensures high global diversification.”
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Source: STOXX
NYSE Euronext Monthly ETF Activity Report-August 2012
September 4, 2012--Listings
Quiet month-no new ETF listings in August
At end August, NYSE Euronext European markets had 676 listings of 587 ETFs from 16 issuers
Trading activity
Average daily value traded on-book in August of €191.7 million, down 16.4% MoM
Total value traded on-book amounted to €4.4 billion, down 24.6% YTD
Average of 5,627 on-book trades (single-counted) executed daily last month, a decrease of 61.6% vs August 2011, and down 9.3% MoM
Total of €521.2 million exchanged in block trades in August, down 29.7% from the €741.4 million in July
Overall, block trade volume represented 11.8% of total regulated market ETF trading activity on NYSE Euronext
Assets Under Management (AUM)
At the end of August 2012, the combined AUM of all ETFs listed on the NYSE Euronext European markets totalled €134.9 billion
Market Quality
Median spread for all listed ETFs of 28.1 bps, thanks to our high-capacity, low-latency technology, combined with the flow from client orders, competitive market makers and our 23 first-class Liquidity Providers.
view the August 2012 edition of the ETF Monthly Activity Report
Source: NYSE Euronext
Investors use bonds of medium-sized enterprises to diversify their portfolios
New study shows investment behaviour of private and institutional investors with regard to bonds issued by medium-sized companies
September 4, 2012--Private investors buying bonds issued by medium-sized companies make their own investing decisions.
This was one of the core findings of the latest study by Boerse Stuttgart, which was conducted jointly with audit and consulting company Deloitte and Münster University of Applied Sciences. The study shows that the majority of participants have many years of financial market experience. Both private and institutional investors buy bonds issued by medium-sized companies to diversify their portfolios.
The study profiles private investors who are familiar with bonds of medium-sized enterprises as an asset class. Of the persons surveyed, 58 percent have these debt instruments in their portfolios. Just over two-thirds, at 68 percent, have more than 10 years' capital market experience, and a further 17 percent have been active in the market for between five and ten years. Investors not availing of advice account for 78 percent of those surveyed. These investors obtain information about securities from the Internet and from specialist media, and make their own decisions on their portfolios. When choosing a financial instrument, investors take into account bond features as well as the issuing company’s characteristics and the composition of their portfolios. Jochen Wentzler, Partner in Corporate Finance at Deloitte, explained: “In addition to the issuer’s credit rating, the investors surveyed consider the decisive criteria for selection to be financial strength – in other words, the issuer’s profitability and equity base –, the business model and transparency in relation to the appropriation of the issue proceeds.”
Mittelstandsanleihen - eine echte Anlagealternative?
(Allgemeine Pressemitteilungen)
Eine Studie der FH Münster, der Börse Stuttgart und Deloitte
Source: Boerse Stuttgart
ETF Stat July 2012--Borsa Italiana
September 4, 2012--The ETF Statistics of the ETF Plus Market for the month of July 2012 are now available.
Please be informed that, due to technical problems, the spread statistics are not available.
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Moody's changes EU rating outlook to negative
Back in July, Moody's changed its outlook for Germany, the Netherlands and Luxembourg to negative as fallout from Europe's debt crisis cast a shadow over its top-rated countries. The outlook on France and the UK are also negative.
read more Xetra orderbook turnover at 79 billion euros in August
In equities, turnover reached €69.7 billion on Deutsche Börse’s cash markets (Xetra: €67.9 billion, Xetra Frankfurt specialist trading: €1.8 billion). Turnover in bonds was €1.5 billion, and in structured products on Scoach €1.2 billion. Order book turnover in funds and ETFs/ETCs/ETNs amounted to €11.7 billion. view more
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Source: Borsa Italiana
September 4, 2012--Jefferies, the US investment bank, aims to become one of the world's largest metals brokers with more than a fifth of the turnover on the London Metal Exchange after a series of aggressive hires from struggling European rivals.
The bank’s futures brokerage unit, Jefferies Bache, will today begin trading on the red leather benches of the LME’s open-outcry ring, becoming one of just 12 brokers and banks who hold the exchange’s highest level of membership.
Source: FT.com
The new City regulator is to ban commissions on insurance policies, mortgages and bank accounts.
September 4, 2012--The City regulator is to strengthen its crackdown on commissions by extending the ban to insurance policies, mortgages and bank accounts.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is planning a commission ban for sales of investment-related products from 31 December 2012, meaning financial advisers will no longer be able to take commission to pay for their services.
Source: CityWire
September 3, 2012--Moody's Investors Service has changed its outlook on the Aaa rating of the European Union to negative, warning it might downgrade the bloc if it decides to cut the ratings on the EU's four biggest budget backers: Germany, France, UK and Netherlands.
The move will add to pressure on the European Central Bank to provide details of a new debt-buying scheme to help deeply indebted euro zone states at its policy meeting on Thursday.
Source: Reuters
September 3, 2012--Order book turnover on Xetra and the Xetra Frankfurt specialist trading stood at €83.8 billion in August-a decrease by 54 percent year-on-year (August 2011: €181.6 billion).
Of the €83.8 billion, €79.4 billion were attributable to Xetra – a decrease by 54 percent y-o-y (August 2011: €173.4 billion). €4.4 billion were attributable to the Xetra Frankfurt specialist trading – a decrease by 47 percent y-o-y (August 2011: €8.3 billion). Order book turnover on Tradegate Exchange* totalled approximately €2.7 billion in August.
Source: Xetra
