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London Stock Exchange launches new guide to listing
November 24, 2010--This week the London Stock Exchange will be launching its new guide to joining the Main Market for companies and advisers. "A guide to listing on the London Stock Exchange" provides a practical outline of the listing process for companies that are considering an IPO.
The guide has been developed with contributions from a range of advisers and market participants. It combines extensive market experience with expert insight, offering guidance on the listing and admission to trading of shares and depositary receipts on the London Stock Exchange's markets.
Tracey Pierce, Director of Equity Primary Markets, London Stock Exchange Group, said:
"We are very pleased to be launching our new listing guide this week. We are committed to supporting companies who are looking to develop their business, raise capital and increase their profile by admitting to trading on one of our markets.
"For those companies looking to float, this new guide offers clear, practical advice, furnishing them with the knowledge they need to conduct a successful IPO."
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Source: London Stock Exchange
Gold prices peak on Istanbul Gold Exchange
November 24, 2010--
A kilogram of gold has reached the TL 65,000 level on the Istanbul Gold Exchange (IAB), an all-time record for the IAB.
On Monday gold closed on the ?AB at TL 63,035 per kilogram. On Tuesday the price of gold per kilogram hovered at the TL 64,100 level but by the end of the day managed to climb to the historic record of TL 65,300.
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Source: Todays Zaman
Eurex to Launch Canadian Single Stock Futures Starting 25 November 2010
November 23, 2010-- Eurex, the international derivatives exchange, today announced that it will launch single stock futures on leading Canadian companies on 25 November 2010. The new listings reflect customer demand for expanded offerings in the rapidly growing equity derivatives segment.
The futures contracts will be based on shares of Bank of Montreal, BCE, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and Sun Life Financial.
“Single stock futures have quickly become one of our fastest growing product segments. The contracts give customers greater flexibility in executing trading strategies in more than 750 names in Europe and internationally. The new Canadian listings will provide members with further trading opportunities in the North American market,” said Michael Peters, member of the Eurex Executive Board.
Eurex first introduced single stock futures on companies included in the DAX, EURO STOXX 50 and SMI indices in October 2005. Since then the product suite has expanded to include stocks in additional European countries, the U.S., and emerging markets Russia and Brazil. Volumes have risen steadily in recent years; for example, the U.S. single stock futures have grown nearly fourfold to more than 498,000 contracts as of end of October 2010 compared to the same period of 2009.
The specifications of the new contracts will follow the U.S. listings. Each contract represents 100 shares denominated in U.S. dollar and is cash settled. They will have expiry dates up to three years for the next 13 calendar months, plus the two following annual contract months out of the December cycle. The Eurex Block Trade facility also is allowed for the Canadian single stock futures.
Source: Eurex
Deutsche Börse Launches Algo News Feed in Tokyo Data Center
'AlphaFlash” is now available in two proximity hosting sites in the Asia-Pacific region
November 23, 2010-Deutsche Börse – Market Data & Analytics has now made its algorithmic news feed “AlphaFlash” available in a data center in Tokyo. This is the second Asia-Pacific location where AlphaFlash is offered.
AlphaFlash is hosted in the KVH Tokyo Data Center, which is operated by KVH Co., Ltd., a leading Japanese IT and communications service provider.
“As algorithmic and computerized trading continues to evolve in the Asia-Pacific region, Tokyo has emerged as one of the dominant markets in this field. The KVH Tokyo Data Center will allow us to provide AlphaFlash to local trading firms and current customers seeking to incorporate machine-readable news directly into their trading applications,” said Georg Gross, Head of Front Office Data & Analytics at Deutsche Börse.
“The KVH Tokyo Data Center is the ideal managed environment for supporting algorithmic electronic trading by offering proximity hosting and ultra low-latency connectivity to the major exchanges in Japan and key financial cities in the region. We are very excited to have AlphaFlash available within our Trading Avenue environment as our customers will certainly benefit from gaining access to this algorithmic news feed,” said Dr. Zhongmin Guo, Vice President, Telecom and International Business Unit of KVH.
AlphaFlash is now available in nine data centers globally, including co-location and proximity hosting options in Chicago, New Jersey, Washington, Sydney, Frankfurt and in London. Launched in April 2010, AlphaFlash delivers more than 175 machine-readable economic indicators from the U.S., Canada and Europe within milliseconds. Data content includes central bank interest rate decisions, employment numbers, housing statistics and gross domestic product figures. A version of AlphaFlash that includes macroeconomic data from Asia-Pacific is currently being beta tested and is scheduled to go into full production in 2011.
The AlphaFlash product range was built by Deutsche Börse’s Market Data & Analytics segment using resources from its subsidiaries Need to Know News (NTKN) and Market News International (MNI). As fully accredited news agencies, NTKN and MNI have direct access to government lock-up rooms as well as embargoed news releases. As a result, economic events are processed so they become available with minimum latency to speed-sensitive algorithms and professional traders after the embargo has been lifted.
For more information about AlphaFlash, please visit: www.deutsche-boerse.com/alphaflash.
Source: Deutsche Börse
New EDHEC-Risk Institute Publication Proposes an Optimal Investment Strategy for Sovereign Wealth Funds
November 23, 2010--This new publication, “Asset-Liability Management Decisions for Sovereign Wealth Funds,” contains the results of the first-year research work conducted at EDHEC-Risk Institute within the Deutsche Bank research chair on asset-liability management (ALM) techniques for sovereign wealth fund management. Under the responsibility of Professor Lionel Martellini, the scientific director of EDHEC-Risk Institute, this chair examines optimal allocation policies for sovereign wealth funds.
The publication proposes a formal analysis of the optimal investment policy and risk management practices of sovereign wealth funds, which can be regarded as the extension to sovereign wealth funds of the liability-driven investing paradigm recently developed in the pension fund industry.
The optimal asset allocation strategy takes into account the stochastic features of the sovereign fund endowment process (where the money is coming from), the stochastic features of the sovereign fund's expected liability value (what the money is going to be used for), and the stochastic features of the assets held in its portfolio.
view EDHEC-Risk Publication Asset-Liability Management Decisions for Sovereign Wealth Funds
Source: EDHEC
Growth indicator shows eurozone regaining steam
November 23, 2010-- Private sector manufacturing regained steam in the eurozone in November after three months of decline but the recovery was uneven across the 16-nation bloc, a key survey showed Tuesday.
Eurozone powers Germany and France led the recovery with output rising in both countries while the rest of the region experienced "sluggish growth," according to the purchasing managers' index (PMI).
Services activity rose modestly for the first time in three months outside the zone's two biggest economies but manufacturing output growth "slipped to the slowest for a year," said data group Markit, which compiles the PMI.
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Source: EUbusiness
iShares appoints new head of sales
November 23, 2010--iShares has appointed David Gardner as head of sales for the EMEA region.
Gardner will be based in London and will report to managing director and head of EMEA for ishares, Joe Linhares.
.Gardner joined ishares in 2000 and was most recently head of sales for northern Europe.
Source: Money Marketing
Boerse Stuttgart takes the lead with its Bondm SME segment
Corporate bonds with a total volume of EUR 730 million listed in Bondm
Stuttgart offers transparency and liquidity in the secondary market
November 23, 2010--Boerse Stuttgart has taken on a pioneering role among German stock exchanges. Its Bondm trading segment is specially designed to meet the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises. So far the Stuttgart Stock Exchange has admitted eight bonds with a total volume of EUR 730 million to its new SME segment.
The order book turnover for all Bondm-listed companies in the secondary market has risen to almost EUR 290 million since the segment was launched in May. With its high standards of quality in the secondary market, Boerse Stuttgart offers private investors liquidity and the greatest market transparency in bond trading. To that end Boerse Stuttgart not only follows strict rules, such as the Best Price Principle or the Best Size Principle, but also publishes prices, valuations and corporate information for investors on an ongoing basis.
More and more small and medium-sized enterprises are discovering the bond market as an additional source of finance. Many SMEs have already enquired about issues in 2011. "We expect this development to continue next year as the economic upturn is leading to an increased need for capital among many small and medium-sized companies. Our pipeline for the first quarter of 2011 is already well filled," says Christoph Lammersdorf, CEO of Boerse Stuttgart Holding GmbH.
With Bondm, Boerse Stuttgart addresses the needs of SMEs who require financing in the range of around EUR 25 to 150 million. Previous issuers in the Bondm SME segment include companies such as Dürr AG, Solarwatt AG and Air Berlin. The most recent addition to the Bondm segment is 3W Holdings S.A. / AEG Power Solutions. Boerse Stuttgart plans to expand its successful SME segment even further next year. In the meantime other stock exchanges are following suit. "The fact that other market segments are following our example plays testimony to Boerse Stuttgart's innovativeness and creativity," comments Christoph Lammersdorf.
Source: Boerse Stuttgart
New hybrid bond to be traded on Boerse Stuttgart's Open Market
ETL | Freund & Partner GmbH Steuerberatungsgesellschaft issues hybrid bond
November 22, 2010--
Tax advisors, ETL | Freund & Partner GmbH Steuerberatungsgesellschaft, is to issue a hybrid bond via the Stuttgart Stock Exchange. This bond issue, which has a total volume of up to EUR 25 million, matures in seven years and has an interest coupon of 7.5 percent. It is denominated in units of EUR 1,000. From 22 November private investors can either buy the bond through their house or online bank by sending a buy order to Boerse Stuttgart or acquire it directly through the issuer.
The offering from ETL | Freund & Partner GmbH Steuerberatungsgesellschaft is a subordinate bond with an equity element, which is why it will not be listed in the Bondm segment. For in addition to the annual coupon, the hybrid bond offers an earnings-related increase in book value of up to 0.5 percent per annum, the amount in question being paid out when the bond matures. If the company should post a loss in any financial year, this will also affect the return for bondholders. Depending on the type of loss and its magnitude, the book value of the bond can fall by 0.25 percent or more in the year in question.
The scheduled subscription period runs from 22 to 30 November 2010. At the end of the subscription period the bond will be admitted to Boerse Stuttgart's Open market trading.
Source: Boerse Stuttgart
European SRI fund sales nosedive: RI/Lipper FMI data
Risk appetite moves back into the market, however, as equity fund sales rise.
November 22, 2010--Sales of European SRI funds nosedived during the month of September with asset outflows of €1.14bn, according to the latest available figures compiled for Responsible Investor by Lipper FMI, the investment data group. The plunge in value for ‘RI screened’ funds as they are labelled by Lipper FMI, which have undergone an ‘extra-financial’ ESG (environment, social and governance) screen in their stock selection process, compounded losses of €192.3m during the month of August.
Just one fund made it into treble figures in terms of net sales: French fund manager Amundi’s Tréso ISR cash fund, which took in €209.9m.
Nonetheless, a rise in assets in SRI equity funds suggests a return of investor risk appetite: 5 of the top ten best sellers in September were share offerings, the highest proportion for some time. AXA’s Euro Valeurs Responsables euroland equities fund was the second best seller, netting €65.1m. The third best seller was Scottish fund manager, Aberdeen Asset Management’s Ethical World fund, with sales of €63.7m.
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Source: Responsible Investor
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