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Boerse Stuttgart introduces new ETF segment for retail investors
Binding monitored rules and regulations / Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank act as market makers / Lammersdorf hails most attractive ETF platform for retail investors / Lower prices for small orders spur growth
October 8, 2009--Boerse Stuttgart, Germany’s leading exchange for retail investors, announced at a press conference today that its new ETF segment would be launched on 13 October. Thanks to the ETF Bestx segment, the trading conditions available to Boerse Stuttgart’s retail investors will be even better, and there will be a clearly defined system of rules and regulations, subject to supervision under public law, for future ETF trading at the Stuttgart stock exchange. This regulatory framework, inter alia, sets binding spreads for specific minimum quote volumes of over 300 products. Investors trading in the new ETF segment stand to benefit from the best tradable prices on the market.
One of the main ways of achieving this, alongside the presence of the stock exchange’s trading experts, is the involvement of additional market makers. From launch day onwards, Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank will continuously provide binding buy and sell quotes for the ETFs listed in the segment. “Unlike our competitors, who are predominantly concerned with institutional customers, Boerse Stuttgart is clearly focused on retail investors with its new ETF segment. We are delighted that Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank as leading market makers are supporting our efforts to create an investor-friendly and growth-oriented ETF Bestx segment. We intend to make further major improvements in price quality, transparency and security in the area of ETF trading with a view to becoming Europe’s most attractive platform for retail investors trading in ETFs as well,” said Christoph Lammersdorf, CEO of Boerse Stuttgart Holding GmbH.
With the introduction of ETF Bestx, Boerse Stuttgart has set itself the target of guaranteeing best prices and highest execution reliability during regular trading sessions from 9.00 to 20.00 hours CET. This is also clear from the explicit costs: from October, Boerse Stuttgart will become even cheaper for smaller orders. Transaction fees will be equivalent to 0.119 percent of the order volume with a cap of EUR 12.18 (plus 19 percent sales tax). “Our ETF trading system already offers very attractive prices. In the case of ETFs based on the DAX or on the DJ Euro Stoxx 50, we offer most of our prices without a spread. We want to ensure that investors can continue to trade a full range of products on a par with institutional investors with an unfailing emphasis on fairness, high quality and top conditions.” said Michael Görgens, Head of Investment Fund and ETF Trading at Boerse Stuttgart. So far, 2009 has seen strong growth in the ETF segment at Boerse Stuttgart, and its ETF trading initiative has already boosted turnover to EUR 2.56 billion (from 2 January to 30 September 2009), an increase of 111 percent on the same period in 2008.
Boerse Stuttgart’s launch of the new ETF Bestx segment widens the range of standards it has established – tried and tested over its ten years as the leading market player in exchange trading with certificates – to include ETF trading. The Stuttgart stock exchange has every confidence in its superior market model, which, for example, integrates trading experts into electronic ETF trading. Their role is to ensure the quality of price determination even in volatile markets, to avoid partial executions, facilitate active stop-order management and actively support trading up to 20.00 hours CET.
Source: Boerse Stuttgart
OMXS30 Index is the Third Most Traded Domestic European Index in 2009
October 8, 2009--NASDAQ OMX Group,
Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced today that the OMX Stockholm 30 Index
(Nasdaq OMX Stockholm:OMXS30) has broken a benchmark target of 400
million derivative contracts since its start back in 1986. In 2009
OMXS30 has been the third most traded domestic index in Europe, with
several hundreds of thousands new contracts traded every day.
Magdalena Hartman, Vice President at NASDAQ OMX Global Index Group,
said, "We are very proud to have reached 400 million contracts, a
milestone in the industry that only a handful of European indexes have
achieved. Amid continuous change in the global marketplace, the OMXS30
Index has for over two decades consistently been a reliable investment
indicator for the Nordic financial markets."
As of December 19 this year, OMXS30 futures and options will only be
available for trading at NASDAQ OMX Stockholm as a result of the
termination of the agreement with EDX London who today offers trading
in OMXS30 derivatives.
Source: NASDAQ OMX
DB Index Research -- Weekly ETF Reports -- Europe
October 7, 2009--Highlights
ETF Volume
Exchange based Equity ETF turnover rose by 6.5% on the previous week. Daily turnover for the previous week was E1.2bn. European fixed income ETF turnover rose by 2.2% to E185.4m, with money market ETFs continuing to be the main focus.
In exchange based bond ETFs, iShares € Corporate Bond has the highest daily turnover of E18.81m. Among the Equity ETFs, iShares DAX (DE) has the highest daily turnover of E66.03m.
There were 31 new listings in the last week. CASAM listed 10 new ETFs on the NYSE Euronext Paris. BGI listed 9 new ETFs and 9 crosslisted ETFs on the London Stock Exchange. BGI also listed 3 ETFs on Borsa Italiana.
European Style ETFs, led by short and leveraged products, kept its position as the leading product area with total turnover of E378m accounting for 30.77% of total ETF turnover, followed by European Regional ETFs with total turnover of E332m with 27.06% of total turnover. The DAX ETFs remain the dominant country products with total average daily volume of E157m across the nine listed products and accounting for 12.8% of all equity ETF volume.
DJ Euro STOXX 50 ETFs accounted for 13.5% of turnover trading E166m per day with liquidity split across 25 ETFs and 41 different listings on 9 exchanges.
Market Share
The Deutsche Borse XTF platform has the largest market share with 34.9% of total turnover. The Euronext NextTrack platform has 22.1% market share. The LSE’s combined Italian Exchange and London market share is now 26.9%.
Assets under Management (AUM)
Total European Equity related AUM declined by 2.3% to E96.5bn during last week. AUM for DJ Euro STOXX 50 ETFs was E18.8bn accounting for 19.5% of total European AUM. Fixed Income ETF AUM rose by 1.3% to E33.3bn.
Overall, the largest ETF by AUM was the Equity based ETF, Lyxor ETF DJ Euro STOXX 50 with AUM of E4.9bn. The largest Fixed Income ETF by AUM was the iShares € Corporate Bond with AUM of E3.2bn.
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Source:Aram Flores and Shan Lan -DB Index Research
New Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) On SIX Swiss Exchange
October 7, 2009--7 new products have been listed in the Exchange Traded Funds segment of SIX Swiss Exchange, taking the total to 193 ETFs. The new funds are:
UBS-ETF MSCI Europe. The trading currency is EUR.
UBS-ETF MSCI EMU Value. The trading currency EUR.
UBS-ETF MSCI Pacific (ex Japan). The trading currency USD.
UBS-ETF MSCI Canada. The trading currency CAD.
UBS-ETF MSCI USA I. The trading currency USD.
UBS-ETF MSCI World I. The trading currency USD.
UBS-ETF MSCI Europe I. The trading currency EUR.
UBS AG will perform the market making for these products.
Source: SWX
ETF Landscape: European DJ STOXX 600 Sector ETF Net Flows, week ending 02-Oct-09
October 7, 2009--Last week saw US$226.3 Mn net inflows to DJ STOXX 600 sector ETFs. The largest sector ETF inflows last week were in Telecommunications with US$83.9 Mn and Banks with US$42.9 Mn while Health Care experienced net outflows of US$36.2 Mn.
Year-to-date, Banks has been the most popular sector with US$294.0 Mn net new assets, followed by Utilities with US$278.8 Mn net inflows. Retail sector ETFs have been the least popular with US$52.6 Mn net outflows YTD.
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Source: ETF Research and Implementation Strategy, BGI
Julius Baer buys ING’s Swiss private banking unit
October 7, 2009-Julius Baer on Wednesday has bought the Swiss private banking operations of Dutch lender ING for SFr520m ($507m) – its first acquisition since spinning off its fund management business.
The acquisition of ING Bank (Switzerland) will add SFr15bn in funds under management, consolidating Baer’s position as Switzerland’s third-largest private bank after UBS and Credit Suisse and the country’s biggest “pure play” wealth manager.
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Source: FT.com
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
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