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ESMA sets out its priorities for 2016
October 7, 2015--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its 2016 Work Programme which sets out its priorities and the activities it will undertake in pursuit of its statutory objectives of enhancing investor protection and promoting stable and orderly financial markets.
ESMA's priorities for 2016, in line with the recently published ESMA Strategic Orientation 2016-2020, signals a shift from rulemaking towards implementation and promoting the convergence of supervisory practices.
The key priorities for 2016 focus on:
Supervisory Convergence-this will be a core focus in ESMA's activities in relation to the implementation, supervision and enforcement of common EU rules. In support of this work ESMA will produce a supervisory convergence work programme and continue its cooperation with NCAs and other institutions, including the Joint Committee to ensure sectoral consistency;
MiFID II and MiFIR-this work will continue to dominate activity in 2016, however in line with the shift in priorities the focus will be particularly on guidelines and Q&As helping with the consistent implementation of MiFID II across NCAs that will need to be developed. Single rulebook activity will also continue as ESMA still has a range of Technical Standards to draft.
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Source: ESMA
S&P cuts Turkey growth forecast for next year
October 7, 2015--Rating agency Standard & Poor's on Wednesday marginally raised its forecast for Turkey's economic growth this year to 3.1 percent from 3, but was more cautious for 2016, cutting its expectations to 2.8 percent from a previous 3.2.
"Turkey reported stronger GDP growth than we expected in the first half, with a surprising surge in private investment in the second quarter," it said in a research note. "External and domestic headwind
Rating agency Standard & Poor's on Wednesday marginally raised its forecast for Turkey's economic growth this year to 3.1 percent from 3, but was more cautious for 2016, cutting its expectations to 2.8 percent from a previous 3.2.
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Source: Today's Zaman
STOXX And Sustainalytics Publish ESG Report For Germany
October 6, 2015--STOXX Limited, a leading provider of innovative, tradable and global index concepts, and Sustainalytics, a leading provider of ESG and corporate governance ratings and research, today presented the research report "Global ESG Leaders (?) -Nachhaltigkeit im DAX" at a media breakfast and awards ceremony in Frankfurt.
This report evaluates companies that are part of the German blue-chip index DAX from a sustainability perspective, and ranks them according to their overall sustainability profile as a group on a global level and within Germany.
The results placed Munich RE at the top with the best overall rating, and the company received the "STOXX / Sustainalytics German ESG Award 2015" at the event.
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Source: STOXX
ECB Sets Out Speaking Guidelines Five Months After Coeure Slip
October 6, 2015--Market-sensitive comments to be made immediately available
Guidelines don't apply to supervisory dialogs with banks
The European Central Bank set out guidelines on external meetings by Executive Board members, five months after it was criticized for the release of information at a restricted dinner event.
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Source: Bloomberg
Eurozone business activity slows in September
October 5, 2015--Eurozone economic activity slowed more than first thought in September, a key business survey showed on Monday, adding to concerns over the outlook.
Data monitoring company Markit said its revised September Purchasing Managers Index fell to 53.6 points, compared with a first reading of 53.9 points.
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Source: EUbusiness
ESMA informs European Commission of delay in submitting the RTS on indirect clearing under MiFIR
October 5, 2015--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has notified the European Commission to inform it that it has not submitted its draft MiFIR RTS on exchange-traded derivatives in order to ensure consistency with the EMIR RTS on the indirect clearing of OTC derivatives.
ESMA believes that in order to ensure the orderly functioning of markets amendments need to be made to the EMIR RTS and will launch a consultation shortly on these changes. It will then submit both sets of draft RTS together.
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Source: ESMA
ESMA publishes final guidelines on Alternative Performance Measures
October 5, 2015--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its final Guidelines on Alternative Performance Measures (APMs) for listed issuers.
An APM is a financial measure of historical or future financial performance, financial position, or cash flows, other than a financial measure defined or specified in the applicable financial reporting framework. The guidelines apply to APMs disclosed by issuers or persons responsible for drawing up a prospectus on or after 3 July 2016.
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Source: ESMA
Deutsche Boerse launches Intraday Volatility Forecast for Futures of DAX, EURO STOXX 50 and Euro-Bund
New analytic provides key input for trading algorithms and risk methodologies
October 5, 2015--Deutsche Börse Market Data+ Services is launching the new information product 'Intraday Volatility Forecast' on 23 November, The new analytic delivers ten-second, one-minute and ten-minute volatility forecasts for the futures of DAX, EURO STOXX 50 and Euro-Bund.
"Our forecasts can help traders assess the likelihood of price changes and therefore the risk involved in using certain automated strategies. The forecasts can also be used by screen traders in live trading and serve as input for pre-trade transaction cost analysis", said Georg Gross, Head of Information, Market Data + Services, Deutsche Börse. "With the Intraday Volatility Forecast, traders can profit from both our complete set of historical futures data as well as our data processing capabilities."
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Source: Deutsche Börse
Ukraine: Reforms Helped to Stabilize Economy, but Continued and Faster Reforms are Key
Ukraine's GDP to decline by 12 percent in 2015, but 1 percent growth is possible in 2016, projects World Bank
October 5, 2015--Despite a few encouraging signs of economic stabilization seen in July and August 2015, in its new Ukraine Macroeconomic Update the World Bank projects real GDP to fall by 12 percent this year, down from an earlier projected 7.5 percent decline.
The macroeconomic policy mix adopted by the authorities proved to be effective in mitigating a much more painful impact on the country's economy, but the on-going conflict in the east has made stabilization more difficult. Coupled with an unfavorable global economic environment, it has led to a much sharper contraction in the economy.
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Source: World Bank
UK official holdings of international reserves: September 2015
October 5, 2015--This monthly release shows details of movements in the UK's official holdings of international reserves, or assets.
These consist of gold, foreign currency assets and International Monetary Fund assets.
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Source: HM Treasury
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