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Flash estimate-October 2012 Euro area inflation estimated at 2.5% Euro
October 31, 2012--Euro area1 annual inflation2 is expected to be 2.5% in October 2012, down from 2.6% in September3, according to a flash estimate from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
Looking at the main components of euro area inflation, energy (7.8% compared with 9.1% in September) is
expected to have the highest annual rate in October, followed by food, alcohol & tobacco (3.2% compared with
2.9%), services (1.8% compared with 1.7%) and non-energy industrial goods (1.1% compared with 1.2%).
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Source: EUbusiness
Greek recession worse than forecast next year
The Greek recession will be even worse than expected next year, according to a draft budget tabled in parliament on Wednesday.
October 31, 2012--The country--which risks running out of money in two weeks--will run a bigger public deficit than forecast a month ago in a previous draft and the economy is expected to shrink by 4.5 percent in 2013, compared with the previous forecast of 3.8 percent.
The new forecast nonetheless predicted that Greece's recession would ease next year, with the forecast for 2012 being that the economy will shrink by 6.6 percent.
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Source: EUbusiness
Lyxor cuts fees as ETF price war spreads
October 30, 2012--Lyxor has dismissed the suggestion that it could spark a price war among exchange trade fund providers in Europe after announcing fee cuts for seven of its largest ETFs.
“There is no price war in Europe,” said Simon Klein, global head of business development in ETFs and indexing at Lyxor, the third largest player in the European ETF market.
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Source: FT.com
Professional ETF buyers look to diversify among product providers, reveals HSBC survey
October 30, 2012--More than a quarter, at 27%, of professional buyers of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) expect to widen the range of ETF providers they use over the coming three years, as professional asset allocators and investment advisers look to reduce exposure to any one provider going forward, according to a survey commissioned by HSBC Global Asset Management.
The report, which focused on the four largest ETF markets in Europe (the UK, Switzerland, France and Germany) further supports the assertion that the European ETF buying community wants to diversify across a wider range of providers, with 74% of respondents asserting they would not allocate any more than 20% to one provider, with the average allocation being 15.5%.
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Source: ETF Strategy
Lyxor joins Vanguard in dropping MSCI
October 30, 2012--French exchange-traded funds provider Lyxor has followed Vanguard and dropped MSCI as the index-provider for two of its funds, amid a battle between providers to cut fees.
Lyxor announced the change in an email, seen by Financial News, sent yesterday morning by a member of the Lyxor ETF sales team called Grégoire Blanc.
The email said: "Lyxor is changing the benchmark index for two equity ETFs in order to tailor the product offering to changes in market standards and improve our response to investor expectations. These switches will be effective after the close on 30 October 2012. The first trading day based on the new benchmark will be 31 October 2012."
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Source: Financial News
Deutsche Bank tops European ETF broker list
October 30, 2012--Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan and SG Equity Derivatives have been named Europe's top exchange-traded fund brokers, according to new research by Greenwich Associates.
The study, entitled '2012 Greenwich Leaders: European Equity Derivatives', was published earlier this month and based on an evaluation of ETF brokers’ market penetration and franchise quality.
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Source: Financial News
Turkish stock market breaks record
October 30, 2012--The main 100 index of the İstanbul Stock Exchange (ÎMKB) hit a historic record high on Tuesday with 71,716.91 points.
The index rose 1,008.50 points, or 1.43 percent, to close at 71,716.91 points, breaking the previous record set in 2010.
The record came after an extended national holiday. A positive report by an international agency made a profound impact on the rise as the value of listed companies reached TL 506 billion.
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Source: Todays Zaman
ECB and Bank of Russia sign a Memorandum of Understanding
October 30, 2012--Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), and Sergey M. Ignatiev, Chairman of the Bank of Russia, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding laying the groundwork for continued cooperation between the two institutions in the field of central banking.
The partnership is to consist in regular dialogue at the technical and policy levels, an information exchange on economic and financial developments, and a joint programme of cooperation activities. The parties agreed to focus on monetary policy, financial stability and banking supervision in the initial cooperation phase. The ECB will implement the programme of cooperation activities together with Eurosystem national central banks.
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Source: ECB
Euro area economic and financial developments by institutional sector-2nd Quarter 2012
October 29, 2012--In the second quarter of 2012, the annual growth rate1 of households' gross disposable income
decreased to -0.2%, from 1.6% in the first quarter (see Table 2).
The annual growth rate of households’
consumption expenditure was 0.7% in the second quarter compared with 1.7% in the previous quarter.
The annual growth rate of households’ gross saving decreased to -3.7% in the second quarter, compared with 0.8% in the previous quarter.
The annual growth rate of households’ financing also decreased, to 1.1% (2012Q1: 1.9%) and that of financial investment to 2.0% (2012q1: 2.2%). The annual growth rate of households’ net worth2 decreased to -1.5% in the second quarter, compared with -0.6% in the previous quarter.
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Source: ECB
Redesign of Irish Investment Funds Regulation
October 29, 2012--The Central Bank of Ireland will tomorrow initiate a consultation on the Irish regulatory regime for non-UCITS funds. The consultation will outline the changes to be introduced in connection with the implementation of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive ('AIFMD') in July 2013.
The AIFMD has presented the Central Bank with an opportunity to redesign the framework for the regulation of non-UCITS funds. The Central Bank is proposing an approach to non-UCITS regulation which aims to turn the Irish regulations into a proportionate investment funds framework which accommodates investors across a wide spectrum of capability and sophistication.
Following detailed preliminary discussions with industry on the implications of the forthcoming AIFMD, the Central Bank will set out a number of significant changes to its current regime for the regulation of funds authorised under Irish law. These proposals will be published in a draft ‘AIF Handbook’ which will consolidate all its current rules into a single rulebook for non-UCITS funds, and which will also include a number of major changes to its current approach.
Key highlights
Principal among the changes is a proposal to bring an end to the current Promoter approval process. Instead, the Central Bank is proposing to place additional reliance on the Alternative Investment Fund Manager (the ‘AIFM’) which must be appointed, under the terms of the AIFMD. The consultation also develops current requirements setting out the role of directors.
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Source: Central Bank of Ireland
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