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Ireland stung by Standard & Poor’s credit rating cut
August 25, 2010--Ireland’s government faced mounting pressure on Wednesday to put a final price on bailing out its banks after a credit rating cut from Standard & Poor’s pushed its borrowing costs higher.
After winning plaudits for moving quickly to tackle its deficit, Ireland is once again at the center of European debt fears with investors demanding a whopping 340 basis point premium to hold Irish 10-year debt over German Bunds, the highest level since the Greek financial crisis gripped in May. S&P cut Ireland’s long-term rating by one notch to ‘AA-’ on fears of a substantially higher bill for supporting the banking sector and assigned a negative outlook, meaning another cut is more likely than not over the next one or two years. Dublin hit back, saying S&P’s analysis was “flawed.”
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Source: Todays Zaman
Spanish plan for rival to BME
August 24, 2010--A group of Spaniards from the finance sector on Tuesday announced plans to launch the country’s first alternative trading platform for securities, to compete against the near-monopoly of Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME).
Called Pave – for Plataforma Alternativa de Valores Españoles – the project is still in its early stages, but those launching it said they had the support of two unnamed financial institutions in London and one in Spain.
Brokers, bankers and analysts contacted by the Financial Times said they were not aware of its existence. Pave said that further details would be released in October and that the plan was for the Barcelona-based operation to start functioning in the first quarter of next year.
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Source: FT.com
STOXX Changes Composition Of Benchmark Indices - Results Of The Third Regular Quarterly Review To Be Effective On September 20, 2010
August 24, 2010--STOXX Limited, a global index provider and creator of the
leading European equity indices, today announced the new composition of the STOXX Global 1800 Index, STOXX Europe Total Market Index, STOXX Europe 600 Index, STOXX Americas 600 Index, STOXX Asia/Pacific 600 Index, STOXX EU Enlarged Total Market Index, STOXX
Eastern Europe Total Market Index, STOXX Eastern Europe 300 Index and their sub- and sector indices, as well as that of the STOXX Europe Football Index and STOXX Europe Private
Equity 20 Index
Effective as of the open of European markets on September 20, 2010, the following stocks will be added to and deleted from the STOXX Europe 600 Index and its respective size
and sector indices:
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Source: STOXX
Eurex to Launch Options on Six Lyxor ETFs
New listings to expand successful ETF derivatives segment
August 24, 2010--Eurex, the international derivatives exchange, announced today that it will list six new options based on the Lyxor ETFs on the indices DJ Russia Titans, DJ Turkey Titans, Hang Seng China Enterprise Index (HSCEI), Hang Seng Index (HSI), CECE Eastern Europe (CECE EUR) and MSCI Emerging Markets. Launch date will be 20 September 2010. Since the launch of the ETF options product suite in May 2010, more than 70,000 contracts have been traded.
"By adding six more ETF derivatives covering emerging markets, we support the expansion of the ETF market by offering hedging opportunities for investors and ETF issuers. Right now, we offer 13 options and three futures on ETFs”, said Peter Reitz, member of the Eurex Executive Board. “Interest and trading activities in ETF derivatives have seen steady growth since our launch a few months ago.”
“Lyxor as the leading provider in emerging markets ETFs is committed to providing clients with the safest and most liquid tools to implement their strategies. Listed options represent the most natural complement to this goal, allowing yield-enhancement and leverage strategies in a very simple and transparent way, accessible to an ever wider array of investors”, added Alain Dubois, Chairman of the Board of Lyxor AM.
Lyxor is the second largest ETF provider in Europe. With the launch of options on Lyxor ETFs, Eurex now offers options on five ETF issuers, which together stand for approximately 75 percent of the assets under management in ETFs in Europe.
The new ETF options will be traded in euro, physically settled (American-style) and have maturities of up to 24 months. The contract size will be 100 units. Société Générale will act as market maker to support liquidity in the order book.
All six Lyxor ETFs are listed at XTF, Deutsche Börse’s ETF trading segment. Since its launch in April 2000, the XTF segment has established its position as the leading trading venue for exchange-traded funds in Europe, with 680 listed funds and a market share of approximately 38 percent by European ETF turnover.
Source: Eurex
London Circuit-Breakers Temporarily Halt Trading in Five Stocks
August 24, 2010--Trading was temporarily halted yesterday on five stocks on the London Stock Exchange after unusual price moves triggered circuit breakers meant to prevent excessive volatility, a spokesman for the exchange said.
BT Group Plc, Hays Plc, Next Plc, Northumbrian Water Group Plc and United Utilities Group Plc were halted. The circuit breakers went into effect at around 2 p.m. yesterday in London after each of the stocks rose or fell more than 5 percent from their opening price.
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Source: Bloomberg Businessweek
CESR publishes responses to the Consultation on Transaction Reporting on OTC Derivatives and Extension of the Scope of Transaction Reporting Obligations
August 24, 2010--CESR has published the responses to the Consultation on Transaction Reporting on OTC Derivatives and Extension of the Scope of Transaction Reporting Obligations.
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Source: CESR
Chi-X receives approach from ‘third party’
August 23, 2010--Chi-X Europe, the pan-European share trading platform, said on Monday it had received an approach that could lead to an offer being made for the company.
It said the “enquiry” from an unnamed third party “may not lead to an offer for the whole or partial sale of the company”.
A sale of the company could lead to a big shake-up of Europe’s share trading markets.
In recent months there has been speculation that interested bidders for Chi-X, which was been for sale periodically in the past 18 months, would be Nasdaq OMX and Deutsche Börse. Neither would comment on Monday night
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Source: FT.com
Eurozone recovery slows slightly in August: survey
August 23, 2010--- The economic recovery in the 16-nation eurozone slightly lost momentum in August, with growth still depending on powerhouses Germany and France, a leading indicator showed on Monday.
The purchasing managers' index (PMI), a survey of 4,500 euro area companies compiled by data and research group Markit, fell to 56.1 points from 56.7 points in July, when it had accelerated for the first time in three months.
"The reading was still consistent with a robust rate of expansion and combined manufacturing and service sector output has now risen for 13 consecutive months," Markit said.
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Source: EUbusiness
On-exchange turnover in European ETF segment reaches all-time high
August 20, 2010--Assets under management in the pan-European exchange-traded funds segment continued to grow over Q2 2010, gaining 1.79 per cent to EUR183.24bn, a surprising inflow because of movements on the global stock markets, a report by Lipper says.
The average monthly turnover in euros for Q2 2010 was up 31.40 per cent—from EUR39.11bn for Q1 2010 to EUR51.40bn for Q2—driven by a new all-time high in on-exchange turnover in May 2010.
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Source: ETF Express
Basel proposal for bank ‘bail-ins’
August 19, 2010--Bank debt holders would have to take losses or have that debt converted into equity before any government rescue could take place, under proposals put forward on Thursday by international regulators and central bankers.
Dubbed a “bail-in”, the proposal is a direct response to the recent financial crisis, which saw taxpayers forced to stump up billions of dollars to save big banks while bond holders and creditors were largely protected.
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Source: FT.com
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