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Boost Research-'Unstoppable QE exit undermines gold and silver'
September 17, 2013--Summary: The downside risk to gold increases as the possibility of a political settlement in Syria and improving job market conditions prevent delaying a QE exit.
Implied volatility of gold since its April price plunge remains elevated. At a 10% premium to equities, gold remains vulnerable to the stimulus withdrawal. Equities’ low volatility signals macro risks are manageable.
Silver's high correlation to gold implies macro uncertainties continue to overwhelm its fundamentals. Silver remains a leveraged bet on gold.
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Source: Boost
Peter Kaufmann to join BNP Paribas as head of high yield trading
September 17, 2013--BNP Paribas has hired Peter Kaufmann as head of high-yield credit trading, reporting to Olivier Renart, the deputy head of credit trading, according to sources.
Kaufmann's hire comes alongside that of Matt Smith as head of loans and distressed trading Europe, and George Spierings as a senior leveraged loan and distressed-sales person.
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Source: Leveragedloan.com
Unscheduled free float adjustment in MDAX
September 16, 2013--Deutsche Börse has announced an unscheduled adjustment to the free float of Kabel Deutschland Holding AG in MDAX.
Due to the takeover by Vodafone Vierte Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, the free float of Kabel Deutschland Holding AG has changed more than 10 percentage points. According to the Deutsche Börse Guide to the Equity Indices, the company's free float will thus be reduced from the current 100 percent to 23.52 percent.
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Source: Deutsche Börse
Six new db X-trackers bond index ETFs launched on Xetra
First ETF on Canadian dollar repo rate (CORRA)
September 16, 2013--Six new exchange traded funds issued by db X-trackers II, the ETF segment of Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management, have been tradable in the XTF segment on Xetra since Monday.
The new db X-trackers II Canadian Dollar Cash ETF gives investors access to the Canadian dollar repo rate for the first time. The reference index tracks the performance of a deposit to which the Canadian Overnight Repo Rate (CORRA) applies. The interest generated on the investment is reinvested daily. The CORRA is a weighted average rate, determined by the Bank of Canada, of all overnight repo transactions secured by the Canadian government.
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Source: Xetra
FESE European Equity Market Report-August 2013
September 16, 2013--The FESE European Equity Market Report August 2013 is now available.
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Source: FESE
UBS slashes fees across its entire range of ETFS
September 15, 2013--UBS has slashed the fees across its entire range of exchange traded funds in the hope of attracting smaller investors to its vehicles.
The price cuts average 35 per cent, with the total expense ratios for the UBS ETF range now varying between zero and 110 basis points, compared with zero and 127 previously....
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Source: FT.com
Fidelity to spend $25m on platform upgrade
September 15, 2013--Fidelity Worldwide plans to invest $25m in its FundsNetwork platform over the next 12 months as part of a "multiyear investment programme" to counter the "threat" from a swath of newcomers to the market.
FundsNetwork, Legal & General's Cofunds and Skandia once dominated the UK's ...
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Source: FT.com
Regulation could make investment research better
September 15, 2013--Buyside firms may eventually have to use their own cash to pay for sellside research.
The market for investment research is changing. In March, the UK regulator cracked down on asset managers using their clients' money to pay for corporate access (meetings with senior company management arranged by intermediaries).
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Source: FT.com
Cash for access rules threaten UK fund houses
September 15, 2013--A clampdown on payments by UK asset managers to brokers threatens to put British houses at a competitive disadvantage to non-UK houses.
Earlier this year, the Financial Conduct Authority warned asset managers that it would not tolerate them using client commissions to pay brokers for arranging meetings with their corporate clients.
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Source: FT.com
NYSE Euronext announces new ETF on European markets
September 12, 2013-- NYSE Euronext is pleased to announce that Lyxor has listed one new ETF on NYSE Euronext Paris on 13 September, 2013
ETF Symbol: MI10
Listing date: 13/09/2013
ETF Trading name: LYXOR ETF MTSIT10
Underlying index: MTS 10Y Italy Government Bond
TER: 0.165%
NYSE Euronext now has 650 listings of 560 ETFs listed on its European markets.
Source: NYSE Euronext
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