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Pension funds, insurance companies and asset managers face the largest increases in fx cash and derivative transaction costs should a financial transaction tax be implemented in Europe. -
Dealers and end users in South Korea are becoming concerned that the Korea Exchange has not yet addressed legal issues underlying the establishment of the country’s domestic over-the-counter central clearing counterparty, according to lawyers.
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The Edhec-Risk Institute has warned against placing distinctions between physical and synthetic exchange traded funds, and has also criticized Blackrock for having different positions with U.S. and European regulators in respect to the use of derivatives in ETFs.
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Negotiations between Greek government officials and its creditors for a debt swap deal have broken down over a failure to agree what the potential losses will be to bondholders.
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Investors in Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext seem to be resigned to the merger of the two exchanges after E.U. antitrust officials urged the deal to be blocked, arguing that it would stifle market competition.
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Hong Kong is likely to see more synthetic exchange-traded funds referencing commodities and fixed income this year. Firms are targeting the asset classes on the back of a lift from a spate of ETF approvals by the Securities and Futures Commission.
