Weekly Focus: Economic Situation

Last week’s newsflow failed to reduce economic and political fears hanging over the eurozone.….

Last week’s newsflow failed to reduce economic and political fears hanging over the eurozone.….

Order book turnover on Xetra and the Xetra Frankfurt specialist trading stood at €99.0 billion in May – a decrease by 27 percent year-on-year (May 2011: €136.5 billion). …

SIX Swiss Exchange today announced the launch of SMI Risk Controln indices, which replicate a hypothetical portfolio that diversifies the risk contained within the SMI.…..

A total of 2,947,101 transactions were conducted on SIX Swiss Exchange and Scoach Switzerland in May 2012. This represents an increase of 11.9% compared with April.…..

Strong earnings forecasts and attractive valuations has bolstered the case for robust returns from the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) markets in 2012 provided key risks are avoided according to HSBC Global Asset Management…..

db X-trackers, Deutsche Bank’s ETF platform, launched 8 new fixed income ETFs on the London Stock Exchange (LSE),….

BlackRock, Inc. and Bloomberg LP today announced the industry’s first consolidated view for European iShares Exchange Traded Funds (ETF), designed to reduce market fragmentation and improve liquidity and transparency……

– All eyes were on the PMIs and Brussels last week – but neither were able to qualify the intensifying economic and political uncertainty hanging over Europe. Business sentiment eased again (and not only in Europe), further challenging our view…