Europe ETF News for the Past Year
New equity ETF from Amundi on Xetra: access to a broadly diversified equity portfolio of ESG companies with currency hedging
May 21, 2024--Since today, a new exchange-traded fund from Amundi Asset Management is tradable on Xetra and via the trading venue Börse Frankfurt.
The Amundi MSCI World ESG Leaders UCITS ETF Hedged EUR offers investors the opportunity to invest in the performance of the MSCI World ESG Leaders Select 5% Issuer Capped Index.
The index is composed of the large and mid-cap companies from the 23 industrialised countries that have the highest environmental,, social and governance (ESG) rating in each sector of the underlying parent index, the MSCI World.
The stocks are selected using a combination of value-based exclusions and a 'best-in-class' screening process.
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Source: Xetra
New active ETF from First Trust on Xetra: active buffer strategy on S&P 500 Index with May 2024/2025 as new target outcome period
May 21, 2024--As of today, a new exchange-traded fund from First Trust is tradable on Xetra and via the trading venue Börse Frankfurt.
The First Trust Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer UCITS ETF-May pursues an actively managed investment strategy with the aim of tracking the performance of the S&P 500 Index up to a fixed upside cap.
Simultaneously, the fund aims to minimise losses (buffer) for the first 15 per cent price declines at the end of the defined target outcome period of one calendar year. The investment manager invests the entire assets in FLEX options, which are put as well as call options.
The buffer strategy begins and ends in May of each year and is then rebalanced by the fund investing in a new package of FLEX options. The cap is calculated on the first reference date depending on market conditions, while the buffer always remains unchanged at 15 per cent. The current cap and buffer details are available on the First Trust website.
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Source: Xetra
Amundi ETF Flows Analysis-April 2024
May 17, 2024--Data as of end April 2024
Investors added €54.1bn to global exchange-traded funds in April with equities gaining €31.2bn and fixed income strategies adding €21.4bn. These flows were lower compared to March, reflecting investors' lack of clarity over the future
direction of interest rates.
In the global ETF market, ultrashort bonds were the most popular strategy recording inflows of €7.4bn as investors took advantage of the yields offered by these products at minimal duration risk. Continuing the trend in fixed income from
recent months, there were outflows in corporate debt and high yield strategies.
Large blend -US equity-indices gained €7.0bn, continuing the long-run trend. Japanese equities also maintained their momentum adding €3.4bn this month despite some investor concerns about valuations looking overstretched in this region.
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Source: amundi.com
ESMA publishes data on markets and securities in the EEA
May 16, 2024--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's financial markets regulator and supervisor is publishing today the Statistics on Securities and Markets (ESSM) Report, with the objective of increasing access to data of public interest.
The report provides details about how securities markets in the European Economic Area (EEA30) were organised in 2022, including structural indicators on securities, markets, market participants and infrastructures.
It covers the distribution of legal entities by member states, either based on their supervisory role or their location. It also contains information on third country entities when their activities are recognised (e.g., CCPs or benchmark administrators) or when their securities are traded in EEA30 (e.g., information on issuers and securities available for trading).
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Source: ESMA
Amundi launches a comprehensive Euro Govies Fixed Maturity ETF Range
May 16, 2024--Amundi, European leading asset manager ranking among the top 10 global players[1], and European ETF leader[2], announces the launch of its new Fixed Maturity ETF range, designed to combine yield predictability[3] with easy access to Euro Government Bonds. With management fees[4] of only 0.09%, these Fixed Maturity ETFs offer investors competitivity and flexibility.
Fixed Maturity ETFs provide investors with visibility on an estimated yield to maturity on the day they invest, offering a level of predictability that is particularly sought after in today's market environment. These ETFs, which matures like a bond, enable investors to manage their portfolios effectively. .
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Source: amundi.com
ESMA Guidelines establish harmonised criteria for use of ESG and sustainability terms in fund names
May 14, 2024-Following the public statement of 14 December 2023, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's financial markets regulator and supervisor, has today published the final report containing Guidelines on funds' names using ESG or sustainability-related terms.
The objective of the Guidelines is to ensure that investors are protected against unsubstantiated or exaggerated sustainability claims in fund names, and to provide asset managers with clear and measurable criteria to assess their ability to use ESG or sustainability-related terms in fund names.
The Guidelines establish that to be able to use these terms, a minimum threshold of 80% of investments should be used to meet environmental, social characteristics or sustainable investment objectives. The Guidelines also apply exclusion criteria for different terms used in fund names:
"Environmental", "Impact" and "sustainability"-related terms: exclusions according to the rules applicable to Paris-aligned Benchmarks (PAB); and "Transition, "Social" and "Governance"-related terms: exclusions according to the rules applicable to Climate Transition Benchmarks (CTB).
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Source: ESMA
New ETF from First Trust on Xetra: access to small & mid caps US companies with rising dividend yields
May 13, 2024--A new exchange-traded fund issued by issued by First Trust has been tradable on Xetra and and Börse Frankfurt since Monday.
The benchmark index currently consists of 99 small & mid cap companies that Nasdaq believes have increased their dividend value over the previous three- and five-year annual periods and are best positioned to continue dividend increases.
The most strongly represented sectors are financials (31 per cent), industrials (22 per cent) and consumer discretionary (21 per cent).
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Source: Xetra
ECB-Meeting of 10-11 April 2024
May 10, 2024--Account of the monetary policy meeting of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank held in Frankfurt am Main on Wednesday and Thursday, 10-11 April 2024
1. Review of financial, economic and monetary developments and policy options-Financial market developments
Ms Schnabel noted that since the Governing Council's previous monetary policy meeting on 6-7 March 2024 financial markets had started to price in some divergence between the monetary policy paths expected in the euro area and in the United States.
This was reflected in a widening interest rate differential. In the United States, a series of solid economic data releases had signalled the US economy’s resilience to the current levels of interest rates. This had led financial markets to expect the timing of a first interest rate cut to be later and the overall extent of monetary policy easing to be less than previously anticipated.
In the euro area, by contrast, expectations regarding the path of the ECB's monetary policy had changed to a lesser extent. Owing to the Governing Council's communication and incoming euro area economic data, spillovers of US rate expectations to the short end of the euro area yield curve had remained contained. Investors saw almost no chance of a rate cut at the present meeting, but had fully priced in a rate cut for June, followed by another two rate cuts later in the year.
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Source: ECB.org
New ETNs from WisdomTree on Xetra: access to Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 E-mini futures as well as Euro STOXX 50 with 5x leverage
May 8, 2024--Since Wednesday, six new exchange-traded notes issued by WisdomTree have been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt.
The WisdomTree Qs100 5x ETN offers a leveraged investment in the nearest quarter E-mini-Nasdaq 100 futures contract. Investors can choose to participate in the five-times leveraged rising or falling price development of the daily performance of the underlying US Technology Rolling Futures Index.
The WisdomTree S&P 500 5x ETN tracks the daily performance of the S&P 500 Futures Index (0930-1600 ET) with five times leverage. It consists of a quarterly e-mini futures contract on the S&P 500, that trades between 9:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. EST. Investors can choose between rising and falling price movements. With the WisdomTree EURO STOXX 50 5x ETN, investors can participate in the daily performance of the EURO STOXX 50 Index with a leverage of five and choose between rising and falling price performance.
The six WisdomTree ETNs are debt securities that track the performance of a benchmark index and are fully collateralised.
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Source: Xetra
ESMA publishes latest edition of its newsletter
May 8, 2024--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's financial markets regulator and supervisor, has today published its latest edition of the Spotlight on Markets Newsletter.
Your one-stop-shop in the world of EU financial markets focused in April on the DORA preparations for the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) and the industry: the arrangements for the next implementation stage, the consultation on for joint examination teams, and the first recruitments to set up the oversight team.
In addition, ESMA published an article that aims to improve the understanding of crypto-asset trading and the extent to which it resembles or differs from traditional financial markets. An article showing the correlation between social media interactions and stock excess returns at the very short term has also been shared.
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Source: ESMA
