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Solactive appoints new chief risk officer
September 19, 2017--German index provider Solactive has appointed Christian Vollmuth as chief risk officer.
Vollmuth, who previously worked as managing director at the German Derivatives Association, will be responsible for legal, compliance and regulatory affairs. He will join Steffen Scheuble, CEO, and Christian Grabbe COO as member of the management board.
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Source: investmenteurope.net
Clearstream monthly report: Fund inflows recover as political instability eases
September 19, 2017--The funds industry is back on track, after quite some time of reduced inflows into UCITS and alternative investment funds (AIFs). Following the Brexit vote and the U.S. presidential election, financial markets witnessed marked volatility, resulting in reduced investment inflows.
Flows have however picked up again against a backdrop of easing political instability, signs of economic recovery and new regulatory requirements leading to a growing need for transparency and efficiency in investment funds processing. Centralised solutions, such as Clearstream's Vestima platform, support market participants' efforts to comply with new rules on risk mitigation and ease cross-border distribution of ETFs.
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Source: Clearstream
Hedge funds run by women outperforming those run by men, shows new data
September 18, 2017--An index measuring the performance of hedge funds run by women dramatically outperformed a gauge for a broader range of funds during the first half of the year, data has revealed.
The HFRX Women index, which pulls together data for female hedge fund managers, returned 9.95 per cent during the first seven months of this year, according to data compiled by the Financial Times.
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Source: Independant
Lipper Monday Morning Memo: Review of the European ETF Market, August 2017
September 18, 2017--The promoters of ETFs enjoyed net inflows for August. The assets under management in the European ETF industry (€582.6 bn) increased for August, up from €581.1 bn at the end of July. The increase of €1.4 bn for August was driven by net new sales (+€3.1 bn), while the performance of the underlying markets and currencies contributed a negative €1.7 bn to the assets under management in the ETF segment.
With regard to the overall number of products, it was not surprising that equity funds (€404.9 bn) held the majority of the assets, followed by bond funds (€147.7 bn), commodity products (€17.9 bn), "other" funds (€7.2 bn), money market funds (€4.0 bn), mixed-asset funds (€0.6 bn), and alternative UCITS products (€0.3 bn).
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Source: Detlef Glow, Head of EMEA Research-Thomson Reuters Lipper
Deutsche Boerse combines selected Eurex products in low-cost data package for private investors
September 18, 2017--Data for Mini-DAX futures, STOXX Europe 600 derivatives and important equity options free of charge until end of the year.
Effective immediately, Deutsche Börse Market Data + Services is offering the new information product "Eurex Retail Europe" which contains selected Eurex products to private investors free of charge. Following the free trial phase, the data will be offered for 1 Euro per month as of 1 January 2018. The data package was customized for private and small investors in Europe and includes Mini-DAX futures, STOXX Europe 600 derivatives as well as important European equity options.
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Source: Deutsche Börse Group
New composition of STOXX Global ESG Leaders index family
September 18, 2017--Regular annual review effective as of Sep. 18, 2017
STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Boerse Group's index business, and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, announced the results of the annual review of the STOXX Global ESG Leaders Index.
In addition to the main index STOXX Global ESG Leaders, the three ESG sub-indices-STOXX Global ESG Environmental Leaders, STOXX Global ESG Social Leaders and STOXX Global ESG Governance Leaders-were also reviewed. All changes have become effective as of today, Sep. 18, 2017.
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Source: Deutsche Börse Group
DB-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-ETF Monthly Europe-Fixed Income ETFs maintain solid inflows
September 15, 2017--
Data in this report is as of 31st August 2017.
European ETP Monthly Highlights (Assets, Flows & Launches):
Assets & Flows: Assets rose €2bn MoM (Total Assets €612bn), Net
inflows +€3.6bn (YTD +€69bn)
3 New Launches: 1 Equity, 1 Fixed Income and 1 Multi Asset ETF.
Investment Themes for the Month
Equities (+€1.6bn) - Winners: Europe +€1bn, US +€495mn, EM +€291mn;
Losers: Japan -€157mn, Global DM -€295mn; Smart Beta covering all regions saw
+€442mn inflows.
Regional flow drivers:
Europe (+€1bn): Smart Beta, Country (UK & Germany) and Sector
(Financials) ETFs. Within Smart Beta, Multi Factor and ESG ETFs were
favoured, while Dividend ETFs had small outflows.
Other regions (+€0.6bn):
1) EM inflows (MSCI Emerging Markets)
2) US
inflows (S&P 500).
3) Japan outflows (Nikkei 400)
4) Global DM outflows
(MSCI World partly offset by inflows into MSCI World Momentum)
Fixed Income (+€2.2bn) - All major regions experienced net inflows; Europe (+ €0.6bn), US (+€0.5bn), EM (€0.3bn), Global (€0.2bn).
Regional flow drivers:
Europe (+€0.6bn): Corporates and Sovereign ETFs equally contributed to inflows
Other regions (+€1.6bn):
1) US inflows (mainly Sovereign)
2) EM inflows(almost entirely Sovereign)
3) Global DM inflows (mixed across all segments) Commodities (-€94mn)-Outflows from Crude Oil (-€215mn) offset inflows into
Gold (+€226mn)
Turnover: MoM turnover decreased by 5%
The total turnover activity into European ETPs decreased by 5% where total
turnover observed was (€52.6bn) compared to the last month’s total (€55.6bn).
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Source: Deutsche Bank Markets Research-Europe-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy
ESMA lays out procedure for ETDs access to CCPs under MiFID II
January 15, 2017--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today a procedure under Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) laying out the steps for trading venues to temporarily opt-out from access provisions for exchange-traded derivatives (ETDs).
MiFIR establishes non-discriminatory and open access provisions for trading venues and central counterparties (CCPs). In particular, trading venues are obliged to provide access including data feeds on a non-discriminatory and transparent basis to CCPs that wish to clear transactions executed on those trading venues.
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Source: ESMA
New ETF Listing on Euronext-4 BNP PARIBAS EASY ETFs
September 15, 2017--Euronext is pleased to announce that BNP PARIBAS EASY will list 4 new ETFs on 19/09/2017
ISIN: LU1615090864
ETF Trading name: BNPP EASY EQDEUETF
ETF Symbol: EDEU
Venue: Euronext Market
Underlying index: BNP Paribas High Dividend Europe Equity NTR index
TER (%): 0,30
ISIN: LU1615090278
ETF Trading name: BNPP EASY EQDUSETF
ETF Symbol: DIUS
Venue: Euronext Market
Underlying index: BNP Paribas High Dividend Yield US Equity Long TR USD Index
TER (%): 0,30
ISIN: LU1615091243
ETF Trading name: BNPP EASY EQVUSETF
ETF Symbol: EVUS
Venue: Euronext Market
Underlying index: BNP Paribas Equity Value US TR
TER (%): 0,30
ISIN: LU1615092217
ETF Trading name: BNPP EASY MWECWETF
ETF Symbol: EMWE
Venue: Euronext Market
Underlying index: Euronext Market MSCI World ex Controversial Weapons (NTR) index
TER (%): 0,25
Euronext now offers 783 Trackers listed on the European markets.
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Source: Euronext
Union, Invesco, Schroders, Janus to absorb MiFID research costs
September 15, 2017--New EU rules to go live in January 2018
Firms join growing list of managers to pay for research
Firms' moves a reversal of earlier plans
Four major asset managers said on Friday they no longer planned to ask clients to pick up the bill for external investment research when new European Union rules come into force in January 2018.
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Source: CNBC.com
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