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IMF-Italy: Selected Issues
July 27, 2017--COMPETITIVENESS AND WAGE BARGAINING REFORM IN ITALY1
The growth of Italian exports has lagged that of euro area peers. Against the backdrop of unit labor costs that have risen faster than those in euro area peers, this paper examines
whether there is a competitiveness challenge in Italy and evaluates the framework of wage bargaining.
Wages are set at the sectoral level and extended nationally. However,
they do not respond well to firm-specific productivity, regional disparities, or skill mismatches.
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Source: IMF
European equity fund inflows reach nearly $30bn so far in 2017
July 27, 2017--European stock funds continue to curry favour with investors, with inflows to continental equity funds rising to nearly $30bn since the year began.
Investors added $3.3bn to European equity funds in the week to July 26, according to flows tracked by EPFR.
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Source: FT.com
New tradable indices go live at Euronext
July 27, 2017--Euronext today announced the launch of the Morningstar(R) Eurozone 50 IndexSM and Morningstar(R) Developed Markets Europe 100 IndexSM on Euronext.
The launch of the new European indices for blue chips follows the signing of a strategic agreement with Morningstar announced in March 2017 to develop a series of derivative products based on Morningstar indices.
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Source: Euronext
Lyxor hires Source's Lake to head up UK sales
July 26, 2017--Held roles at RBS and Société Générale
Lake joins from Source ETF where he spent over two years as head of sales for UK and Ireland and was responsible for coverage across retail, private wealth and institutional investors.
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Source: investmentweek.co.uk
EU prop firm capital crunch could hit market liquidity
July 26, 2017--Traders claim they would be put out of business by bank-style capital rules.
Proprietary trading firms claim they will be put out of business if they become subject to bank-style regulatory capital rules in Europe from the start of January 2018-a prospect that is also worrying some large exchanges, where non-bank traders are important liquidity providers.
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Source: Risk.net
Lyxor launches pair of infrastructure ETFs
July 25, 2017--Lyxor Asset Management has launched two infrastructure ETFs, the Lyxor FTSE USA Core Infrastructure Capped UCITS ETF and the Lyxor FTSE Developed Europe Core Infrastructure Capped UCITS ETF.
Both ETFs will have a total expense ratio (TER) of 0.50% and will track indices created by FTSE Russell. The US version will look to provide a yield of 2.95%, offering investors exposure to 64 US companies,...
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Source: investmentweek.co.uk
ETF Securities Macro & Equities Research: The UK to enter the economic doldrums
July 25, 2017--Summary
A combination of weaker loan growth, sterling weakness, squeezed corporate margins and negative real wages are
likely to push the UK into a period of very low growth in the coming year.
UK corporates have seen a substantial deterioration in interest cover, and falling earnings caused by a weakening
economy are likely to exacerbate the deteriorating economic growth outlook.
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Source: etfsecurities.com
IMF Country Focus-Euro Area: There Is Recovery, But Reforms Are Needed
July 25, 2017--Euro area recovery has strengthened over the last year, bringing with it more jobs and opportunities. All euro area members are sharing in the recovery now, with the differences in growth rates across countries at their lowest level since the launch of the euro in 1999.
But even as the euro area economy gathers momentum, it still faces the hurdles of high public debt in some states, a lack of convergence in income levels among countries, and the need to reduce imbalances that built up before the crisis.
view the IMF Country Report-Euro Area Policies: 2017 Article IV Consultation
Source: IMF
Hedge fund professionals anticipate greater use of ETFs
June 24, 2017--More than nine out of ten (92%) of senior hedge fund professionals expect to see an increased value of ETFs being used within their industry this year, according to research commissioned by European ETF provider Source.
The survey, conducted by PollRight, involved interviewing 60 senior professionals working in the global hedge fund industry between 5-29 June 2017.
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Source: etfstrategy.co.uk
Lyxor adds unique 1-3y US Dollar, & Euro ETFs to High Yield range
July 24, 2017--Lyxor's new short-dated US Dollar & Euro High Yield ETFs offer investors a defence against rising interest rates.
Lyxor's focus on 1-3 year High Yield bonds is unique on the US Dollar side, and means their ETFs have a lower duration1, and are less sensitive to interest rate changes than others.
Lyxor's new Lyxor BofAML $ Short Term High Yield Bond UCITS ETF and Lyxor BofAML € Short Term High Yield Bond UCITS ETF have a Total Expense Ratio of just 0.30%, making them the lowest cost in Europe1.
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Source: Lyxor
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