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IMF-Euro Area: IMF Staff Concluding Statement of the 2017 Article IV Mission
June 15, 2017--The recovery has gained momentum, with a virtuous circle of private consumption and job creation. This provides an excellent opportunity to push forward with architectural reforms to deepen the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU).
At the same time, structural reforms at the country level are needed to spur productivity growth, reduce competitiveness gaps, and help revive income convergence across the union. High-debt countries should use the remaining window of monetary accommodation to rebuild policy buffers. Countries already operating at capacity should support the healing process, including by accepting above 2 percent inflation for a prolonged period and by fostering more demand at home.
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Source: IMF
ESMA publishes 2016 Annual Report
June 15, 2017--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its 2016 Annual Report, which sets out ESMA's objectives, activities and key achievements during the course of 2016.
In 2016, ESMA continued to make progress in its mission of enhancing investor protection and promoting stable and orderly financial markets through its four activities of:
assessing risks to investors, markets and financial stability;
creating a single rulebook;
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Source: ESMA
Lyxor halves European equity ETF fees
June 15, 2017--Lyxor has cut charges on three European equity exchange traded funds (ETFs) by more than half to undercut the competition in a heated passive price war.
As of 12 June the cost of Lyxor Euro Stoxx 50 UCITS ETF (MSED), Lyxor Euro Stoxx 300 UCITS ETF (MFDD) and Lyxor Stoxx Europe 600 UCITS ETF (MEUD) has fallen from 0.15 per cent to 0.07 per cent.
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Source: Lyxor
VanEck Investments Limited announces that all four VanEck Vectors UCITS ETFs listed on the London Stock Exchange will be available for trading in GBP 14 June 2017
June 15, 2017--Exchange Tickers for the listing in GBP:
VanEck Vectors J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond UCITS ETF (EMGB)
VanEck Vectors Gold Miners UCITS ETF (GDGB)
VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners UCITS ETF (GJGB)
VanEck Vectors Morningstar US Wide Moat UCITS ETF (MOGB)
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Source: London Stock Exchange Group
Optimism grows for eurozone stocks' prospects
June 14, 2017--The STOXX Europe 600 index has gained about 8% since January, with analysts predicting that the eurozone recovery will continue through the rest of the year.
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Source: smartbrief.com
ESMA issues risk dashboard for first quarter of 2017
June 14, 2017--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today its most recent iteration of its Risk Dashboard, covering risks in the EU's securities markets for 1Q2017.
ESMA's overall risk assessment remains unchanged from 4Q16 at high levels.
In 1Q17, EU financial markets remained relatively calm with stable volatility and increasing equity market prices. EU sovereign bond yields continued to increase in 1Q17 by around 19 bps on average mirroring US government bonds. However, yield developments were heterogeneous with potential...
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Source: ESMA
ROBO INVESTING AND FINANCIAL GUIDANCE - 130617
June 14, 2017--Robo- and Cyborg-Investing is still an emerging trend, but one that is growing and evolving rapidly. BETTER FINANCE believes that it can lead to significant benefits for EU citizens as savers and individual investors, and therefore to the real EU economy as a whole, in bad need of a more direct and stronger link between savings and the real assets they are invested in.
Already now, the sector is providing significantly lower and more transparent fees, based - as mentioned-on a fee-based business model.
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Cyborgs vs Robots: Competing to Attract European Citizens Money, June 2017
Source: Better Finance
Global Asset Management ETFs on broadly diversified commodity basket launched on Xetra
June 13, 2017--New UBS Global Asset Management ETFs on broadly diversified commodity basket launched on Xetra
Two new commodity index ETFs issued by UBS Global Asset Management have been
tradable via Xetra since Tuesday. The commodity index ETFs enable investors to
participate in the performance of a diversified commodity basket. This
commodity basket comprises components from the grain, energy, industrial and
precious metals, livestock and soft commodities sectors.
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Source: Deutsche Börse Cash Market
Source launches Europe ex-UK ETF
June 13, 2017--In a response to the strengthening of European markets Source has launched a new Europe ex-UK exchange traded fund (ETF).
The Source MSCI Europe ex-UK UCITS ETF offers diversified exposure to large and medium companies across 14 developed market economies.
The fund will have an ongoing charge of 0.2% a year.
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Source: citywire.co.uk
DB-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-European Monthly-ETF Market Review +11.1bn euro in May-Europe, EM equity and Corporate Bonds benefit
June 12, 2017--European ETP Monthly Highlights (Assets & Flows):
Assets
European ETPs AUM increased by €7.5bn on MoM basis and
ended the month at €607bn.
Flows
European-domiciled ETPs registered strong inflows of +€11.1bn
last month where year-to-date flows have reached +€48bn.
New Product Launches-40 New products
European ETP market witnessed 40 new launches in May which includes 28
Commodities ETPs , 11 Equity and 1 Fixed Income ETFs.
Investment Themes for the Month
European indices (Regional focused) recorded inflows of +€2.2bn. Indices
that benefitted this month were Euro STOXX 50 (+€879mn), MSCI EMU
(+€392mn) and MSCI Europe (+€233mn). EM also saw significant inflows
(+€1.3bn). Country wise, Japan (+€255mn) benefited while Germany &
UK saw outflows (-€498mn) & (-€258mn) respectively.
Smart Beta segment recorded inflows of +€1.3bn. Value Factor ETFs surged with inflows of +€772mn. Robotics & Automation continued to draw steady investment (+€307mn). In other segments, Mid Caps (+ €685mn), Financials (+€191mn) and Industrials (+€112mn) benefitted while Real Estate lagged (-€137mn).
Corporate bond ETF were the net largest contributer for Fixed income flows, attracting +€2.4bn.
Gold ETPs (+€609mn) commanded most of the overall commodity flows (+€1bn).
Activity in US listed ETFs suggests that US investors were positive on both European-focused regional and country ETFs (+$5.1bn, ytd +$10.4bn). Turnover: MoM turnover increased by 25% The total turnover activity into European ETPs increased by 25% (€76.1bn) compared to the previous month’s total (€60.7bn).
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Source: Deutsche Bank Markets Research-Europe-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy
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