Global ETF News Older than One Year
ETFGI reports assets invested in ETFs and ETPs listed globally increased by 36% during 2017 to reach a new high of $4.83 trillion
January 16, 2018--ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, reported today that assets invested in ETFs and ETPs listed globally increased by 36.3% during 2017 to reach a new high of US$4.835 Tn at the end of December. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)
Assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed globally increased by a record $1.287 trillion during the year, to reach a new high of $4.835 trillion.
According to ETFGI's December 2017 global ETF and ETP industry insights report, an annual paid-for research subscription service, assets invested in globally-listed ETFs and ETPs grew by $1.287 Tn YTD.
Year-to-date, through end of December 2017, ETFs and ETPs listed globally saw record net inflows of $653.97 Bn.
Source: ETFGI
Horizon Launches Cryptocurrency Trading Through Multi-Exchange Gateway
January 16, 2018--Horizon's native gateway connects the main cryptocurrency exchanges, including Kraken, Bitstamp, Bitfinex and GDAX.
Trading technology provider Horizon Software said on Tuesday that it has started allowing clients to trade Bitcoin and several other digital coins through its newly minted gateway.
Source: financemagnates.com
ETF Securities Weekly Flows Analysis-Record inflows into robotic ETFs
January 15, 2018--Record inflows of US$56.3mn into robotic ETFs.
Industrial metal ETPs saw four consecutive weeks of inflows.
Long crude oil ETP outflows of US$29.3mn followed a 3.3% oil price rally last week.
Record inflows of US$56.3mn into robotic ETFs. Inflows into robotic ETFs rose to US$56.3mn, the highest weekly flow since their inception. Inflows into cybersecurity ETFs rose to US$15.9mn, the highest since June 2017. Robust inflows into these ETFs track a broader trend of strong performance in technology stocks (the S&P 500(R) Information Technology Index has risen 5.1% year-to-date for example). However, the increased of utilisation of automation and growing concerns about software security have piqued interest in this sub-class of technology in particular.
Source: etfsecurities.com
The Eurekahedge Report January 2018
January 15, 2018--The Eurekahedge Report focuses on the US$2.41 trillion global hedge fund industry along with a global hedge fund infographic summary. Alongside our coverage of monthly returns, performance and asset flows, this month's report features our European Investor Perspectives series rounding up exclusive insights from our recent Altinvestor Europe 2017 forum.
Highlights from this month's report
Hedge funds were up 8.25% for the year-almost 79% of fund managers are in positive territory for the year while another 19% have outperformed the MSCI ACWI Local Index which was up 17.55% in 2017. Back in 2016, only 58% of the managers were in the green though 25% of managers had outperformed the MSCI ACWI Local Index.
Asset base for the industry grew by US$219.0 billion in 2017-the highest growth in AUM since 2014 with US$113.5 billion of the gain in assets attributed to investor inflows and US$105.5 billion attributed to performance-based gains. This compares with an AUM decline of US$20.1 billion in 2016 where investor redemptions stood at US$55.1 billion while performance-based gains came in at US$35.1 billion.
Source: Eurekahedge
World Gold Council-The gold market in 20180-four trends to watch out for
January 15, 2018--In 2017, investors added gold to their portfolios as incomes increased, uncertainty loomed, and gold's positive price momentum continued: US$8.2bn flowed into gold-backed ETFs and the US$ gold price rose 13.5%, its best year since 2010.
As 2018 begins we explore four key market trends and their implications for gold:
synchronised economic growth
shrinking central bank balance sheets and rising rates
frothy asset prices
market transparency, efficiency, and access.
We believe that these trends will support demand and maintain gold's relevance as a strategic asset.
Source: World Gold Council (WGC)
IMF Working Papers-Regulatory Cycles: Revisiting the Political Economy of Financial Crises
January 15, 2018--Summary:
Financial crises are traditionally analyzed as purely economic phenomena. The political economy of financial booms and busts remains both under-emphasized and limited to isolated episodes. This paper examines the political economy of financial policy during ten of the most infamous financial booms and busts since the 18th century, and presents consistent evidence of pro-cyclical regulatory policies by governments.
Financial booms, and risk-taking during these episodes, were often amplified by political regulatory stimuli, credit subsidies, and an increasing light-touch approach to financial supervision. The regulatory backlash that ensues from financial crises can only be understood in the context of the deep political ramifications of these crises. Post-crisis regulations do not always survive the following boom. The interplay between politics and financial policy over these cycles deserves further attention. History suggests that politics can be the undoing of macro-prudential regulations.
Source: IMF
BlackRock inflows break records in 2017, with ETFs booming
January 12, 2017-- BlackRock, the world's biggest money manager, rounded off 2017 with record inflows, pulling in $367bn of net investor cash for the year and more than $100bn in the final three months.
Source: FT.com
World Economic Forum-Cybersecurity Threats Outpacing Abilities of Governments and Companies
January 12, 2018--The World Economic Forum has released a new report, Cyber Resilience: Playbook for Public-Private Collaboration, to build collaboration across sectors to improve cybersecurity
The playbook precedes the launch of a new Global Centre for Cybersecurity at the Annual Meeting 2018 in Davos
The report covers access to sensitive data, rules for private companies to respond to cyber-threats, dissemination of threat intelligence and policies regulating encryption are focus of report.
Report provides 12 case studies-including Google's Project Zero, the Department of Homeland Security's Automated Indicator Sharing, and the United Kingdom's Operation Waking Shark
Cybersecurity threats are outpacing the ability to overcome them unless all stakeholders begin to cooperate. The increasingly networked, digitized, and connected world is vulnerable to cyber-threats that can only be addressed by the combined capabilities of the public and private sectors, according to a new report by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Cyber Resilience: Playbook for Public-Private Collaboration is a tool to facilitate capacity-building, policies and processes necessary to support collaboration, safeguard cyberspace and strengthen cyber-resilience.
view the Cyber Resilience Playbook for Public- Private Collaboration
Source: WEF (World Economic Forum)
World Economic Forum-Manufacturing Transformation Set to Create a Two-Speed World
January 12, 2018--World Economic Forum launches first Readiness for the Future of Production Report to inform the development of modern industrial strategies and urge collaborative action
New framework assesses how well-positioned global economies are to shape and benefit from changes in production being driven by the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Japan is leading globally in current baseline of production; United States is best positioned to capitalize on the Fourth Industrial Revolution to transform production systems
A new report launched today by the World Economic Forum reveals that only 25 countries are in the best position to gain as production systems stand on the brink of exponential change. Recognizing the impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and emerging technologies on new production systems and business models, the Readiness for the Future of Production Report 2018, developed in collaboration with A.T. Kearney, provides a snapshot of today's global production landscape along with potential responses.
view the Readiness for the Future of Production Report 2018
Source: WEF (World Economic Forum)
DECPG Global Weekly
January 12, 2018--Taking Stock
The World Bank forecasts global growth to edge up to 3.1 percent in 2018. According to the World Bank's January 2018 Global Economic Prospects (GEP) report, released on Tuesday, global growth will edge up to 3.1 percent in 2018 after a stronger-than-expected 3 percent growth in 2017, as a continued recovery in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) more than offset a slight moderation in advanced economies (Figure 1).
EMDE growth is projected to strengthen to 4.5 percent in 2018, as headwinds to activity in commodity exporters gradually dissipate and growth in commodity importers remains robust. U.S. core consumer price inflation firmed in December; jobless claims rose. U.S. core consumer prices-which exclude food and energy-rose from 1.7 percent (y/y) in November to 1.8 percent in December, above market expectations, suggesting underlying inflation is picking up.
Source: World Bank
