| BlackRock in talks to buy stake in Italian fund house-continued | |||||
| June 11, 2018--BlackRock is talking to Eurizon, Italy's second-largest fund house with €314bn under management, about buying a minority stake as the world's... | |||||
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| Europe ETP News |
| Monday Morning Memo: Are lower fees leading to more innovation in the European ETF industry? | |||
| November 12, 2018--With net inflows of 35.5 billion euros and with not one month of net outflows over the course of 2018 so far (as of September 30), it seems the environment for ETF promoters in Europe is still positive. | |||
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| LGIM finally pushes into the European ETF market | |||
| November 10, 2018--Fund manager will have to catch up with rivals that have 10-year head start | |||
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| Three New Xtrackers ETFs on Xetra: International Large Caps with Currency Hedging | |||
| November 9, 2018--The Xtrackers S&P 500 UCITS ETF gives investors the opportunity to participate in the performance of the S&P 500 index. The benchmark index comprises the top 500 companies in the US equity market. With the Xtracker Nikkei 225 UCITS ETF, investors can participate in the performance of the Nikkei index. | |||
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| After gold price recovery: Rising demand for Xetra-Gold | |||
| November 9, 2018--The gold price, which has been rising again since the end of September, has also significantly increased the demand for Xetra-Gold (ISIN: DE000A0S9GB0). The holdings of Europe's leading gold-backed security have exceeded the 180-ton mark. | |||
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| European Commission-Autumn 2018 Economic Forecast: sustained but less dynamic growth amid high uncertainty | |||
| November 8, 2018--Growth in the euro area is forecast to ease from a 10-year high of 2.4% in 2017 to 2.1% in 2018 before moderating further to 1.9% in 2019 and 1.7% in 2020. The same pattern is expected for the EU27, with growth forecast at 2.2% in 2018, 2.0% in 2019 and 1.9% in 2020. | |||
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| iSTOXX MUTB Global ex-Australia Quality Leaders 150 Index licensed to Betashares | |||
| November 8, 2018--STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Börse Group's index business and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, has licensed the iSTOXX(R) MUTB Global ex-Australia Quality Leaders 150 Index to leading Australian ETF company, Betashares as an underlying for an ETF. | |||
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| IMF-Europe Regional Economic Outlook: Domestic Expansion Running into External Turbulence | |||
| November 8, 2018--Full Executive Summary
Economic activity continued to expand in the first half of 2018, albeit at a slower-than-expected pace, mainly in advanced Europe. Domestic demand, supported by stronger employment and wages, remains the main engine of growth. | |||
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| New iShares ETF on Xetra: Companies with Focus on Network Security | |||
| November 7, 2018--Since Wednesday a new Exchange Traded Fund of iShares is tradable via Xetra and the Börse Frankfurt venue.
With the equity ETF, investors can participate in the performance of companies that focus on digital security. | |||
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| New Amundi ETFs on Xetra with focus on sustainability | |||
| November 6, 2018--Three new Amundi Exchange Traded Funds were listed on Xetra and the Börse Frankfurt venue on Tuesday.
The three new equity ETFs give investors the opportunity to participate in the performance of large and medium-sized companies with a comparatively high ESG rating. | |||
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| UK official holdings of international reserves: October 2018 | |||
| November 5, 2018--This monthly release shows details of movements in the UK's official holdings of international reserves, or assets. | |||
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| New Invesco-Smart Beta-ETF on Xetra with focus on emerging markets | |||
| November 5, 2018--Since Monday, a new Exchange Traded Fund of the issuer Invesco has been tradable on Xetra and the Börse Frankfurt venue. | |||
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| Monday Morning Memo: Are European investors in crisis mode? | |||
| November 5, 2018--A brief look at the headline figures of the European fund flows over the course of the first nine months of 2018 may lead to the conclusion that European investors are in crisis mode. | |||
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| New SPDR-ETF on Xetra: S&P 500 Shares Currency Hedged | |||
| November 2, 2018--Since Thursday a new Exchange Traded Fund of the issuer State Street Global Advisors is tradable via Xetra and the Börse Frankfurt venue.
The SPDR S&P 500 EUR Hdg UCITS ETF gives investors the opportunity to participate in the performance of the S&P 500 index, which comprises the 500 largest listed companies in the USA. | |||
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| Cash markets achieve turnover of 171.6 billion eurox in October | |||
| November 1, 2018--Deutsche B,örse cash markets achieved a turnover of €171.6 billion in October (2017: €115.9 billion). This corresponds to a year-on-year increase of 48 percent. Of the €171.6 billion €156.7 billion were attributable to Xetra (October 2017: €102.9 billion). | |||
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| Economic and fiscal outlook: October 2018 | |||
| October 31, 2018--This is the OBR's October 2018 Economic and fiscal outlook Details This is the Office for Budget Responsibility's latest Economic and fiscal outlook. It sets out forecasts for the economy and the public finances, and an assessment of whether the Government is likely to achieve its fiscal mandate, supplementary target and welfare cap. | |||
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| Solactive launches Broad Global Developed Government Bond Index | |||
| October 30, 2018--Solactive is pleased to announce the launch of its Solactive Broad Global Developed Government Bond TR EUR Index, a broad benchmark engineered to replicate the performance of the global developed sovereign local currency debt markets. | |||
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| The EDHEC-Princeton Retirement Goal-Based Investing Index Series October 2018 Highlights | |||
| October 30, 2018--Goal Price Index Series
Yields on US government debt are still increasing, borne by good economic statistics in the US and resurging fear for inflation. | |||
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| Eurozone growth rate slumps to four-year low as Italy stagnates-as it happened | |||
| October 30, 2018--Time for a recap
Growth in the eurozone has slowed to its lowest level in over four years, as the region's recovery runs out of steam. Eurozone GDP only rose by 0.2% in July-September, down from 0.4% in April-June. | |||
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| New Amundi ETF on Xetra with focus on artificial intelligence | |||
| October 30, 2018--Since Tuesday, a new Exchange Traded Fund of the issuer Amundi is tradable via Xetra and the Börse Frankfurt venue.
The new equity ETF gives investors the opportunity to participate in the performance of the STOXX AI Global Artificial Intelligence ADTV5 Index. | |||
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| Cryptoassets Taskforce: final report | |||
| October 29, 2018--The joint HM Treasury-Financial Conduct Authority-Bank of England Cryptoassets Taskforce report sets out the UK's approach to cryptoassets and distributed ledger technology in financial services. | |||
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| Monday Morning Memo: Rough market conditions take their toll on mutual fund flows in Europe | |||
| October 29, 2018--Looking at the headline figures, the first nine months of 2018 seem to have been rough for the European fund industry. Even though the assets under management (AUM) (€10.7 tr) increased over the course of the year so far, the industry failed to attract significant new money. | |||
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| S&P Affirms Italy Credit Rating, Cuts Outlook To Negative | |||
| October 27, 2018--Rating agency Standard & Poor's on Friday maintained credit ratings for Italy but downgraded its outlook to negative from stable. | |||
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| iShares ETF on Xetra maps MSCI Brazil | |||
| October 26, 2018--A new iShares Exchange Traded Fund has been tradable on Xetra since Friday.
The new equity ETF gives investors the opportunity to participate in the performance of the MSCI Brazil USD Index. The benchmark index currently comprises 54 large and mid-cap Brazilian companies, covering approximately 85 percent of Brazil's market capitalization. | |||
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| Euro area economic and financial developments by institutional sector: second quarter of 2018 | |||
| October 26, 2018--Euro area net saving increased to €800 billion in the four quarters to the second quarter of 2018, compared with €765 billion in the four quarters to the previous quarter. | |||
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| Unscheduled adjustment of Linde AG in DAX | |||
| October 24, 2018--On Wednesday, Deutsche B&^ouml;rse announced an unscheduled change to the DAX index. As a result of the merger of Linde AG and Praxair Inc., the Linde AG tendered shares (ISIN DE000A2E4L75), which are currently in the index, will be replaced with the shares of the new company Linde plc (ISIN IE00BZ12WP82). | |||
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| Twelve New iShares ETFs on Xetra: Companies Focus on Sustainability | |||
| October 24, 2018--Since Wednesday, twelve new Exchange Traded Funds from iShares have been tradable via Xetra and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The new iShares ETFs give investors the opportunity to invest in companies with a comparatively high ESG rating. | |||
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| Monday Morning Memo: European Fund-Flow Trends September 2018 | |||
| October 22, 2018--European investors pulled further away from long-term mutual funds as the market environment and general sentiment stayed negative. As a consequence September was the fifth month in a row posting net outflows from long-term mutual funds after 16 consecutive months showing net inflows. | |||
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| SMSG Advice-Own Initiative Report on Initial Coin Offerings and Crypto-Assets | |||
| October 19, 2018--I. Executive Summary 1. Goal. The goal of this report is to give advice to ESMA on steps it can take to contain the risks of ICO's and crypto assets, on top of existing regulation. Since there are no obvious stability risks yet in this respect, this report mainly focuses on risks for investors. | |||
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| More than 20 market participants sign on for retail investor platform Marketplace | |||
| October 18, 2018--Moscow Exchange today signed a memorandum of cooperation with a wide range of Russian financial market participants aimed at undertaking joint activities to grow the retail investor platform Marketplace. The memorandum was concluded at the Finopolis conference in Sochi. | |||
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| STOXX(R) Global Fintech Index licensed to Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management | |||
| October 18, 2018--STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Boerse Group's index business and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, has licensed the STOXX Global Fintech Index to Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management as an underlying for an investment fund. | |||
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| ESMA data analysis values EU derivatives market at 660euro trillion with central clearing increasing significantly | |||
| October 18, 2018--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) today publishes its first Annual Statistical Report (Report) on the European Union's (EU) derivatives markets. The Report, based on data submitted under the European Markets and Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), provides the first comprehensive market-level view of the EU's derivatives markets, which in 4Q17 amounted to €660tn of gross notional outstanding transactions. | |||
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| New HSBC ETF on Xetra Tracks Chinese A Shares | |||
| October 16, 2018--The new equity ETF gives investors the opportunity to participate in the performance of listed companies from the People's Republic of China. The reference index consists of 235 Chinese A-shares which are included in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. | |||
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| KASE Index ETF begins trading on Moscow Exchange | |||
| October 16, 2018--On 16 October 2018, Moscow Exchange (MOEX) started trading in the KASE Index Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) managed by FinEx Investment Management LLP.
The ETF is listed on MOEX's Level 1 under the ticker FXKZ. Investment Company Freedom Finance is acting as the market maker. | |||
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| Four new J. P. Morgan ETFs on Xetra | |||
| October 16, 2018--Since Tuesday, four new J. P. Morgan Exchange Traded Funds are tradable via Xetra and Börse Frankfurt: three active ETFs and one bond ETF.
The three active ETFs represent active investment strategies with equities of large and medium-sized companies that have a comparatively high ESG rating in their economic sector. | |||
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| Monday Morning Memo: Review of the European ETF Market, September 2018 | |||
| October 15, 2018-The promoters of ETFs in Europe enjoyed net inflows for September. These inflows, in combination with positive performance of the underlying markets, led to increased assets under management in the European ETF industry. | |||
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