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EU prepares for Britain to trigger start of Brexit
March 10, 2017--Theresa May is likely to have the authority to invoke Article 50 by Tuesday.
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Source: FT.com
HM Teasury-GDP deflators at market prices, and money GDP: March 2017 (Spring Budget 2017)
March 9, 2017--This document contains the latest gross domestic product (GDP) deflators. The GDP deflator can be viewed as a measure of general inflation in the domestic economy.
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Source: HM Treasury
EU forces funds to predict performance in crisis
March 9, 2017--Asset managers will have to forecast returns under distressed market conditions.
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Source: FT.com
16 March is "Equity Day"
March 8, 2017--Private investors can purchase DAX equities and DAX ETFs free of charge
Deutsche Börse has announced the third "Equity Day" to be held on 16 March.
Germany's leading stock exchange operator and the participating banks are hosting this event to raise public awareness of the importance of equities as a retirement-saving instrument. The traditional bell ringing will mark this day's start of trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
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Source: Deutsche Börse Cash Market
UK Spring Budget 2017: 21 things you need to know
March 8, 2017--1. The economic forecast
Growth in the UK economy picked up through 2016. Employment has reached a record high of 31.8 million people.
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) now forecasts that the UK economy will grow by 2% in 2017. The OBR also forecast that the economy will grow at a slightly slower rate in 2018, before picking up to 2% in 2021.
2. Cutting borrowing and stabilising the public finances
Britain has a debt of nearly £1.7 trillion-around £62,000 for every household in the country.
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Source: HM Treasury
Two new Wisdom Tree smart beta ETFs launched on Xetra
March 7, 2017--ETFs based on Indian companies with a focus on quality
Two new exchange-listed index funds issued by WisdomTree have been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Tuesday.
These new WisdomTree smart beta ETFs enable investors to participate in the performance of Indian stock corporations with high return on capital and assets, along with sufficient liquidity and market capitalisation.
One of the ETFs enables participation in distribution, the other in the accumulation of earnings.
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Source: Deutsche Börse Cash Market
iShares MSCI Japan SRI UCITS ETF launched on Xetra
ETF provides access to Japanese companies focussed on sustainability
March 7, 2017--Deutsche Börse Cash Market: A new iShares equity index ETF has been tradable via Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Tuesday.
Name: iShares MSCI Japan SRI UCITS ETF
Asset class: equity index ETF
ISIN: IE00BYX8XC17
Total expense ratio: 0.3 percent
Distribution policy: accumulating
Benchmark: MSCI Japan SRI Index
The iShares MSCI Japan SRI UCITS ETF enables investors to participate in the performance of Japanese stock corporations with a high sustainability rating.
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Source: Deutsche Börse Cash Market
Singapore-based Gordian Capital launches Luxembourg UCITS fund
March 7, 2017--Gordian Capital Singapore has launched the Quadratus Fund which will offers investors access to a balanced portfolio, diversified globally across three asset classes, equities, fixed income, currencies.
Trading under the tickers QUADREI and QUADRUI, the fund focuses on asset class allocation rather than (single) security selection, focusing on return drivers intended to isolate true sources of risk and return.
Cross-border property exchange prepares for launch, appoints non-exec chairman
March 6, 2017--Global Alternatives (GA) has appointed Brendan Bradley as non-executive chairman ahead of its launch of Prop-X, a cross-border property exchange that will list securities originated by the GA-owned Property Crowd platform- offering access to crowdfunded investments.
Also listed will be private equity and debt issues backed by investment grade property assets of institutions. GA argues this will enable investors to access the equivalent of real-time liquidity equivalent to an exchange order book.
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Source: investmenteurope.net
Unscheduled free float adjustment of GfK SE in SDAX
March 6, 2017--Changes to be effective as of 9 March 2017
On Monday, Deutsche Börse announced an unscheduled change to the SDAX index.
Due to the acquisition of GfK SE by Acceleratio Capital N.V., the free float of GfK SE changed again by more than 10 percentage points. According to the Guide to the Equity Indices of Deutsche Börse AG, the company's free float will be adjusted in the index from the current 24.22 percent to 14.15 percent.
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Source: Deutsche Börse Cash Market
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