New equity ETF from UBS on Xetra: access to companies in developed markets worldwide with currency hedging

April 25, 2024--A new exchange-traded fund issued by UBS Asset Management has been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Friday.
The UBS ETF (IE) MSCI World UCITS ETF (hedged to EUR) offers investors access to the performance of a broadly diversified portfolio of 1,465 companies from 23 developed markets worldwide. Currency fluctuations against the euro are hedged in this share class.

The benchmark index, MSCI World, reflects around 85 per cent of the global market capitalisation of developed markets. US companies are the most strongly represented at 71 per cent, followed by Japan at 6 per cent and the United Kingdom at 4 per cent. The most represented sectors include IT, finance and healthcare.

Name: UBS ETF (IE) MSCI World UCITS ETF (hedged to EUR) A-acc

ESAs warn of risks from economic and geopolitical events

September 10, 2024--The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA-ESAs) today issued their Autumn 2024 Joint Committee Report on risks and vulnerabilities in the EU financial system. The Report underlines ongoing high economic and geopolitical uncertainties.