| Tabula Announces Access to Transparently Sourced Gold,
April 22, 2024--European ETF provider Tabula Investment Management Limited ("Tabula") has announced the launch of the ESG-focused physical gold ETC, the SMO Physical Gold ETC (Bloomberg: BARS LN). BARS is the first exchange-traded physical gold product to offer full traceability of gold bars from mine to vault, using a small number of named mines adhering to high ESG standards. |
| BARS is the only physical gold ETC in the market where:
Every ounce of gold can be traced to a carefully selected mine, accredited with the highest responsibility standards Each gold mine used has been independently audited and has data to demonstrate they provide vital social, environmental and cultural support to local communities No gold is of Russian origin No gold is "recycled" gold of unknown provenance |
| ESMA publishes latest edition of its newsletter January 9, 2025-- The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's financial markets regulator and supervisor, has today published its latest edition of the Spotlight on Markets Newsletter. |
| Amundi to shut its original 'multi' smart beta ETF January 8, 2025--The fund made returns of nearly 20% last year but has failed to retain sufficient assets to be 'economically efficient' |
| ESMA launches selection of the Consolidated Tape Provider for bonds January 3, 2025-- The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's financial markets regulator and supervisor, is launching the first selection procedure for the Consolidated Tape Provider (CTP) for bonds. Entities interested to apply are encouraged to register and submit their requests to participate in the selection procedure by 7 February 2025. |
| ECB-Monetary developments in the euro area: November 2024 January 2, 2025--Annual growth rate of broad monetary aggregate M3 increased to 3.8% in November 2024 from 3.4% in October
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