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T+1 feedback report shows mixed impacts of shortening the settlement cycle in the EU
March 21, 2024-The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's financial markets regulator and supervisor, is today publishing feedback received to its Call for Evidence on shortening the settlement cycle.
In the report ESMA summarises the feedback from market participants during the consultation, focused on four areas:
Many operational impacts beyond adaptations of post-trade processes are identified as resulting from a reduction of the securities settlement cycle in the EU.
Respondents identified a wide range of both potential costs and benefits of a shortened cycle, with some responses supporting a thorough impact assessment before deciding.
Respondents provided suggestions around how and when a shorter settlement cycle could be achieved, with a strong demand for a clear signal from the regulatory front at the start of the work and clear coordination between regulators and the industry.
Stakeholders made clear the need for a proactive approach to adapt their own processes to the transition to T+1 in other jurisdictions. Some responses warned about potential infringements due to the misalignment of the EU and North America settlement cycles, that ESMA is currently assessing.
The European Central Bank, inflation tolerance and the last mile
March 20, 2024--Inflation in the euro area has declined convincingly from the very high levels seen in the past couple of years. The rate is expected to be 2.3% in 2024-what a difference from 8.4% in 2022 and 5.6% in 2023.
But in January 2024 it was still 2.8%, so still has some way to go before dropping to 2.3%, and then to 2%, which is commonly considered to be the desirable level.
In a speech in November, European Central Bank (ECB) executive board member, Isabel Schnabel seemed to pre-empt this, talking about the "last mile" that, just like in endurance sports, is the hardest to push through.
But insisting on completing the "last mile" is quite the wrong narrative to follow. As the system is rigged with uncertainty and there is no way of understanding either the direction or size of risks, the ECB should talk instead about inflation tolerance -or risk introducing even greater volatility into the system.
ETFGI reports that assets invested in the ETFs industry in Europe reached a new milestone of
US$1.90 trillion US Dollars at the end of February
March 19, 2024--ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETFs ecosystem, reports that assets invested in the ETFs industry in Europe reached a new milestone of US$1.90 trillion at the end of February.
During the month, ETFs listed in Europe gathered net inflows of US$16.88 billion bringing YTD net inflows to US$38.50 Bn, according to ETFGI's February 2024 European ETFs and ETPs industry landscape insights report, the monthly report which is part of an annual paid-for research subscription service. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)
Highlights
Assets invested in the Europe ETFs industry reached a new milestone of $1.90 Tn at the end of February beating the previous record of $1.83 Tn at the end of January 2024.
Assets increased 4.2% YTD in 2024, going from $1.82 Tn at end of 2023 to $1.90 Tn.
Net inflows of $16.88 Bn in February 2024.
YTD net inflows in 2024 of $38.50 Bn are third highest on record after YTD net inflows of $41.91 Bn in 2021 and YTD net inflows of $40.98 Bn in 2022.
17th month of consecutive net inflows.
Crypto ETN providers head for UK but urge rethink on retail ban
March 18, 2024- The FCA has said it will allow listing requests but only give access to 'professional investors'
A rash of cryptocurrency exchange traded products are likely to be listed in London after regulators softened their hardline opposition to allowing domestic access to funds with cryptocurrency exposure.
However, industry figures have criticised the UK's Financial Conduct Authority for limiting their availability to "professional investors" and continuing with its ban on retail investors buying crypto ETPs.
The FCA said last week it would "not object" to a request from bourses such as the London Stock Exchange and Cboe UK to list unleveraged crypto-backed exchange traded notes linked to bitcoin or ether, the two most popular cryptocurrencies.
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AI theme bucks gloomy trend for European-domiciled thematic ETFs
March 15, 2024--Four of top six thematic funds by inflows this year have been AI vehicles, data shows
Investors pulled a record $533mn from European-domiciled thematic ETFs in February, according to data from ETFbook. The withdrawals added to the gloom from a poor 2023, when the sector bled $1.1bn, the first annual outflow after at least a decade of net buying
The numbers would have been worse still without the allure of artificial intelligence, however. Four of the top six thematic funds by inflows in the first two months of 2024 were AI vehicles, ETFbook data shows- not bad considering the continent only boasts five such ETFs with combined assets of $5.1bn.
Two new ETFs from iShares on Xetra: access to the clean energy sector and short maturity investment grade euro corporate bonds
March 15, 2024--Two new exchange-traded funds issued by iShares have been tradable on Xetra and via the trading venue Börse Frankfurt since Friday.
With the iShares Global Clean Energy UCITS ETF, investors participate in the performance of 100 companies from developed and emerging countries worldwide that are driving the development of clean energy with their products and services.
The most important sectors include utilities, IT and industrials, with the US, China and Denmark being the most strongly represented regionally. Companies that violate the principles of the UN Global Compact or are involved in arms deals, tobacco, thermal coal or oil and gas exploration are excluded.
The iShares € Ultrashort Bond ESG UCITS ETF offers an investment in very short maturity fixed and floating-rate corporate bonds that are issued in euros and have an investment grade rating. The residual term of the bonds is a maximum of one year. The selection is based on a best-in-class approach for sustainable investments, in which the best issuers are evaluated and selected from an ESG perspective.
Figment, Apex to List Ether and Solana Staking ETPs on SIX Swiss Exchange New crypto ETN from Valour & Bitcoin Suisse on Xetra: access to the basket of leading crypto assets The weighting of the individual crypto assets is based on market capitalisation, considering a cap of 30 per cent. The ETN, which is physically backed by the individual crypto assets, has been admitted to the Regulated Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and is centrally cleared via Eurex Clearing.
March 8, 2024--Cathie Wood's ARK Invest Europe will launch three active ETFs next month, including a version of its flagship $7.5bn ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK), according to comments from Stuart Forbes, head of ARK Invest Europe, at a recent webinar.
ARK, which manages eight U.S. exchange traded funds in the U.S. managing $13.1 billion, and acts as sub-advisor on another six funds, entered the European market in September with the acquisition of Rize ETF.
March 7, 2024--Interest in ETH and SOL has increased substantially over the past few months and the ETPs will contribute to greater access to staking rewards for a wide audience, Figment said.
Figment Europe and Apex Group plan to list Ethereum and Solana staking ETPs on SIX Swiss Exchange next week.
The ETPs will allow investors to take exposure to ether and solana prices while earning staking rewards, including maximum extractable value.
March 6, 2024--Since Wednesday, a new crypto ETN from Valour Digital Securities in cooperation with Bitcoin Suisse has been tradable on Xetra and via the trading venue B&oum;rse Frankfurt.
The 1Valour STOXX Bitcoin Suisse Digital Asset Blue Chip ETN tracks the performance of the STOXX Digital Asset Blue Chip X Index.
This index is currently composed of the following nine leading crypto assets, which are classified as blue chips in terms of quality, activity, robustness, and financial strength: Aave, Bitcoin, Cardano, ChainLink, Cosmos, Ethereum, Polygon, Ripple and Tron.Looking for news older than the past year?
