Europe ETF News up to 1 year Ago
New equity ETF from AXA on Xetra: access to companies from developed countries around the world in line with the Paris Climate Agreement
July 10, 2024--Since today, new exchange-traded fund from AXA Investment Managers has been tradable on Xetra and Börse.
The AXA IM MSCI World Equity PAB UCITS ETF allows investors to invest in large and mid-cap companies from 23 developed markets around the world. The ETF aligns with the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement.
Companies are selected and weighted to mitigate climate-related physical and transition risks on the path to a lower-carbon economy, while capturing the opportunities arising from this transition.
The fund tracks the MSCI World Climate Paris Aligned Index and currently holds over 600 companies across a range of sectors. Information technology, financials, and health care account for over 58 per cent.
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Source: Xetra
DWS plans to boost active ETF business
July 9, 2024--Manager says it plans to capitalise on growing European demand for the products.
DWS is looking to expand its active exchange traded funds business in Europe to stay "ahead of the curve" as a number of asset managers enter the space seeking to capitalise on demand.
Dirk Goergen, global head of client coverage, said active ETFs had not been a big focus area for the company in Europe, but there was increasing demand from clients for such products that they wanted to take advantage of.
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Source: ft.com
New MiCA rules increase transparency for retail investors view more ECB-Households and non-financial corporations in the euro area: first quarter of 2024 view more ECB-Meeting of 5-6 June 2024-Account of the monetary policy meeting of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank
The key drivers of financial market developments had been a stronger euro area economy, signs of a cooling US economy and strong investor risk appetite.
Euro area macroeconomic data had continued to turn out better than expected over the past four months, strengthening investors' view that the economic recovery was on track. By contrast, macroeconomic data surprises in the United States had become less favourable. Tentative signs of the US labour market cooling and inflation in line with expectations had eased investors' concerns that the Federal Reserve System might have to hike interest rates again. view more Deutsche Boerse welcomes ETF Willow as a new ETF issuer on Xetra
The upside potential of the companies is determined using the expected returns based on a holistic AI-based model. Risk factors are derived from a global fundamental risk model.
view more ECB-Monetary developments in the euro area: May 2024
Components of the broad monetary aggregate M3
The annual growth rate of the broad monetary aggregate M3 increased to 1.6% in May 2024 from 1.3% in April, averaging 1.3% in the three months up to May. The components of M3 showed the following developments. The annual growth rate of the narrower aggregate M1, which comprises currency in circulation and overnight deposits, was -4.9% in May, compared with -5.9% in April. The annual growth rate of short-term deposits other than overnight deposits (M2-M1) decreased to 14.7% in May from 15.6% in April. The annual growth rate of marketable instruments (M3-M2) decreased to 17.5% in May from 22.6% in April. view more BlackRock launches five climate transition ETFs in Europe
Each of the five ETFs has a different geographic focus: global, Europe, US, Japan, and the European economic and monetary union.
view more The implications of the European Union's new fiscal rules view more Europe's New ESG Rules Spark Questions About What Sustainable Investing Looks Like view more
July 4, 2024--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's financial markets regulator and supervisor, has published the second Final Report under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) covering eight draft technical standards that aim to provide more transparency for retail investors, clarity for providers on the technical aspects of disclosure and record-keeping requirements, and data standards to facilitate supervision by National Competent Authorities (NCAs).
business continuity measures for crypto-asset service providers (CASPs);
trade transparency;
content and format of orderbooks and record-keeping by CASPs;
machine readability of white papers and the register of white papers; and
Source: ESMA
July 4, 2024--Households' financial investment increased at unchanged annual rate of 2.0% in first quarter of 2024
Non-financial corporations' financing grew at broadly unchanged annual rate of 0.7%
Non-financial corporations' gross operating surplus decreased at annual rate of -3.0%, after increasing (2.4%) in previous quarter
Households
Household gross disposable income increased in the first quarter of 2024 at an annual rate of 5.8%, after 5.6% in the previous quarter. The compensation of employees grew at a broadly unchanged rate of 5.9%, and gross operating surplus and mixed income of the self-employed increased at a lower rate of 5.0% (after 5.3%). Household consumption expenditure grew at a lower rate of 3.5% (after 4.1%).
Source: ECB
July 4, 2024--Held in Frankfurt am Main on Wednesday and Thursday, 5-6 June 2024
1. Review of financial, economic and monetary developments and policy options-Financial market developments
Ms Schnabel noted that since the Governing Council's previous monetary policy meeting on 10-11 April 2024, the narrative in financial markets had converged across major advanced economies.
It had moved towards a more gradual easing cycle and high-for-longer interest rates, owing to a more protracted "last mile" of disinflation.
Source: ECB
June 27, 2024--Actively managed ETF with AI-based model and focus on Eurozone companies
ETF Willow's first Active Exchange Traded Fund has been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Thursday.
The investment objective of the AI-Enhanced Eurozone Equities UCITS ETF is to outperform the MSCI EMU Index through stock selection.
This involves identifying companies with upside potential that are not closely correlated to systematic risk factors. These include risks related to individual countries' fiscal policies, regulatory changes within sectors or sensitivity to global market movements.
Source: Xetra
June 27, 2024--Annual growth rate of broad monetary aggregate M3 increased to 1.6% in May 2024 from 1.3% in April
Annual growth rate of narrower monetary aggregate M1, comprising currency in circulation and overnight deposits, was -4.9% in May, compared with -5.9% in April
Annual growth rate of adjusted loans to households stood at 0.3% in May, compared with 0.2% in April
Annual growth rate of adjusted loans to non-financial corporations stood at 0.3% in May, compared with 0.2% in April
Source: ECB
June 25, 2024--Each of the Irish-domiciled Ucits funds will have a different geographic focus
BlackRock has rolled out a five-strong range of climate transition exchange traded funds aiming to provide investors with access to "companies leading in the transition to a low-carbon economy".
The Ireland-domiciled iShares MSCI Climate Transition Aware Ucits ETFs are classified under Article 8 of the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation.
Source: ft.com
June 20, 2024--Executive summary
European Union countries are required by the EU Treaty to keep their budget deficits within 3 percent of GDP, and their public debt within 60 percent of GDP. A new framework to enforce these rules is based on country-specific debt sustainability analyses (DSA) and uses a single indicator, a measure of public expenditure, as the annual fiscal policy target. These changes are welcome.
To assess the sustainability of public finances, it is much better to focus on the likely evolution of the debt path than to rely on simple numerical rules. Public expenditures net of changes to tax policy are a far better target for fiscal policy than the deficit, since they are under the control of the government and cannot give rise to pro-cyclical fiscal policy (excess spending in good times, fiscal cuts in bad times). These features could increase the frameworkâs efficiency and improve compliance.
Source: bruegel.org
June 20, 2024--To comply with the EU's new rules, investment firms would have to change the name of thousands of funds or sell off $40 billion in assets.
The European Union's move to tighten rules for sustainable investing will put two-thirds of Europe's so-called ESG funds on notice, forcing thousands of them to either sell off $40 billion in assets or change their names in a way that more accurately and transparently reflects their holdings.
Last month, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) initiated a long-awaited process to tackle contradictions and confusion in the world of sustainable investing. This move highlights the long-standing debate over whether stocks such as fossil fuel companies should be included in ESG-environmental, social and governance-funds.
Source: insideclimatenews.org