Europe ETF News for the Past Year
ECB: Meeting of 29-30 January 2025 Account of the monetary policy meeting of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank
February 27, 2025-- Held in Frankfurt am Main on Wednesday and Thursday, 29-30 January 2025
1. Review of financial, economic and monetary developments and policy options
Financial market developments
Ms Schnabel noted that the financial market developments observed in the euro area after October 2024 had reversed since the Governing Council's previous monetary policy meeting on 11-12 December 2024.
The US presidential election in November had initially led to lower euro area bond yields and equity prices.
Since the December monetary policy meeting, however, both risk-free yields and risk asset prices had moved substantially higher and had more than made up their previous declines. A less gloomy domestic macroeconomic outlook and an increase in the market's outlook for inflation in the euro area on the back of higher energy prices had led investors to expect the ECB to proceed with a more gradual rate easing path.
A bounce-back of euro area risk appetite had supported equity and corporate bond prices and had contained sovereign bond spreads. While the euro had also rebounded recently against the US dollar, it remained significantly weaker than before the US election.
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Source: ECB
MarketVector and XENIX Launch The Dividends 500 Index, a New Benchmark for Global High-Dividend Investing
February 25, 2025--MarketVector IndexesTM ("MarketVector"), a global index provider recognized for thematic and factor-based indexing, and XENIX, the index owner known for its ETF ratings and awards in Europe, have launched "The Dividends 500 Index", officially known as the MarketVectorTM XENIX Global Dynamic Dividends 500 Index.
This benchmark serves European ETF issuers and financial product developers by selecting the top 500 high-dividend-yield stocks across developed and emerging markets.
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Source: MarketVector Indexes
Tabula Capital Limited now trading as TabCap Investment Management, passes key AUM milestone
February 19, 2025-Tabula Capital Limited, an independent quantitative macro credit manager founded in 2020 by David Peacock and John Weiss, is delighted to announce that it is now trading under a new name: TabCap Investment Management ("TabCap").
The move follows the sale of the firm's Tabula ETF business last year to Janus Henderson, and is a key step forward for TabCap, which focuses on active quantitative strategies in liquid credit. The firm received independent FCA regulatory authorisation in November of 2024.
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Source: TabCap Investment Management
ESMA publishes latest edition of its newsletter
February 19, 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.
Your one-stop-shop in the world of EU financial markets focused in January and February on the ESMA Conference "Shaping the future of EU capital markets". We welcomed 300 participants in person- and around 3700 online -at the event in Paris on 5 February 2025.
The discussions focused on concrete ideas to make the Savings and Investments Union a reality, addressing the funding gap, and fostering a culture of retail investment.
ESMA also decided how to best contribute to efficient simplification and burden reduction actions, while preserving the main objectives of financial stability, orderly markets and investor protection.
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Source: esma.europa.eu
New on Xetra: Active ETF from Fair Oaks offers access to European and US AAA-rated collateralised loan obligations (CLOs)
February 17, 2025-As of today, another share class of the Fair Oaks AA CLO UCITS ETF from Fair Oaks Invest is tradable via Xetra and Börse Frankfurt.
The Fair Oaks AAA CLO UCITS ETF is now also available in the accumulating share class. The fund is actively managed and offers investors access to a portfolio of AAA-rated collateralised loan obligations (CLOs).
These consist of securitised and bundled corporate loans that have variable interest rates. The underlying credit exposure is limited to European and US assets. A rigorous selection process is used to maximize exposure to high-quality and secure CLOs.
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Source: Xetra
Goldman Sachs targets leading role in active ETFs in Europe
February 14, 2025-Competition heats up as other fund groups are poised to expand product ranges
Goldman Sachs Asset Management is aiming to become a "leading provider" of active exchange traded funds in Europe as fund groups including JPMorgan, Schroders and Jupiter prepare to expand across the market.
Hilary Lopez, head of third-party wealth of Emea at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, said there was "significant interest and demand" from wealth managers and private banks for active ETFs in Europe.
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Source: ft.com
New on Xetra: two equity ETFs from Xtrackers with access to the Scandinavian equity market and developed countries worldwide excluding the US
February 14, 2025-Since Friday, two new exchange-traded funds issued by Xtrackers have been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt.
With the Xtrackers MSCI Nordic UCITS ETF, investors gain access to the Scandinavian stock market. The fund invests in large and medium-sized companies based in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, each representing around 85 per cent of the market capitalisation of each country.
The sectors with the highest weighting are the financial sector, healthcare and industry with a total of 70 per cent.
The Xtrackers MSCI World ex USA UCITS ETF tracks the performance of the MSCI World ex USA Index and invests in large and medium-sized companies from 22 developed countries excluding the USA. The reference index currently includes 805 companies. Japan, the United Kingdom, Canada, France and Switzerland are the most strongly represented.
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Source: Xetra
New on Xetra: crypto ETN from 21Shares with access to the cryptocurrency Solana including staking premium
February 13, 2025-A new crypto ETN issued by 21Shares has been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Thursday.
The 21Shares Solana Core Staking ETP offers investors simple and cost-effective access to the performance of the cryptocurrency Solana in combination with a staking premium, that is reinvested in the ETP to enhance performance.
Staking allows crypto holders to receive rewards. This is done by locking their coins in wallets that are used to validate network transactions on the blockchain. Investors can use this method not only to participate in the performance of the cryptocurrency, but also to benefit from the respective staking returns. The product is physically backed by the cryptocurrency.
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Source: Xetra
Geopolitical and macroeconomic developments driving market uncertainty
February 13, 2025--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's financial markets regulator and supervisor, today publishes its first risk monitoring report of 2025, setting out the key risk drivers currently facing EU financial markets. ESMA finds that overall risks in EU securities markets are high, and market participants should be wary of potential market corrections.
Structural developments
Market-based finance: The financing of European corporates lost momentum in 2024. The market environment remains challenging, and equity issuance stayed weak overall. Corporate bond issuance fell slightly in 2H24 but remained close to historically high levels. Given the upcoming corporate bond maturity wall from 2025 to 2028, with 47% of debt maturing in this period, debt sustainability remains a risk.
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Source: esma.europa.eu
Jupiter announces its first active ETF for global government bonds
February 12, 2025-Jupiter Asset Management today announces the launch of the Jupiter Global Government Bond Active UCITS ETF, the Group's first Exchange Traded Fund (ETF), in partnership with white-label ETF specialist, HANetf.
Jupiter has been exploring new methods of delivery for its products and how a wider range of clients can access its broad investment expertise.
With more flexible execution, a high degree of transparency and competitive pricing, active ETFs provide an alternative and democratic access point for clients.
Consistent with Jupiter's truly active high-conviction investment management approach, actively-managed ETFs also offer investors the potential for higher returns than traditional passive products.
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Source: jupiteram.com
