Europe ETF News for the Past Year
ECB-Meeting of 16-17 October 2024
November 14, 2024-- Account of the monetary policy meeting of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank held in Ljubljana on Wednesday and Thursday, 16-17 October 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 11-12 September 2024, policy rate expectations had shifted back and forth. Incoming data had made it challenging for market participants to price in the speed and extent of both disinflation and the monetary policy easing cycle.
The key drivers of financial market developments since the September meeting had been a sluggish euro area economy, a robust US economy and rising and volatile commodity prices.
NFCs' debt-to-GDP ratio (consolidated measure) decreased to 69.3% in second quarter of 2024 from 71.8% one year earlier
The combination of weaker euro area macroeconomic data and higher commodity prices had affected the market's view of the inflation outlook and the perceived balance of risks to inflation. Inflation fixings (swap contracts linked to monthly releases of the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices excluding tobacco) had recently shifted upwards significantly, reversing part of the decline seen following the Governing Council's July meeting, when energy prices had dropped notably.
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Source: ECB
Bitwise to launch world's first Aptos Staking ETP on SIX Swiss Exchange
November 12, 2024-First of its Kind: The Bitwise Aptos Staking ETP is the world's first Aptos ETP, demonstrating Bitwise's continued leadership in providing access to new opportunities in the emerging crypto asset class.
Aptos-high performance Layer 1 Blockchain: Aptos is often described as a "production ready" blockchain due to its incredible speed and cost efficiency. Recently, large financial institutions and consumer brands have chosen to build on that blockchain.
Staking: The ETP will seek to stake the Aptos held by the product, which is expected to generate additional returns of approximately 4.7% net of fees, while providing investors with daily liquidity on the stock exchange.
Bitwise Asset Management is announcing today that a new Bitwise Aptos Staking ETP (Ticker APTB; ISIN DE000A4AJWU3) is scheduled to list on the SIX Swiss Exchange on November 19, 2024. The product will be the first Aptos Staking ETP in the world.
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Source: Bitwise Europe
ESMA publishes latest edition of its newsletter
November 12, 2024--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.
ESAs also published the 2024 Joint Report on principal adverse impacts (PAI) disclosures under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). The Report assessed both entity and product-level PAI disclosures and showed that financial institutions have improved the accessibility of their PAI disclosures.
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Source: ESMA
New on Xetra: active ETFs from BNP Paribas enable sustainable exposure to companies worldwide
November 12, 2024--Since Tuesday, two new exchange-traded funds issued by BNP Paribas Asset Management have been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt.
The BNP Paribas Easy Sustainable World UCITS ETF is available to investors in the euro and US dollar share classes and pursues an active sustainable investment strategy based on the MSCI World Index.
When selecting the investment universe, the investment management applies a binding and comprehensive ESG integration approach in order to improve the ESG profile of the fund relative to the index.
The aim is to exclude companies with poor ESG scores or controversial business areas and to achieve a lower carbon footprint and reduced greenhouse gas emissions intensity. Gender diversity in management and supervisory bodies is also taken into account. In addition, according to Article 2 (17) of the Disclosure Regulation, at least 45 per cent of the portfolio must be invested in sustainable investments.
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Source: Xetra
New strategy ETF from WisdomTree on Xetra: access to companies worldwide with volatility protection through exposure to bond futures
November 12, 2024--Since Tuesday, a new exchange-traded fund issued by WisdomTree has been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt.
The WisdomTree Global Efficient Core UCITS ETF (Acc) invests in a broad range of large-cap companies from developed markets to allocate 90 per cent exposure to equities.
In addition, the ETF indirectly invests in futures contracts on global government bonds from the US, Germany and the UK with maturities of 2 to 30 years, to allocate 60 per cent of the funds to bonds.
10 per cent is held in cash in the currencies US$, €, GBP and JPY, which serve as collateral for the futures contracts on global government bonds.
The additional diversification provided by the bond futures contracts has the potential to reduce portfolio volatility and improve the return of a traditional 60/40 portfolio.
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Source: Xetra
Euronext announces its new strategic plan, "Innovate for Growth 2027"
November 7, 2024-Euronext announces its new strategic plan, "Innovate for Growth 2027"
"Innovate for Growth 2027" targets the acceleration of Euronext's revenue growth through innovation and diversification
Euronext, the leading European capital market infrastructure, today released its new three-year strategic plan, "Innovate for Growth 2027".
"Innovate for Growth 2027" sets out the Group's ambition to leverage Euronext's presence on the entire capital markets value chain in Europe to accelerate growth through innovation and efficiency. Euronext announces an updated capital allocation policy with a focus on shareholders' returns and strategic flexibility. In line with this new capital allocation policy, Euronext will launch a €300 million maximum share repurchase programme on 11 November 2024.
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Source: Euronext Paris SA
New on Xetra: iShares expands its product range to include additional maturity ETFs on corporate bonds
November 7, 2024--Since Thursday, eight new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) from iShares have been tradable via Xetra and Börse Frankfurt.
With these new ETFs from the iBonds product range, iShares is expanding its range of fixed-term bond ETFs in both distribution and accumulation share classes. These new ETFs offer investors access to a portfolio of euro-denominated, investment-grade, fixed-rate corporate bonds that expire in the same calendar year as the ETF's maturity date.
Issuers are selected according to ESG criteria and those with controversial business areas are excluded.
At the end of the term, the shares are liquidated, and the portfolio value is paid out to the shareholders. For distributing share classes, investors receive regular interest payments.
Investors can choose between maturities of 2031, 2032, 2033 or 2034.
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Source: Xetra
New active ETFs from J.P. Morgan on Xetra: access to US companies in combination with an overlay strategy
November 6, 2024--Since Wednesday, four new actively managed exchange-traded funds issued by J.P. Morgan Asset Management have been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt.
The JPM US Equity Premium Income Active UCITS ETF pursues an active investment strategy, investing in a portfolio consisting mainly of US companies and selling out-of-the-money call options to generate additional income.
In return, the unlimited upside potential of the equity portfolio is foregone.
The written call options on equities or equity indices, usually on the reference index, are adjusted weekly to the changing market environment. The S&P 500 Index is the benchmark.
The JPM Nasdaq Equity Premium Income Active UCITS ETF pursues the same approach, but uses the Nasdaq-100 as the reference index.
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Source: Xetra
UK official holdings of international reserves: October 2024
November 5, 2024--This release details movements in the international reserves of gold and assets held by the UK government.
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Source: gov.uk
GraniteShares Financial Plc (the Issuer) Early Redemption Event of certain classes of ETP Securities
November 4, 2024-GraniteShares announces changes in product offerings.
Issuer Call Redemption Event
The Issuer gives notice pursuant to Condition 8 (c) of the Conditions that all ETP Securities of the classes specified in Exhibit A are to be compulsorily redeemed and that the Issuer has nominated 09 December 2024 to be the Early Redemption Date in respect of all such classes.
The Early Termination Amount for a particular class will be determined on the Early Redemption Date.
The Securityholders of each class of ETP Securities will be entitled to the Value per ETP Securities for such class as determined on the Early Redemption Date and multiplied by the number of ETP Securities held on record day.
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Source: GraniteShares
