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Almalia to launch the world's first actively managed global equity Shariah compliant ETF on London Stock Exchange
September 28, 2020--Later this week, the international financial services group, Almalia, will launch the world's first active global equity Shariah compliant ETF. The Almalia Sanlam Active Shariah Global Equity UCITS ETF (the ETF) will launch via the HANetf platform and will list on the London Stock Exchange later this week.
Almalia has selected Sanlam Investments UK to manage the assets of the ETF based on the success of its award-winning Global High Quality Strategy which was launched by Sanlam's Global Head of Equities, Pieter Fourie, in 2008. The ETF will form part of this strategy and will be managed by Pieter along with his team of six investment professionals.
Sustainable-Bond Market Boosted by Europe's Top Institutions
September 25, 2020--Plans at ECB and European Commission would significantly increase the size of the market for environmentally friendly bonds
Europe's two most powerful institutions have thrown their weight behind the market for environmentally friendly bonds, a move that could make sustainable finance more mainstream and improve its transparency.
The European Central Bank this week said it would start buying sustainability-linked corporate bonds as part of its quantitative-easing program and accept them as collateral for loans to commercial banks, starting next year
ECB-Monetary developments in the euro area: August 2020
September 25, 2020--Annual growth rate of broad monetary aggregate M3 decreased to 9.5% in August 2020 from 10.1% in July (revised from 10.2%)
Annual growth rate of narrower monetary aggregate M1, comprising currency in circulation and overnight deposits, decreased to 13.2% in August from 13.5% in July
Annual growth rate of adjusted loans to households stood at 3.0% in August, unchanged from previous month
Annual growth rate of adjusted loans to non-financial corporations stood at 7.1% in August, unchanged from previous month
Components of the broad monetary aggregate M3
The annual growth rate of the broad monetary aggregate M3 decreased to 9.5% in August 2020 from 10.1% in July, averaging 9.6% in the three months up to August. 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, decreased to 13.2% in August from 13.5% in July.view more
Will European Union countries be able to absorb and spend well the bloc's recovery funding?
September 24, 2020--The European Union's landmark recovery instrument, Next Generation EU (NGEU), will be embedded into the EU's budget. This makes sense, because the EU budget is a well-established framework and hence can be deployed readily.
But pay-outs from the EU budget are disbursed slowly to member states, partly because programmes have to be designed, approved and implemented, and must also pass various checks to ensure the proper use of EU funds.
Brexit and coronavirus spur EU to deepen capital market
September 24, 2020--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's securities markets regulator, has launched today a consultation on fees for benchmarks administrators under the BMR.
Companies need to refund themselves as they emerge from recession caused by pandemic lockdowns, with Brussels wanting them to use stock and bond markets and reduce reliance on bank loans.
Turkey raises interest rate in unexpected move to tackle lira's fall
September 24, 2020--Central bank's 2 percentage point increase reverses Erdogan's push for lower rates
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Exclusive: ECB plots Amazon-style market to prevent Wall Street COVID debt swoop
September 23, 2020--Europe is working on an Amazon-style website to sell hundreds of billions of euros of bank loans which have been soured by the coronavirus crisis, in a bid to shore up the economy and challenge the dominance of big Wall Street debt investors.
EU financial regulators assess risks to the financial sector after the outbreak of COVID-19 and call for enhanced cooperation
September 22, 2020--The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA -ESAs) have issued their first joint risk assessment Report of the financial sector since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Report highlights how the pandemic has led to further amplified profitability concerns across the board and heightened liquidity challenges in segments of the investment fund sector.
It particularly points to economic and market uncertainty as a key challenge going forward.
The impact of the crisis on EU banks's asset quality is a key concern as significant uncertainty about the timing and size of a recovery persists. The ESAs see a risk of decoupling of financial market performance from the underlying economic activity, and , a prolonged lower for longer interest rate environment which is expected to weigh on the profitability and solvency of financial institutions, as well as contributing to the build-up of valuation risks.
Forecasts for the UK economy: September 2020
September 20, 2020--Forecasts for the UK economy is a monthly comparison of independent forecasts.
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LSE Chooses Euronext, Italian Banks for Milan Bourse Talks
September 18, 2020-- London Stock Exchange Group Plc is in exclusive talks to sell Borsa Italiana to Euronext NV and two Italian institutions, as the government in Rome moves closer to repatriating ownership of its main equity-trading venue.
LSE, which is selling Borsa Italiana to get approval for its $27 billion Refinitiv deal, said in a statement it chose the group for talks over rival bidders that included Deut
