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New crop of ETFs offer creative investing ideas for volatile times -Financial Times
August 12, 2020--Fresh approaches abound in funds focused on gold, Chinese equities and ESG
Given how incredibly volatile markets have been during the past few months, it probably won’t come as a surprise that fund managers haven’t been racing to introduce new funds.
However, that hasn't stopped some useful new ideas from emerging, especially in the world of exchange traded funds, or ETFs. Some of these new funds might even make a lot of sense, given that markets are likely to remain volatile for some time.
Euro area securities issues statistics: June 2020
August 12, 2020--The annual growth rate of the outstanding amount of debt securities issued by euro area residents increased from 5.8% in May 2020 to 7.2% in June.
For the outstanding amount of listed shares issued by euro area residents, the annual rate of change was 0.1% in June 2020, compared with 0.0% in May.
Debt securities
New issuance of debt securities by euro area residents totalled EUR 919.4 billion in June 2020. Redemptions amounted to EUR 611.4 billion and net issues to EUR 308.0 billion. The annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by euro area residents increased from 5.8% in May 2020 to 7.2% in June.
Sustainable Fund Flows Hit Record in Q2
August 4, 2020--Flows into sustainable funds more than double in second quarter, helped by heightened interest in ESG issues and new fund launches.
Flows into sustainable funds rebounded strongly after the coronavirus pandemic market sell-off, more than doubling to $54.6 billion over the second quarter of 2020.
The record second-quarter inflows were driven by growing investor interest in ESG issues, especially in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis. The disruption caused by the pandemic has highlighted the importance of building sustainable and resilient business models based on multi-stakeholder considerations.
Cash market trading volumes in July
August 3, 2020--Deutsche Börse's cash markets generated a turnover of €147.1 billion in July (previous year: €124.8 billion).
€118.4 billion were attributable to Xetra (previous year: €112.1 billion), bringing the average daily Xetra trading volume to €5.1 billion. Trading volume on Börse Frankfurt was €4.9 billion (previous year: €2.9 billion) and on Tradegate Exchange €23.7 billion (previous year: €9.9 billion).
By type of asset class, equities accounted for around €126.7 billion in the entire cash market. Trading in ETFs/ETCs/ETNs generated a turnover of €17.8 billion. Turnover in bonds was €0.4 billion, in certificates €1.8 billion and in funds €0.2 billion.
The Spanish Stock Market trades 31.7 billion euros in July
August 3, 2020--The number of Equity trades grew by 34.2% last month and by 53.6% in the first seven months
Admissions to trading for Fixed Income markets grew by 53.1% year on year
Trading in IBEX 35 Futures and Mini IBEX 35 from January to July grew by 7% and 27.2% respectively
The Spanish Stock Exchange traded 31.7 billion euros in Equities in July, down by 22.4% year on year and down by 36.2% in June. The effective cash volume traded at the end of July totaled 271.1 billion euros, down by 3.4% year on year.
Boerse Stuttgart records July turnover of EUR 6,2billion
August 1, 2020--All asset classes show significant increase in trading volume compared with June figures
Based on the order book statistics, Boerse Stuttgart generated turnover of around EUR 6,2 billion in July 2019-an increase of nearly 25 per cent compared to the previous month.
Securitised derivatives made up the largest share of the turnover. The trading volume in this asset class was around EUR 2,7 billion-around 28 per cent more than in June 2019. Leverage products generated around EUR 1.5billion. Investment products contributed over EUR 1,2 billion to the total turnover
S&P Dow Jones Indices: Europe Dashboard
July 31, 2020--European equities ended July in negative territory following an earnings season which included worse than expected results from many of Europe’s largest banks.
From a sectoral perspective, Utilities and Materials led the way up in Europe.
Materials benefitted from a boost in the prices of both precious and industrial metals, particularly gold which posted a new all-time high price during the month and flirted with $2000/ounce.
The S&P Europe 350(R) Low Volatility lead the way among S&P Europe 350 factors, while Momentum also ended in the black. Value continued to struggle.
London Stock Exchange may sell Milan bourse to secure Refinitiv deal
July 31, 2020--The London Stock Exchange (LSE) said on Friday it may sell all or part of Borsa Italiana to help get its $27 billion takeover of Refinitiv over the line, a move that could trigger a bidding war among European exchanges for the Milan assets.
The London exchange operator said that it had begun "exploratory discussions" which could result in MTS, Borsa Italiana's bond trading platform, or its entire Italian arm being sold.
ECB-Euro area bank interest rate statistics: June 2020
July 31, 2020--The composite cost-of-borrowing indicator for new loans to corporations remained broadly unchanged at 1.49% in June 2020, and the one for new loans to households for house purchase showed no change at 1.42%
In the same month, the euro area composite interest rate for new deposits with agreed maturity from corporations and the interest rate for overnight deposits from corporations showed no change at -0.10% and 0.00%, respectively.
The euro area composite interest rate for new deposits with agreed maturity from households and the interest rate for overnight deposits from households showed also no change in June 2020, at 0.27% and at 0.02%, respectively.
FESE-The Evolution of EU Equity Market Structure
July 30, 2020--Thirty months after the implementation of MiFID II, it is clear that policymakers' ambition to increase equity trading transparency by bringing more flow to lit venues has not been realised.
This is to the detriment of end-investors and issuers.
