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The average cost of retail investment products declines but significant differences across EU Member States remain

December 18, 2023--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU financial markets regulator and supervisor, today publishes its sixth market report on the costs and performance of EU retail investment products. In this annual report ESMA finds that the average costs of investing in key EU retail financial products has declined by the end of 2022. However, cost heterogeneity persisted across EU Member States.

The key findings in the report are:
UCITS Costs: Costs have declined, but investors should continue to consider fund fees carefully in their investment decisions. Despite costs of active equity funds decreasing, this category of funds remained more expensive than passive funds and ETFs, such that their net performance was on average lower in comparison.

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Source: ESMA


Are new EU data market regulations coherent and efficient?

December 18, 2023--Technical restrictions on access to and re-use of data may result in failures in data markets and data-driven services markets. Th is paper examines three new EU data regulations (the European Health Data Space, the Data Act and the Digital Markets Act) that vary substantially in mandatory access measures intended to overcome these market failures.

It applies three economic criteria, economies of scope in re-use and in aggregation of data, and data supply-side failures, to assess the effi ciency of these regulations in overcoming market failures and coherence across regulations. Variations might be justified by particular sectoral market conditions.

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Source: bruegel.org


IMF Staff Country Report-Ireland: Selected Issues

December 18, 2023--A. Savings Funds in Ireland
Evolution of Public Finances
1. Sound fiscal policies have contributed to healthy public finances and put Ireland in a good position to weather shocks. The solid fiscal position of recent years has enabled the authorities to conduct countercyclical fiscal policy in the face of the Covid and energy price shocks and contributed to a fast decline in public debt.

Ireland’s path of primary surpluses, except for during the GFC, is not out of line with that in some peer countries. Some countries, like Korea and New Zealand, have also established sovereign wealth funds (SWF).

2. Ireland's healthy fiscal position has been supported in recent years by a fast increase in CIT revenues, which have grown beyond what would be implied by economic fundamentals. Ireland's share of CIT in total revenue (almost 1/3) is much larger than the average of European countries in the OECD (about 6 percent) and CIT has become the second largest source of tax revenues. While

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Source: imf.org


ESMA proposes changes and updates timeline for its Guidelines on funds' names

December 14, 2023--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's financial markets regulator and supervisor, today provides an update on the status of ESMA's guidelines on ESG and sustainability-related terms in fund names, including details on the timing of their publication.

Since the launch of the work on the guidelines, the AIFMD and UCITS Directive reviews have progressed. ESMA has decided to postpone the adoption of the Guidelines to ensure that the outcome of these reviews may be fully considered.

In particular, the text of the provisional agreement resulting from the interinstitutional negotiations contains two new mandates for ESMA to develop guidelines specifying the circumstances where the name of an AIF or UCITS is unclear, unfair, or misleading.

ESMA plans to adopt the Guidelines shortly after the date of entry into force of those amended legal texts and is publishing this statement to highlight the key content of the guidance that it intends to provide in the forthcoming Guidelines.

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Source: ESMA


ESAs put forward amendments to sustainability disclosures for the financial sector

December 4, 2023--The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA-ESAs) are today publishing their Final Report amending the draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) to the Delegated Regulation supplementing the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).

The ESAs propose adding new social indicators and streamlining the framework for the disclosure of principal adverse impacts of investment decisions on the environment and society.
The ESAs also suggest new product disclosures regarding "greenhouse gas emissions reduction" targets.

Additionally, the ESAs propose further technical revisions to the SFDR Delegated Regulation:
Improvements to the disclosures on how sustainable investments "Do No Significant Harm" (DNSH) to the environment and society;
Simplification of the pre-contractual and periodic disclosure templates for financial products; and
Other technical adjustments concerning, among others, the treatment of derivatives, the calculation of sustainable investments, and provisions for financial products with underlying investment options.

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Source: ESMA


The ESAs provide clarity and tips to consumers on sustainable finance

November 30, 2023--The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA-ESAs) today published an interactive factsheet that answers consumers' most frequently asked questions about sustainable finance. The factsheet provides tips to consumers considering buying financial products with sustainability features, including loans, investments, insurances and pensions.

The factsheet provides answers to frequently asked questions and steps consumers can take to understand how their financial choices could contribute to a more sustainable future.

In addition, the factsheet provides four tips consumers should take into account before choosing financial products with sustainability features. Consumers are encouraged to:
decide how important sustainability is for them and what financial goals they want to achieve before they choose a product;
pay attention to the conditions and the sustainability features, to avoid being misled by 'greenwashing';

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Source: ESMA


ECB-Monetary developments in the euro area: October 2023

November 28, 2023--Annual growth rate of broad monetary aggregate M3 was -1.0% in October 2023, compared with -1.2% in September
Annual growth rate of narrower monetary aggregate M1, comprising currency in circulation and overnight deposits, stood at -10.0% in October, compared with -9.9% in September
Annual growth rate of adjusted loans to households decreased to 0.6% in October from 0.8% in September

Annual growth rate of adjusted loans to non-financial corporations decreased to -0.3% in October from 0.2% in September

Components of the broad monetary aggregate M3

The annual growth rate of the broad monetary aggregate M3 was -1.0% in October 2023, compared with -1.2% in September, averaging -1.2% in the three months up to October. 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' stood at -10.0% in October, compared with -9.9% in September

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Source: ECB


ECB-Meeting of 25-26 October 2023 Account of the monetary policy meeting of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank

November 23, 2023--Held in Athens on Wednesday and Thursday, 25-26 October 2023
1. Review of financial, economic and monetary developments and policy options
Financial market developments
Ms Schnabel started her presentation by noting that the market's immediate response to the dramatic geopolitical upheaval in the Middle East, following the terrorist attacks on Israel on 7 October 2023, had so far been contained.

Bolstered by continued robust economic growth in the United States, the surge in global long-term bond yields that started over the summer had continued in recent weeks, as investors were increasingly internalising the prospect of interest rates staying high for longer. At the same time, expectations for the future path of short-term interest rates had remained broadly unchanged.

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Source: ECB


New equity ETFs from SPDR on Xetra: access to information technology and healthcare companies worldwide

November 20, 2023--Since Monday, two new exchange-traded funds issued by State Street Global Advisors have been tradable on Xetra and via the trading venue Börse Frankfurt.
The two ETFs give investors access to large and mid-cap companies from developed countries around the world that are either in information technology or healthcare. The maximum weighting of one issuer is 35 per cent and all other companies 20 per cent.

The SPDR MSCI World Technology UCITS ETF invests in information technology companies, which include hardware, storage and peripherals, systems software and semiconductors, and are the most represented at over 20 per cent each.

The SPDR MSCI World Health Care UCITS ETF focuses on healthcare companies. The most strongly represented business areas include pharmaceuticals, healthcare equipment, biotechnology and managed health care.

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Source: Xetra


ECB-Euro area investment fund statistics: third quarter of 2023

November 17, 2023--This release on investment fund statistics is being discontinued. As of November 2023, investment fund statistics are published on a dedicated page on the ECB's website, which features comprehensive charts containing the information previously available in this release.
In third quarter of 2023, outstanding amount of shares/units issued by investment funds other than money market funds fell to €15,207 billion, down €92 billion on previous quarter

Net redemptions in quarter amounted to €15 billion, with €852 billion in gross issuances and €867 billion in gross redemptions

Outstanding amount of shares/units issued by money market funds rose to €1,563 billion, up €56 billion on previous quarter

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Source: ECB


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