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The Swiss Stock Exchange welcomes Rize ETF
July 9, 2020--As of today, two more thematic ETFs with growth potential can be traded on the Swiss Stock Exchange: medical cannabis and cyber security.
The newly tradeable ETFs from Rize ETF are focusing on thematic market trends with growth stories: medical cannabis and cyber security.
Rize ETF developed both ETFs in cooperation with the index provider Foxberry and the respective thematic experts New Frontier Data and Tematica Research. These products offer investors additional opportunities to diversify their portfolios and dip into the ever-thriving segment of equity-themed ETFs available at SIX. Liquidity for the 2 ETFs is provided by Société G énérale.
Unscheduled change in SDAX
July 9, 2020--Rhön-Klinikum AG to be deleted from index, Tele Columbus AG to be addedOn Thursday, Qontigo's global index provider STOXX Ltd. announced an unscheduled change to the SDAX index.
Due to the takeover of Rhön-Klinikum AG (DE0007042301) by Asklepios Kliniken GmbH & Co. KGaA the free float of Rhön-Klinikum AG falls below 10 percent. According to the Guide to the DAX Equity Indices, section 5.1.5. Adjustments in the Case of Mergers and Acquisitions, Rhön-Klinikum AG shares will be deleted from SDAX. They will be replaced by Tele Columbus AG (DE000TCAG172).
VanEck lists new Global Wide Moat ETF on London Stock Exchange
July 9, 2020--With the VanEck Vectors Morningstar Global Wide Moat UCITS ETF, investors can make targeted investments in global companies with a long-term competitive advantage. The cost-effective ETF provides an intelligent smart beta alternative for investments with a global reach
Asset manager VanEck, today announces the listing of the VanEck Vector Morningstar Global Wide Moat UCITS ETF(GOAT) on the London Stock Exchange. The launch adds a new equity ETF to VanEck's product portfolio. With the VanEck Vectors Morningstar Global Wide Moat UCITS ETF(GOAT), investors can make targeted investments in global companies with a long-term competitive advantageover their peers.
New ETF to target US company bond defaults launched by Tabula Investment Management
July 8, 2020--"This is a very opportune time to launch an ETF that enables investors to hedge against the North American high yield corporate credit market"
A new exchange-traded fund that gives investors an opportunity to short US bonds has started trading on the London Stock Exchange.
Tabula Investment Management Limited said the North American CDX High Yield Credit Short UCITS ETF (TABS) is the only ETF of its type listed in Europe.
TABS gives investors exposure to the CDX North American High Yield Credit Short Index, which was developed by Tabula and IHS Markit and tracks around100 sub-investment grade entities that reflect the most widely traded segment of the North American High Yield credit market.
Greening the recovery by greening the fiscal consolidation
July 8, 2020-In the wake of COVID-19, some economic recovery policies will help green the economy- for example, energy renovation of buildings. But there are limits to the share of stimulus that can be explicitly green. The European Union should therefore also green the fiscal consolidation by setting out the path to much higher carbon prices than today.
This would guide investment and provide revenues to help the fiscal consolidation.
The issue
The long road to economic recovery from the COVID-19 shock is just beginning. European countries are considering how best to reboot their economies, with fiscal stimulus plans at the core of the consideration. Meanwhile, the European Commission has put forward its Next Generation EU plan. These stimulus packages will amount to several percentage points of GDP, and can therefore influence the future orientation of the economic system.
ESMA updates its Q&As on MiFID II and MiFIR transparency-July 2020
July 8, 2020--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's securities markets regulator, updated today its Questions and Answers regarding transparency issues under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and Regulation (MiFIR).
The new Q&A document provides technical clarifications for the performance of the mandatory systematic internaliser (SI) test. The Q&A specifies how the number of transactions and the nominal amount traded of a derivative shall be allocated when a derivative contract changes over the observation period from one sub-class to another.
Solactive collaborates with ISS ESG to release Solactive ISS SDG Leaders Index based on the 17 United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals
July 8, 2020--In 2015, all member states of the United Nations adopted the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This proposal serves as a fundamental concept for a peaceful and prosperous society, and contains, at its core, 17 Sustainable Development Goals, including, for example, Zero Hunger, Quality Education, and Gender Equality.
To enable conscious investors to leave a positive impact on the planet in accordance with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, Solactive and ESG provider ISS ESG teamed up to develop an index containing only those companies actively engaging with the important goals.
Summer 2020 Economic Forecast: An even deeper recession with wider divergences
July 7, 2020--The EU economy will experience a deep recession this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, despite the swift and comprehensive policy response at both EU and national levels. Because the lifting of lockdown measures is proceeding at a more gradual pace than assumed in our Spring Forecast, the impact on economic activity in 2020 will be more significant than anticipated.
The Summer 2020 Economic Forecast projects that the euro area economy will contract by 8.7% in 2020 and grow by 6.1% in 2021. The EU economy is forecast to contract by 8.3% in 2020 and grow by 5.8% in 2021. The contraction in 2020 is, therefore, projected to be significantly greater than the 7.7% projected for the euro area and 7.4% for the EU as a whole in the Spring Forecast. Growth in 2021 will also be slightly less robust than projected in the spring.
New UBS ETF on Xetra: Sustainable investments on S&P 500
July 7, 2020--Since Tuesday, a new ETF issued by UBS Global Asset Management has been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt.
With the UBS ETF (IE) S&P 500 ESG UCITS ETF (USD) A-acc, investors can invest in currently 310 companies from the S&P 500 Index, taking into account sustainability criteria.
The sectors are represented in the same way as the composition of the S&P 500 Index. Companies are excluded if they are active in the tobacco industry, trade in or produce controversial weapons, have a low rating according to the UN Global Compact guidelines or are among the 25 per cent of the worst rated companies within their own industry according to the S&P Dow Jones Index ESG scores.
Any dividends received are reinvested. The annual costs amount to 0.12 percent.
The impact economy: balancing profit and impact
July 7, 2020--Governments and companies can reinforce each other in their pursuit of sustainable development, which is based on three pillars: economic, social and environmental. An impact economy, in which governments and companies balance profit and impact, is best placed to achieve the United Nations sustainable development goals.
How can governments and companies be jointly empowered to have a positive impact on the sustainable development goals? The current economic system is largely geared towards increasing economic growth. But this could come at the expense of rising social inequality and environmental degradation.
