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ESMA recommends priority topics in AIFMD review
August 19, 2020--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's securities markets regulator, has written to the European Commission (Commission) highlighting areas to consider during the forthcoming review of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD).
AIFMD has provided a successful framework for alternative funds in Europe since 2011.
However, ESMA and national competent authorities have through the years gathered experience with the framework and have identified areas that could be improved in the legislation to enhance the supervision of alternative fund managers in Europe. ESMA has also learned from its role in the reporting framework under AIFMD where improvements could be made.
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Source: ESMA
ETFs set to usurp active funds in ethical investing space
August 17, 2020--Shift to passive would be a body blow to traditional ESG investment approach
Exchange traded funds and other passive vehicles are set to usurp active managers as the dominant ethical investing approach, research suggests.
The shift would be a body blow to active investment houses hoping their potentially greater ability to engage with investee companies would allow them to hang on to assets being invested according to good environmental, social and governance principles.
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Source: FT.com
ECB-Euro area investment fund statistics: second quarter of 2020
August 17, 2020--In the second quarter of 2020 the outstanding amount of shares/units issued by investment funds other than money market funds was €12,473 billion, €1,004 billion higher than in the first quarter of 2020. The increase was mainly accounted for by €817 billion in price and other changes.
The outstanding amount of shares/units issued by exchange-traded funds (ETFs) was €815 billion, which was €109 billion higher than in the first quarter of 2020.
The outstanding amount of shares/units issued by money market funds was €1,363 billion, €113 billion higher than in the first quarter of 2020.
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Source: ECB
UBS beats Amundi as top European manager of retail investor assets
August 16, 2020--Swiss bank's fund arm cements position as rival suffers large redemptions.
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Source: FT.com
Credit investors go 'all in' rather than fight central banks
August 13, 2020--Safety net provided by crisis measures encourages most bullish sentiment on record.
European credit investors have gone "all in", judging that the extraordinary market-supporting measures of central banks are too powerful to fight against, according to a survey by Bank of America.
The investment bank, which surveyed 51 fund managers across the UK and continental Europe, found that record-low interest rates and vast asset-buying programmes put in place to limit the economic damage from the Covid-19 pandemic have encouraged many to load up on corporate bonds.
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Source: FT.com
STOXX decides rule change for DAX Selection Indices
August 12, 2020--Insolvent companies must leave indices at short notice
Rule change will be effective on 19 August 2020
Qontigo's global index provider STOXX Ltd. has announced rule changes for the DAX family. STOXX decided to adopt the definition of Insolvency Event as proposed in the recent market consultation. According to the new rules, insolvent companies shall be removed from the DAX Selection Indices with two trading days' notice. The rules will become effective on 19 August.
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Source: Qontigo
BlackRock to tap best of own thematic funds with new strategy
August 12, 2020--BlackRock to tap best of own thematic funds with mega-trend strategy.
Asset manager will use new approach to invest across index and alpha products. BlackRock has launched a new mega-trend fund which is designed to capitalise on the best of its own active and index products.
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Source: citywire.co.uk
UK has worst economic slump in Europe with 20.4% contraction
August 12, 2020--The record slump, after a 2.2% drop in the first three months of the year, also outstripped the US downturn and officially pushed Britain into its first recession since 2009.
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Source: news24.com
UK economy faces long climb back to health after historic 20% crash
August 12, 2020--Britain's economy shrank by a record 20.4% in the second quarter when the coronavirus lockdown was tightest, the most severe contraction reported by any major economy so far, with a wave of job losses set to hit later in 2020.
The scale of the economic hit may also revive questions about Prime Minister Boris Johnson's handling of the pandemic, with Britain suffering the highest death toll in Europe. More than 50,000 UK deaths have been linked to the disease.
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Source:: reuters.com
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.
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Source: onlinenewseurope.eu
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