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Institutions Are Showing Interest in ETP Tied to Binance Coin, Amun Says
December 3, 2019---Swiss crypto investment product provider Amun says it has received significant institutional interest in its exchange-traded product (ETP) tied to the Binance Coin (BNB) exchange token.
Amun's Managing Director and Head of ETFs, Laurent Kssis, said the company’s European roadshow in London, Zurich, Milan and Scandinavia is already "fully booked" with meetings with representatives from over 30 institutional investors across the continent.
ESMA updates the CSDR Q&As
December 3, 2019--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today updated its Questions and Answers (Q&As) regarding the implementation of the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR).
The updated Q&As provide answers to questions regarding practical issues on the implementation of the new CSDR regime.
The latest CSDR Q&As clarify the application of requirements related to the CSD matching functionality.
ESMA updates its BMR Q&As
December 3, 2019--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today an update of its Question and Answers (Q&As) on the European Benchmarks Regulation (BMR).
The new Q&A's provide clarification on the following issues:
Annual review of IOSCO principles for Oil Pricing Reporting Agencies (PRAs); and
The legal representative under Article 32(3) of BMR
Britain's cheapest ever DIY pension: Vanguard finally reveals its Sipp that charges just 15p for every 100GBP invested
December 2, 2019--Vanguard to launch new Sipp with an annual charge of 0.15% in 2020
It claims it will be the lowest-cost self-invested personal pension on the market
Vanguard apologised for delayed launch originally planned for 2017
Cut-price investing giant Vanguard has revealed details of its personal pension with a charge of just 15p for every £s;100 invested.
The launch early next year of a self invested personal pension (Sipp) by the US fund manager is highly-anticipated, as it first hoped to offer pensions shortly after bringing its DIY investing platform to the UK in 2017.
Invesco revamps UK equity leadership after outflows
November 29, 2019-- Once popular products are now UK's worst selling funds group after chronic underperformance
Invesco has appointed a new executive to join under-pressure fund manager Mark Barnett as the company's UK equity business seeks to...
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Monetary developments in the euro area: October 2019
November 28, 2019--Annual growth rate of broad monetary aggregate M3 stood at 5.6% in October 2019, unchanged from previous month (revised from 5.5%)
Annual growth rate of narrower monetary aggregate M1, comprising currency in circulation and overnight deposits, increased to 8.4% in October from 7.9% in September.
Annual growth rate of adjusted loans to households stood at 3.5% in October, compared with 3.4% in September
Annual growth rate of adjusted loans to non-financial corporations increased to 3.8% in October from 3.6% in September
ESMA sees continued high market risk amid deteriorating economic fundamentals
November 28, 2019--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's securities regulator, today publishes its latest risk dashboard for the European Union's securities markets, covering the third quarter of 2019.
The market risks remain very high. against the background of a deteriorating growth outlook. continued uncertainty around Brexit. US-China trade tensions and geopolitical risk. Large intra-day movements confirm that markets remain sensitive to the news flow.
Adapting to a new normal in European asset management
November 26, 2019--Structural shifts are reshaping Europe's asset-management,landscape. For individual firms, there is no single winning formula for success-but the response must be proactive and bold.
Asset-management industry economics in Western Europe have remained relatively resilient, buoyed by the short duration of periods of downside market performance and asset values remaining near the current cycle's highs.
However, the industry is clearly continuing to contend with persistent structural shifts: lower returns due to interest-rate dynamics, the shift to passive and alternative asset classes, slowing organic growth, continued fee pressure, elusive operative leverage, and aggressive competition from within and outside the industry.
IMF Working Paper-Breaking the Bank? A Probabilistic Assessment of Euro Area Bank Profitability
November 22, 2019--Summary:
This paper explores the determinants of profitability across large euro area banks using a novel approach based on conditional profitability distributions. Real GDP growth and the NPL ratio are shown to be the most reliable determinants of bank profitability.
However, the estimated conditional distributions reveal that, while higher growth would raise profits on average, a large swath of banks would most likely continue to struggle even amid a strong economic recovery. Therefore, for some banks, a determined reduction in NPLs combined with cost efficiency improvements and customized changes to their business models appears to be the most promising strategy for durably raising profitability.
ECB-Account of the monetary policy meeting of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank held in Frankfurt am Main on Wednesday and Thursday, 23-24 October 2019
November 21, 2019--1. Review of financial, economic and monetary developments and policy options
Financial market developments
Mr Cœuré reviewed the latest financial market developments. Since the Governing Council's last monetary policy meeting on 11-12 September 2019, the prospect of a breakthrough in the trade negotiations between the United States and China, as well as declining fears of a "no-deal" Brexit, had helped to underpin global market sentiment.
In the euro area, the overnight index swap forward curve had shifted upwards at both the short and the long end, and it had also become notably steeper in 2021 compared with the situation in September 2019. In the United States, the effect of receding uncertainty surrounding Brexit and trade had been partially offset by changes in near-term monetary policy expectations in response to weaker economic data. The market-implied probability of a rate cut at the US Federal Reserve System's meeting on 29-30 October 2019 had increased notably over the course of October. Overall, however, bond yields on both sides of the Atlantic remained at very low levels compared with earlier in 2019.
