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Growth Slows Across Europe and Central Asia Amid Weakening Trade and Flagging Industrial Activity
October 9, 2019--Economic growth across Europe and Central Asia is slowing, with regional growth estimated at 1.8% for 2019, according to the latest World Bank Economic Update for Europe and Central Asia.
This estimate, the lowest in four years, reflects slowing growth in both the Russian Federation and Turkey, the region's two largest economies. The report also notes robust growth in other parts of the region, including countries in Central Europe, Central Asia and the South Caucasus.
Slower growth in the region parallels a global downward trend and underlines the need to boost productivity growth and increase investment - which has been declining over the past decade.
view the World Bank-Europe and Central Asia Economic Update Fall 2019- Migration and Brain Drain
Long term real interest rates fell below zero in all euro area countries
October 8, 2019--The 10-year real government bond yield, which is the nominal yield deflated by expected inflation, has fallen below zero in Italy and Greece, boosted by increased market confidence for their new governments.
Romania is the only remaining EU country with a positive real interest rate. Negative real interest rates vastly help fiscal sustainability and provide a great opportunity to invest in much needed infrastructure and the transition to a carbon-neutral economy.
European Commission-Blockchain now and tomorrow: assessing the impact of distributed ledger technologies
October 8, 2019--It's the technology behind bitcoin and other cryptocurrency, but blockchain has the potential to transform the way we exchange a much wider range of assets.
It could enable the secure transfer of money, contracts, land titles, data, services and other assets digitally, with few or no intermediaries.
However, applying the technology in this way is still in its infancy, with complex challenges. For example, the processing power required to run a blockchain raises questions over its energy efficiency.
view the European Commission report-Blockchain Now And Tomorrow
Deutsche Boerse welcomes Goldman Sachs Asset Management as new ETF issuer-1,500 ETFs listed on Xetra for the first time
October 8, 2019--Since Tuesday, an Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) by Goldman Sachs Asset Management has been tradable via Xetra and Börse Frankfurt for the first time. With the new product, the number of ETFs in Xetra trading reaches the 1,500 mark.
"We are pleased to welcome Goldman Sachs Asset Management as new ETF issuer on Xetra. The first ETF adds a factor-based investment strategy with a US focus to our Smart Beta product offering," says Martin Reck, Managing Director Cash Market at Deutsche Börse.
Natixis and EDHECinfra team up to evaluate the impact of ESG on infrastructure investing
October 7, 2019--Infrastructure benchmark pioneers to create measures and indices of the increasingly significant impact of ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) factors on infrastructure investments
Natixis and EDHECinfra launch today a new three-year research chair, directed by the same team that created an unlisted infrastructure indexing platform. The chair's aim is to create useable, comparable documented measures of the impact and risk profile of social and environmental factors on infrastructure investments.
ESMA Newsletter-No.8
October 7, 2019--The eighth edition of ESMA's newsletter is available.
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ESMA-Update on the UK's withdrawal from the European Union-preparations for a possible no-deal Brexit scenario on 31 October 2019
October 7, 2019--On 29 March 2017, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) invoked Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) which triggered the process for its withdrawal from the European Union (EU), or Brexit. The invocation procedure provides that after a negotiation period of up to two years, the TEU cease to apply to the Member State which invoked Article 50.
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ESMA updates Q&A on MiFIR data reporting
October 7, 2019--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today updated its Questions and Answers on data reporting under the Market in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR).
The Q&As provide clarifications in relation to the requirements for submission of reference data and transactions under MiFIR. In particular, the Q&As relate to reporting of FX forward financial instruments under art. 26 and art. 27 of MiFIR.
ESMA adopts MAR standards on supervisory cooperation
October 8, 2019--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's securities markets regulator, has issued today its final report on a set of Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on the application of the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR).
ESMA's RTS cover cooperation arrangements between national competent authorities and their counterparts in third-countries for the purpose of efficiently exchanging information and enforcing the obligations related to market abuse.
Monday Morning Memo: Index Funds Are On the Rise
October 7, 2019--With the rise of ETFs, index mutual funds had been out favour with European investors until the year 2015. But even as index funds got some positive momentum since 2016, ETFs still experienced higher inflows.
While I was analysing the year-to-date flows at the end of August, I was surprised that index funds (+€52.5 bn) enjoyed higher estimated net inflows than ETFs (+€42.8 bn), as this means that index funds have been the passive investment vehicle of choice for European investors so far for 2019. If this trend continues until the end of the year, they will beat ETFs in terms of net inflows for the first time in history.
