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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.
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Source: Deutsche Börse Group
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.
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Source: noticanarias.com
ESMA Newsletter-No.8
October 7, 2019--The eighth edition of ESMA's newsletter is available.
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Source: ESMA
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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Source: ESMA
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.
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Source: ESMA
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.
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Source: ESMA
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.
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Source: Refinitiv
ESMA Opinion clarifies application of pre-trade transparency and price determination in frequent batch auctions
October 4, 2019--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's securities markets regulator, as today published an opinion on frequent batch auctions (FBAs) and the double volume cap mechanism. ESMA's Opinion reflects the conclusions of its Final Report on Periodic Auctions (June 2019) which identified several shortcomings of FBA systems in the area of pre-trade transparency and the price determination.
ESMA's Opinion aims to provide sufficient clarification regarding the application of the pre-trade transparency requirements by FBA systems and the price determination process of FBA systems, ensuring consistent application throughout the EU.
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Source: ESMA
ESMA publishes updates its Q&As on investor protection issues
October 4, 2019--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today updated its Questions and Answers on the implementation of investor protection topics under the Market in Financial Instruments Directive and Regulation (MiFID II/ MiFIR).
The Q&As on MiFID II and MiFIR investor protection and intermediaries' topics update answers on:
Best execution-Disclosure of reports to the public
Other issues-Drafting change on understanding the term "ongoing relationship"
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Source: ESMA
ESMA updates EMIR Q&A
October 2, 2019--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today an update of its Q&A on practical questions regarding data reporting issues, stemming from the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR).
The Q&As clarify:
OTC Question 2(h) on when counterparties that start taking positions in OTC derivatives need to notify the relevant NCAs and ESMA;
OTC Question 4 on whether counterparties not subject to the clearing obligation should also obtain representation;
OTC Question 13 on how a counterparty should determine whether an entity established in a third country would be an FC+/- or NFC+/- if it was established in the Union;
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Source: ESMA