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FCA says Mifid II to cut investor costs by 1bn Pounds
February 25, 2019-- New EU rules on the funding of investment research are set to deliver £1bn in savings for UK fund investors over the next five years, the Financial Conduct Authority has said.
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BlackRock expands thematics range with electric vehicle and driving technology ETF
February 25, 2019--TER of 0.40%
The iShares Electric Vehicles and Driving Technology UCITS ETF (ECAR) is listed on the London Stock Exchange with a total expense ratio (TER) of 0.40%.
The ETF tracks the STOXX Global Electric Vehicles & Driving Technology index, which comprises companies involved in manufacturing suppliers and component producers.
According to BlackRock and Bloomberg New Energy Finance estimates, the number of electric vehicles sold each year is expected to rise to 60 million by 2040, up from the current level of 1.1 million.
New EU low-carbon benchmarks boost for sustainable investment
February 25, 2019--The EU Council and Parliament reached a preliminary agreement Monday on a proposal for new financial benchmarks aimed at giving greater information on an investment portfolio's carbon footprint.
The EU is building a regulatory framework to encourage investors to be more aware of the impact of their business on the environment.
The agreement creates two new categories of low-carbon benchmarks: a climate-transition benchmark and a specialised benchmark which brings investment portfolios in line with the Paris Agreement goal to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5ENTITY° above pre-industrial levels.
Monday Morning Memo: European Investors Shy Further Away From Mutual Funds in January 2019
February 24, 2019--The negative trend with regard to fund flows in Europe continued in January, even as the securities markets showed a rebound. As a consequence, January was the ninth month in a row long-term mutual funds posted net outflows after 16 consecutive months of net inflows.
It was surprising that bond funds (+€12.7 bn) were the best-selling asset type in the segment of long-term mutual funds, followed by real estate funds (+€1.0 bn). All other asset types faced outflows: alternative UCITS funds (-€7.7 bn), equity funds (-€7.4 bn), mixed-asset funds (-€3.5 bn), commodity funds (-€1.1 bn), and "other" funds (-€1.0 bn).
These fund flows added up to overall net outflows of €7.0 bn from long-term investment funds for January. ETFs contributed inflows of €8.1 bn to these flows. FCA says Mifid II to cut investor costs by £1bn. New EU rules on the funding of investment research are set to deliver £1bn in savings for UK fund investors over the next five years, the Financial Conduct Authority has said.
Theresa May is said to face calls to quit after Brexit
February 23, 2019--Theresa May must resign as British prime minister and Conservative leader later this year after delivering Brexit, according to politicians at the highest levels of her own government.
May has promised her party she will stand down before the next general election, slated for 2022, but she's likely to face pressure to go within the next three months.
B-Hive Europe launches a Fintech Landscape Report, B-Lens, together with Roland Berger and Sirris
February 22, 2019--B-Hive, the collaborative innovation platform, together with Roland Berger, one of the leading global consultancy firms, and Sirris, the collective center for and by the technological industry, has published B-Lens 2.0, a fintech landscape report that takes a look at the state of financial services and fintechs in Belgium and Europe.
The survey is based on research conducted by B-Hive Europe as well as data collected by Roland Berger and Sirris. The results showed that most fintechs have focused on the banking and insurance sectors to find potential clients while the fintechs thought their key differentiators included the digitized business models, short time-to-market and convenient processes. For international expansion, France, Belgium, Germany and the UK were the most favorable destinations in Europe.
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New Vanguard ETFs on Xetra: Investment Grade Government and Corporate Bonds
February 21, 2019--Both bond ETFs include investment grade bonds with a maturity of more than one year.
Since Thursday two Vanguard ETFs are tradable via Xetra and Börse Frankfurt.
The two bond ETFs give investors access to euro-denominated government bonds within the eurozone and euro-denominated corporate bonds worldwide.
Name: Vanguard EUR Eurozone Government Bond UCITS ETF-(EUR) Accumulating
Asset Class: Bond ETF
ISIN: IE00BH04GL39
Ongoing charges: 0.12 per cent
Distribution policy: Accumulating
Account of the monetary policy meeting of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank
February 21, 2019--Held in Frankfurt am Main on Wednesday and Thursday, 23-24 January 2019
1. Review of financial, economic and monetary developments and policy options
Financial market developments
Mr Cœuré reviewed the latest financial market developments. In the first few weeks of 2019 volatility had remained elevated across different market segments, in particular in equity and commodity markets.
Brent oil prices had declined further after the Governing Council's previous monetary policy meeting on 12-13 December 2018 but had since recovered. The volatility in oil prices was evidence of the heightened geopolitical uncertainty and its impact on oil supply, as well as concerns about the global growth outlook and its impact on oil demand.
Deutsche Borse increases transparency in ETF trading
February 21, 2019--New key indicator provides information on trading costs over the course of the trading day
Deutsche Börse is providing ETF investors with a new key indicator: The iXLM (intraday Xetra liquidity measure) provides information on how trading costs of an ETF have developed over the course of a trading day. This allows investors to deduce the period in which the trading costs of an ETF were particularly low and to take this information into account for future decisions.
The individual key indicator is available for all ETFs traded on Xetra.
Implicit trading costs amount to a significant part of the total trading costs. By taking the iXLM into account, investors can save on average up to 30 percent of these costs in ETF trading, depending on the time of day," says Stephan Kraus, responsible for the ETF segment at Deutsche Börse.
Forecasts for the UK economy: February 2019
February 20, 2019--A comparison of independent forecasts for the UK economy in February 2019.
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