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BNP Paribas launches 'socially responsible" credit ETF
February 19, 2019--The index-tracking fund looks to exclude companies based on their ESG credentials
February 19, 2019--BNP Paribas Asset Management has launched a socially responsible credit exchange-traded fund.
The company's Easy Euro Corporate Bond SRI Fossil Free UCITS ETF is designed to appeal to investors seeking low carbon exposure from around 400 investment grade bonds, which are selected on their ESG credentials.
BNP Paribas Asset Management has announced plans to further expand its index solutions products in 2019, specifically focussing on socially responsible investments and bond indices, through its "Easy" range of ETFs.
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Source: esgclarity.com
Vienna Stock Exchange calculates new CEE Blue Chip Benchmark "Eastern Europe Traded Index"
February 19, 2019--With the "Eastern Europe Traded Index" (EETX) index family Vienna Stock Exchange today launches six new indices. The EETX focuses on the 40 largest blue chips of the Russian, Central, Eastern and Southeastern European markets.
The largest stocks include Sberbank, Lukoil, Gazprom, Tatneft and Norilsk. The EETX is calculated and published as a price index, dividend index (TR) and net dividend index (NTR) in real time in EUR and USD. With this expanded offer, the Vienna Stock Exchange is responding to the demand of international market participants. Vienna Stock Exchange's index offering thus comprises of 142 indices.
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Source: Weiner Borse
ESMA supervision to focus on data, Brexit and cybersecurity in 2019
February 19, 2019--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today its 2019 Supervision Work Programme, which details the main areas of focus for the upcoming year for ESMA's supervision of Trade Repositories (TRs), Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs), and the monitoring of third-country market infrastructures such as third-country central clearing counterparties (TC-CCPs) and third-country Central Securities Depositories (TC-CSDs).
ESMA currently directly supervises eight TRs and 27 CRAs. It also carries responsibility for four certified CRAs and 32 TC-CCPs.
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Source: ESMA
Retail investors at risk in Brexit dual-listing tussle
February 19, 2019--Brussels does not plan to recognise London venues if UK leaves EU abruptly next month
Brussels' plan to restrict trading in shares listed both in London and elsewhere in the EU in the event of a hard Brexit will deliver a blow to retail investors, asset management groups have warned.
Ryanair, British Airways owner IAG and Unilever are among the companies that will be hit by the stipulation from Brussels that EU-based investors can only trade shares on exchanges it recognises.
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Source: FT.com
Euro area investment fund statistics: fourth quarter of 2018
February 19, 2019--In the fourth quarter of 2018 the outstanding amount of shares/units issued by investment funds other than money market funds was €10,990 billion, €667 billion lower than in the third quarter of 2018.
Investment funds other than money market funds reduced their holdings of both equity and debt securities issued by non-euro area residents and also by euro area residents.
In terms of investment funds by type, the largest transactions were recorded in bond funds, with an outflow of €36 billion, and in mixed funds, with an outflow of €20 billion in the fourth quarter of 2018.
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Source: ECB
Official Statistics: Database of forecasts for the UK economy
February 19, 2019--We've compiled independent forecasts for the UK economy since 1986. This database includes forecasts of key economic indicators from those publications
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Source: HM Treasury
Big asset managers cut research costs at higher rate
February 18, 2019--Large asset managers have been more successful than smaller rivals at controlling costs in the wake of new European rules on research...
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Source: FT.com
MiFID II research rules 'hitting sector coverage and quality'
February 18, 2019--A cut in spending on research by fund managers, caused by MiFID II rules, could be leading to poorer coverage of some sectors of the equity market, surveys of the industry have found.
Speaking to more than 500 professionals in European fund management on the impact of the updated Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II), CFA Institute discovered almost half of those providing the research thought the quality had decreased overall.
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Source: ipe.com
ESMA to recognise three UK CCPs in the event of a no-deal Brexit
February 18, 2019--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today announced that in the event of a no-deal Brexit, three central counterparties (CCPs) established in the United Kingdom (UK)-LCH Limited, ICE Clear Europe Limited and LME Clear Limited-will be recognised to provide their services in the European Union (EU).
ESMA has adoped these recognition decisions in order to limit the risk of disruption in central clearing and to avoid any negative impact on the financial stability of the EU.
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Source: ESMA
Monday Morning Memo: Review of the European ETF Market, January 2018
February 17, 2019--The promoters of ETFs in Europe enjoyed net inflows for January. These inflows led, in combination with a positive performance of the underlying markets, to increased assets under management in the European ETF industry.
In more detail, the assets under management in the European ETF industry increased from €633.1 bn as of December 31, 2018, to €675.1 bn at the end of January. The increase of €42.0 bn for January was driven by the performance of the underlying markets (+€34.1 bn), while net sales contributed inflows of €7.9 bn to assets under management in the European ETF segment.
With regard to the overall number of products, it was not surprising that equity funds (€469.9 bn) held the majority of the assets, followed by bond funds (€175.6 bn), commodity products (€18.6 bn), "other" funds (€5.2 bn), money market funds (€4.3 bn), mixed-asset funds (€1.0 bn), and alternative UCITS products (€0.4 bn).
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Source: Refinitiv