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Net sales of UCITS and AIFs dropped to EUR 245 billion in 2018, a level not seen since 2011

March 8, 2019--The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has today published its latest Quarterly Statistical Release describing the trends in the European investment fund industry in the fourth quarter of 2018 with key data and indicators for each EFAMA member country.

Highlights on the developments in 2018 include:
Investment fund net assets in Europe decreased by 3% in 2018 to EUR 15,157 billion. The fall in worldwide stock markets in the fourth quarter of 2018 wiped out completely the net asset growth recorded during the first three quarters of 2018.

Net assets of UCITS declined by 4.6% to EUR 9,284 billion. Twenty-four European countries recorded a decline in net assets in 2018.

Net assets of AIF dropped by 0.4% to EUR 5,873 billion. Nine countries recorded positive asset growth in 2018.

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Source: European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA)


ECB-Monetary policy decisions

March 7, 2019--At today's meeting the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) took the following monetary policy decisions:
(1) The interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility will remain unchanged at 0.00%, 0.25% and -0.40% respectively.

The Governing Council now expects the key ECB interest rates to remain at their present levels at least through the end of 2019, and in any case for as long as necessary to ensure the continued sustained convergence of inflation to levels that are below, but close to, 2% over the medium term.

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Source: ECB


ESMA report values EU Alternative Investment Funds at 4.9 trillion Euros

March 7, 2019--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) today published its first statistical report on European Union (EU) Alternative Investment Funds (AIF). The study finds that the EU AIF sector in 2017, as measured by Net Asset Value (NAV), amounted to €4.9tn or nearly one third of the total EU fund industry. The report is based on data from 26,378 AIFs, or 80% of the market, and will be published annually.

Sector breakdown
Funds of Funds accounted for 16% of the industry, followed by Real Estate (RE) Funds (11%), Hedge Funds (5%) and Private Equity Funds (4%). The remaining category of Other AIFs accounts for close to two-thirds of the industry (63%), which highlights potential classification issues and therefore a more detailed analysis of this category will be carried out by ESMA.

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Source: ESMA


ESMA sets out its approach to several MiFID II/MiFIR and BMR provisions under a no-deal Brexit

March 7, 2019--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today published a statement on its approach to the application of some key MiFID II/MiFIR and Benchmark (BMR) provisions should the United Kingdom (UK) leave the European Union (EU) under a no-deal Brexit.

ESMA's statement aims to inform stakeholders on the approach it will take in relation to these provisions. It sets out details on the following MiFID II and BMR aspects under a no-deal Brexit:
The MiFID II C(6) carve-out;
Trading obligation for derivatives;
ESMA opinions on post-trade transparency and position limits;

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Source: ESMA


BDI-Global Growth Outlook 03/2019-Growth or recession? Global economy at a crossroads

March 6, 2019--As things stand, one major bad decision would be enough to tip the balance and endanger Europe's economic growth. The federal government has no time to lose.

It should offer investment incentives for climate protection and research and launch a tax reform. Germany's economic momentum has already suffered in the last few months from the global slowdown.

view the BDI-Global Growth Outlook 03/2019-Growth or recession? Global economy at a crossroads

Source: BDI


Knorr-Bremse and Dialog Semiconductor new in MDAX

March 5, 2019--On Tuesday, Deutsche Börse announced changes to its selection indices, which will become effective on 18 March 2019. The shares of Knorr-Bremse AG will be included in the MDAX index and will replace the shares of Salzgitter AG, which will be included in the SDAX index.

The exclusion is based on the fast-exit rule. Moreover, the shares of Dialog Semiconductor Plc will be added to MDAX. They are eligible according to the fast-entry rule. The shares of Schaeffler AG will leave the MDAX index. The following changes will apply to SDAX: Salzgitter AG and Schaeffler AG will be added from MDAX. They are replacing the shares of Knorr-Bremse AG and Dialog Semiconductor Plc. New additions to SDAX will be: BayWa AG, Amadeus FiRe AG, ADVA Optical Networking SE and VARTA AG. The shares of DMG Mori AG, Medigene AG, VTG AG and Tele Columbus AG will be deleted from the index according to the fast-exit rule.

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Source: Deutsche Börse Group


National Statistics: UK official holdings of international reserves: February 2019

March 5, 2019--This release details movements in the international reserves of gold and assets held by the UK government.

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Source: HM Treasury


BOE-Key elements of the 2019 stress test

March 5, 2019--The Bank of England's 2019 annual cyclical scenario (ACS) will test the resilience of the UK banking system to deep simultaneous recessions in the UK and global economies, a financial market stress, and an independent stress of misconduct costs

view the Bank of England March 2019 Stress testing the UK banking system: key elements of the 2019 annual cyclical scenario report

Source: Bank of England


ETF group targets CDS with new short crossover credit fund

March 4, 2019--Fixed income ETF provider Tabula Investment Management has launched a new passive fund as a way to short European sub-investment grade corporate credit, in a bid to make CDS indices more accessible.

The newly-launched Tabula European iTraxx Crossover Credit Short Ucits ETF (TECS) is a directly replicating ETF, which allows investors to buy protection on high yield credits through credit default swap positions in the European iTraxx Crossover index.

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Source: citywireselector.com


European Commission-Report on the implementation of the Circular Economy Action Plan

March 4, 2019--The European Commission has released a Comprehensive report on the implementation of the Circular Economy Action Plan.

view the European Commission Report on the implementation of the Circular Economy Action Plan

Source: European Commission


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