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EU Forms Blockchain Group to Streamline the Industry
April 4, 2019--In a bid to promote blockchain adaptation,the European Union (EU) has launched the International Association of Trusted Blockchain Applications (INATBA).
The aim of the association is to bring together "industry, startups and SMEs, policy makers, international organizations, regulators, civil society and standard-setting bodies to support blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) to be mainstreamed and scaled-up across multiple sectors."
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The group includes tech giants, banks, and blockchain startups.
Source: financemagnates.com
UK official holdings of international reserves: March 2019
April 3, 2019--This release details movements in the international reserves of gold and assets held by the UK government.
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Source: gov.uk
Tabula expands range with global credit volatility premium ETF
April 3, 2019--Plans further products
Tabula Investment Management has launched the Tabula J.P. Morgan Global Credit Volatility Premium Index UCITS ETF on the London Stock Exchange at an ongoing charge of 0.50%.
The new product will offer investors a way to capture the difference between realised and implied volatility in the credit default swap (CDS) index options markets.
The ETF replicates the returns of the J.P. Morgan Global Credit Volatility Premium index, which sells options on the iTraxx Crossover and CDX HY indices (comprised of 75 European and 100 North American names respectively), while also applying a daily hedge to the credit spread exposure.
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Source: investmentweek.co.uk
European investors complain over soaring cost of data
March 3, 2019--Funds say exchanges are jacking up fees to offset weaker revenues from trading
European stock exchanges are locked in battle against some of their biggest customers, trying to fend off accusations that they are overcharging for the basic ingredient to every trade: market data.
In recent months disenchanted brokers, fund managers and electronic market makers have become more vocal in their displeasure over the rising costs to receive core information, such as the prices offered and paid for a particular stock, and the sizes and volumes of trades.
view more Solactive MicroSectorsTM U.S. Big Bank Index launches, underlying new MicroSectors ETNs
U.S. banks are one of the highly traded businesses. Their aggregated performance bears the potential to express views on earnings, stress tests, the Fed, the yield curve, and more. They present data, which monetary professionals utilize to derive health indicators of the U.S. financial system.
view more S7P Dow Jones Indices-Index Dashboard: S&P Europe 350(R) Factor Indices Q1, 2019 view more ESMA updates its Q&As on MiFID II and MiFIR transparency topics view more EU financial regulators highlight risks of a no-deal Brexit and asset price volatility view the Joint ESA report on Risks and Vulnerabilities in the EU Financial System report New Amundi ETF on Xetra: Sustainable Emerging Markets Companies
The ETF reinvests company dividends.
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April 3, 2019--Europe's $850bn ETF sector fears no-deal Brexit crunch.
Europe's exchange traded fund industry faces an uncertain week after a ruling by a regulator threatens to split up the fast-growing $850bn market...In a notice to customers last week, the London Stock Exchange underlined the possible effect of Esma's ruling.
Source: FT.com
April 3, 2019--Solactive is pleased to announce the Solactive MicroSectorsTM U.S. Big Bank Index. The Index premiers as Solactive's first joint collaboration with US company REX Shares, functions as the underlying for a series of long & short ETNs for sophisticated investors, and is linked only to the biggest U.S. banks.
With respect to conventional sector classification, the equal-weighted index captures the ten largest securities according to free-float market capitalization from the U.S. banking sector, giving investors direct exposure to system-relevant financial companies.
Source: Solactive
April 3, 2019--European equities got off to a strong start in 2019, as the first quarter of 2019 began with a bullish bounce, recovering from the late 2018 pullback.The S&P Europe 350 gained 13% in Q1.
All of our core European factor indices enjoyed gains in the first quarter.Benefiting from the risk-on trend, the standout performer in Q1 was the S&P Europe 350 Momentum, which posted a sizeable 17% total return.
Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices
April 2, 2019--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today updated its Questions and Answers regarding market structures and transparency issues under the Market in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and Regulation (MiFIR).
The new Q&As provide clarification on the following topics:
Determination of the turnover to be used for the average value of transactions (AVT) calculation;
Money Market Instruments (MMIs);
Impact for systematic internalisers of an instrument changing liquidity status in between the systematic internaliser determination dates;
Reporting of prime brokerage transactions;
Source: ESMA
April 2, 2019--The European Union's (EU) banking, insurance, pensions and securities sectors continue to face a range of risks, the latest report on "Risks and Vulnerabilities in the EU Financial System" published today by the Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) shows.
The 2019 Spring ESAs' report highlights the following risks as potential sources of instability:
Uncertainties around the terms of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.
Further repricing of risk premia and asset price volatility, which could be aggravated in conjunction with a less favourable macro-economic environment and the materialisation of a no-deal Brexit scenario.
Source: ESMA
April 2, 2019--A new Amundi Exchange Traded Fund has been available for trading on Xetra and Bö'rse Frankfurt since Tuesday.
With the Amundi Index MSCI Emerging Markets SRI UCITS ETF DR investors can invest in companies from developing countries that meet high sustainability criteria.
The benchmark index comprises companies with high and medium market capitalisation and is designed to measure the performance of securities considering environmental, social and societal conditions. The index excludes companies from the nuclear, defence, adult entertainment, alcohol and tobacco industries.
Name:Amundi Index MSCI Emerging Markets SRI UCITS ETF DR
Asset class: Equity Index
Source: Deutsche Börse Cash Market
