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Cash markets achieve turnover of 171.6 billion eurox in October
November 1, 2018--Deutsche B,örse cash markets achieved a turnover of €171.6 billion in October (2017: €115.9 billion). This corresponds to a year-on-year increase of 48 percent. Of the €171.6 billion €156.7 billion were attributable to Xetra (October 2017: €102.9 billion).
The average daily turnover on Xetra was thus €7.1 billion. Order book turnover on B,örse Frankfurt totalled €3.7 billion (October 2017: €4.1 billion) and on Tradegate Exchange €11.1 billion (October 2017: €8.9 billion). Split by asset classes, cash market turnover in equities reached about €153.2 billion. Turnover in ETFs/ETCs/ETNs amounted to €16.3 billion. view more.
MiFID II: ESMA makes new bond liquidity data available
October 31, 2018--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today made available new data for bonds subject to the pre- and post-trade requirements of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and Regulation (MiFIR) through its data register.
ESMA will start today to make available the third quarterly liquidity assessment for bonds available for trading on EU trading venues at the end of October. For this period, there are currently 470 liquid bonds subject to MiFID II transparency requirements.
MiFID II: ESMA publishes data for the systematic internaliser calculations for equity, equity-like instruments and bonds
October 31, 2018--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today data for the systematic internaliser calculations for equity, equity-like instruments and bonds under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and Regulation (MiFIR).
More specifically, ESMA has published the total number of trades and total volume over the period April-September 2018 for the purpose of the systematic internaliser (SI) calculations for 17,999 equity and equity-like instruments and for 387,212 bonds.
Economic and fiscal outlook: October 2018
October 31, 2018--This is the OBR's October 2018 Economic and fiscal outlook
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This is the Office for Budget Responsibility's latest Economic and fiscal outlook. It sets out forecasts for the economy and the public finances, and an assessment of whether the Government is likely to achieve its fiscal mandate, supplementary target and welfare cap.
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Solactive launches Broad Global Developed Government Bond Index
October 30, 2018--Solactive is pleased to announce the launch of its Solactive Broad Global Developed Government Bond TR EUR Index, a broad benchmark engineered to replicate the performance of the global developed sovereign local currency debt markets.
With this Benchmark Index, Solactive is able to substantially extend its coverage in the sovereign debt space, allowing asset managers to gain exposure to the developed sovereign debt market which has a size of over 20.5 tn USD[1]. Initially designed as an underlying for various financial instruments, the index bears the opportunity to function as a starting universe for bespoke index solutions including regional and maturity subsets as well as alternative weighting approaches and ESG tilts.
The EDHEC-Princeton Retirement Goal-Based Investing Index Series October 2018 Highlights
October 30, 2018--Goal Price Index Series
Yields on US government debt are still increasing, borne by good economic statistics in the US and resurging fear for inflation.
The rate on 10-year Treasury bonds had risen above 3.20% on October 10, at unprecedented levels since July 2011. Rising interest rates imply lower bond prices, and the Goal Price Indices are no exception since they are similar to the prices of fixed income products;
Eurozone growth rate slumps to four-year low as Italy stagnates-as it happened
October 30, 2018--Time for a recap
Growth in the eurozone has slowed to its lowest level in over four years, as the region's recovery runs out of steam. Eurozone GDP only rose by 0.2% in July-September, down from 0.4% in April-June.
Economists say the figures are disappointing, and weaker than expected; they could even precede a wider recession.
Italy's growth rate fell to zero, in a blow its new government's plans to revitalise the economy.
France did better, though; its economy grew by 0.4%, thanks to a pick-up in consumer spending and business investment.
New Amundi ETF on Xetra with focus on artificial intelligence
October 30, 2018--Since Tuesday, a new Exchange Traded Fund of the issuer Amundi is tradable via Xetra and the Börse Frankfurt venue.
The new equity ETF gives investors the opportunity to participate in the performance of the STOXX AI Global Artificial Intelligence ADTV5 Index.
The Benchmark Index comprises companies from a broad spectrum of industries that invest heavily in the development of new artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. The companies in the reference index are selected according to the number of AI patents received and must have a three-month average daily trading volume of more than five million €.
Cryptoassets Taskforce: final report
October 29, 2018--The joint HM Treasury-Financial Conduct Authority-Bank of England Cryptoassets Taskforce report sets out the UK's approach to cryptoassets and distributed ledger technology in financial services.
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Monday Morning Memo: Rough market conditions take their toll on mutual fund flows in Europe
October 29, 2018--Looking at the headline figures, the first nine months of 2018 seem to have been rough for the European fund industry. Even though the assets under management (AUM) (€10.7 tr) increased over the course of the year so far, the industry failed to attract significant new money.
The net fund flows stood at €5.9 bn at the end of September. A closer view of the underlying trends shows that European investors have started to pull out money from bond funds and surprisingly also from money market products. The general fund-flow trends are a reaction of European investors to the recent geopolitical uncertainty and the increasing interest rates.
