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Maintaining Stability is Crucial to Russia's Growth and Poverty Reduction Goals, says World Bank Report
December 4, 2018--Russia's growth prospects remain modest, forecast at between 1.5% and 1.8% for the period 2018-20, says the World Bank's latest Russia Economic Report. Growth momentum increased in the first half of 2018, supported by robust global growth, rising oil prices and a macro policy framework that has promoted stability.
Preliminary estimates suggest, however, that growth appears to have weakened to 1.3% (year-on-year) in the third quarter of 2018, following a weak harvest, sluggish performances in manufacturing and construction, and the waning effects of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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Russia's Economy: Preserving Stability, Doubling Growth, Halving Poverty-How?
Source: World Bank
The Uneven Path Ahead: The Effect of Brexit on Different Sectors in the UK Economy
December 4, 2018--The United Kingdom is set to leave the European Union in March 2019. Our research suggests that all likely Brexit outcomes will entail an economic cost for the UK, and these costs would be unevenly spread across different sectors and regions.
The UK's membership in the EU means that the country enjoys a frictionless trade arrangement embodied in the EU single market and customs union. After exit, barriers to trade in goods and services would increase while labor mobility would fall.
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Source: IMF
New UniCredit ETF on Xetra: European Green Bonds
December 3, 2018--A new UniCredit Exchange Traded Fund has been tradable on Xetra and the Börse Frankfurt venue since Tuesday.
With the SI UCITS ETF-UC MSCI European Green Bond EUR UCITS ETF, investors can participate in the performance of Green Bonds with investment grade rating, issued in Europe and listed in EUR. Green Bonds are issued to finance sustainable projects with positive environmental impacts.
Name: SI UCITS ETF-UC MSCI European Green Bond EUR UCITS ETF
Asset class: Bond ETF
ISIN: LU1899270539
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Source: Deutsche Börse Group
Cash markets achieve turnover of 140.4 billion euros in November
December 3, 2018--Deutsche Börse cash markets generated a turnover of €140.4 billion in November (previous year: €154.2 billion).
Of the €140.4 billion, €129.0 billion were attributable to Xetra (previous year: €138.0 billion), bringing the average daily Xetra trading volume to €5.9 billion.
Trading volume on Börse Frankfurt was €2.8 billion (previous year: €4.7 billion) and on Tradegate Exchange €8.6 billion (previous year: €11.4 billion).
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Source: Deutsche Börse Group
Monday Morning Memo: Are active managers scared by the success of ETFs?
December 3, 2018--Sometimes it is quite fun to observe the European fund industry, especially pertaining to the active-versus-passive discussion. One of these fun topics is the fact that the more market share ETFs gain from net inflows, the more active managers start to talk about the risks of investing in ETFs.
They argue that these products are always fully invested in their respective indices and have no active component that will protect investors against losses under rough market conditions.
Why do I find this funny? Firstly, I would assume an investor who is buying an ETF knows there is no active component included in these products; i.e., the ETF replicates the return of its underlying market in all circumstances.
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Source: Detlef Glow, Head of EMEA Research, Lipper
Calastone switches mutual fund trades to blockchain
December 2, 2018--Move is one of industry's biggest in terms of using online ledger to settle orders.
Calastone is making a bold bet on the power of blockchain to transform fund management by moving more than 1,700 financial companies-for which it processes mutual fund trades-to the online ledger.
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Source: FT.com
ETFs set for sector inclusion by Investment Association
November 30, 2018--The Investment Association, the trade body representing the UK's asset management industry, has launched a consultation to determine whether exchange traded funds should be included in the IA's fund sector classification.
The IA's 37 fund sectors allow retail investors and financial advisers to compare the performance of funds sold in the UK by dividing them into groups such as asset class, investment strategy and geographical region.
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Source: FT.com
New Lyxor ETFs on Xetra: Inflation-linked government bonds
November 30, 2018--The Lyxor Inverse USD 10Y Inflation Expectations UCITS ETF gives investors access to the break-even inflation of ten-year US Treasuries by combining short positions in inflation-indexed US Treasuries and long positions in US Treasuries with adjacent durations.
The break-even inflation rate indicates how high the inflation rate must be in order for the purchase of an inflation-linked bond to yield at least the same real interest rate for the investor as the purchase of a conventional bond. The Lyxor Inverse EUR 2-10Y Inflation Expectations UCITS ETF provides access to the break-even inflation of France and Germany by combining short positions in French and German inflation-linked government bonds and long position government bonds of both countries with adjacent durations.
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Source: Deutsche Börse Group
ESMA sees rising market nervousness and sensitivity linked to Brexit risks
November 29, 2018--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today the latest iteration of its Risk Dashboard covering risks in the EU's securities markets for Q3 2018. ESMA's overall risk assessment remains unchanged from Q2 2018 at high levels.
Equity markets increased slightly over the course of the 3rd quarter 2018, however market nervousness and sensitivity are rising, as evidenced by the global equity market sell-off at the beginning of October. The budget plans of Italy have led to sovereign bond market volatility remaining at a high level, and generally high market valuations coupled with market uncertainty contribute to very high market risk.
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Source: ESMA
ESAs propose to amend bilateral margin requirements to assist Brexit preparations for OTC derivative contracts
November 29, 2018--The European Banking Authority (EBA), the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), together the European Supervisory Authorities (ESA), have today published a final report with draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) proposing to amend the Commission Delegated Regulation on the risk mitigation techniques for OTC derivatives not cleared by a CCP (bilateral margin requirements) under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR).
The draft RTS propose, in the context of the United Kingdom's (UK) withdrawal from the European Union (EU), to introduce a limited exemption in order to facilitate the novation of certain OTC derivative contracts to EU counterparties during a specific time-window.
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Source: ESMA