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The Spanish Exchange traded 32.6euro billion in August
September 3, 2018--MONTHLY TRADING STATEMENTS FOR BME MARKETS
The Spanish Exchange traded €32.6 billion in Equities in August, in line with volume traded on August 2017. The number of trades in August reached 2.9 million.
Trading of Financial Derivatives in Futures on the IBEX 35 and Mini IBEX Stock Options increased by 8% and 1% in relation to the period January-August 2017. Year-on-year trading in Stock Futures grew a 68.6% while trading on IBEX 35 Options grew a 50.3%. The overall open position grew a 5.1% on Stock Futures and a 67.8% on IBEX 35 Options in August.
Eurex strengthens asset class focus
August 31, 2018--In an update to its organisational set-up, Eurex, one of the world's leading derivatives markets and part of Deutsche Börse Group, enhances its asset class focus by combining the sales and product design functions for equity index and for fixed income derivatives, respectively.
The new organisational set-up supports the implementation of Deutsche Börse's growth agenda "Roadmap 2020". The new structure builds on Eurex' integrated value proposition and links into the set-up of many clients' trading operations.
New ETF Listing on Euronext-SPDR US CONS DIS
August 29, 2018--Euronext is pleased to announce that SSgA SPDR ETFs Europe II Plc will list 1 new ETF on 31/08/2018:
ISIN: IE00BWBXM278
ETF Trading name: SPDR US CONS DIS
ETF Symbol: SXLY
Venue: Euronext Amsterdam
Underlying index: S&P Consumer Discretionary Select Sector Index
TER (%): 0,15
Euronext now offers 763 Trackers listed on the European markets.
Carbon price hits decade high in boost for cleaner fuels
August 28, 2018--EU's creation of a reserve to mop up surplus credits has helped drive level higher
The price of carbon credits in the EU has hit the highest level in a decade in a move that should start to encourage switching to cleaner fuels.
Green and Sustainable Finance Cluster Germany releases baseline report-Mobilising the finance sector for climate protection and sustainable investment
August 24, 2018--On Friday, in Frankfurt, the Green and Sustainable Finance Cluster Germany issued its baseline report presenting an inventory of sustainability activities at the financial centre of
Frankfurt/Main.
The report is the first publication from this cluster, created in spring 2018 in
a merger between the Green Finance Cluster Frankfurt of the Hessian Ministry of Economics
and the Accelerating Sustainable Finance Initiative of Deutsche Börse. The cluster's objective is to further mobilise the finance sector for climate protection and sustainable investment.
is to further mobilise the finance sector for climate protection and sustainable investment.
Robo advisers fail to beat market benchmark
August 24, 2018--Low-cost investment services underperform UK tracking funds
Low-cost robo advice companies billed as investment services for the masses have failed to deliver market-beating returns over the last year according to new research, and investors in the lowest-risk portfolios would have been better off in a cash Isa.
ESMA to renew prohibition on binary options for a further three months
August 24, 2018--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has agreed to renew the prohibition of the marketing, distribution or sale of binary options to retail clients, in effect since 2 July, from 2 October 2018 for a further three-month period.
ESMA has also agreed on the exclusion of a limited number of products from the scope of the measure.
Account of the monetary policy meeting of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank
August 23, 2018--Held in Frankfurt am Main on Wednesday and Thursday, 25-26 July 2018
1. Review of financial, economic and monetary developments and policy options
Financial market developments
Mr Cœuré reviewed the latest financial market developments since the Governing Council's previous monetary policy meeting on 13-14 June 2018.
The slope of the US Treasury and German government bond yield curves, measured as the difference between the ten-year and two-year yields, had continued their flattening trend of recent months.
In particular, between April and July 2018 estimates of the term premium in the United States had fallen deeper into negative territory despite factors which should have led, in principle, to a decompression of the premium, such as the gradual balance sheet wind-down by the Federal Reserve System and expectations of an increase in the supply of US Treasury securities based on a projected rise in the US fiscal deficit.
