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Cash market turnover year to date 20 percent higher than last year
October 1, 2018--The trading volumes on the cash markets of Deutsche Börse amounted to €1.29 trillion at the end of the third quarter, an increase of 20 percent compared to the same period last year. In 2017, turnover on the trading venues Xetra, Börse Frankfurt and Tradegate Exchange stood at €1.08 trillion at the end of September.
On a monthly basis, the total trading volumes amounted to €130.6 billion in September 2018 (previous year: €117.7 billion). Of this, €120.5 billion were attributable to Xetra (previous year: €107.3 billion). The average daily turnover on Xetra therefore was €6.0 billion. Order book turnover on Börse Frankfurt totalled €2.7 billion (previous year: €3.4 billion) and on Tradegate Exchange €7.4 billion (previous year: €7.0 billion).
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Source: Deutsche Börse
Monday Morning Memo: European Fund-Flow Trends, August 2018
October 1, 2018--uropean investors pulled back further from long-term mutual funds as the market environment and general sentiment stayed negative. As a consequence August was the fourth month in a row posting net outflows from long-term mutual funds after 16 consecutive months showing net inflows.
That said, European fund promoters still enjoyed net inflows into mixed-asset funds (+€2.3 bn) and real estate funds (+€0.5 bn), while all other asset types in the segment of long-term mutual funds witnessed net outflows: bond funds (-€7.4 bn), alternative UCITS funds (-€2.5 bn), "other" funds (-€0.6 bn), and commodity funds (-€0.6 bn) as well as equity funds (-€0.4 bn).
These fund flows added up to overall net outflows of €8.7 bn from long-term investment funds for August. ETFs contributed inflows of €2.3 bn to these flows.
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Source: Detlef Glow, Head of EMEA Research, Lipper.
ESMA updates Q&A on MiFIR data reporting
September 28, 2018--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today an update of its Q&As regarding data reporting under the Market in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR).
The updated Q&As document includes the following two new Q&As:
FX Swaps reporting: the Q&A includes reference data and transaction reporting scenarios where an FX swap is reported as a single stand-alone financial instrument.
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Source: ESMA
ESMA updates the Q&As on ESMA's temporary product intervention measures
September 28, 2018--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today updated its Questions and Answers on ESMA's temporary product intervention measures on the marketing, distribution or sale of CFDs and binary options to retail clients based on Article 40 of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR).
The updated Q&As provide clarification on the application of the temporary product intervention measures in relation to rolling spot forex.
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Source: ESMA
HANetf Launches EMQQ As Inaugural ETF
September 27, 2018--EMQQ Emerging Markets and Ecommerce UCITS ETF (EMQQ) will be the First European ETF
launched using an independent white label provider
Big Tree Capital and EMQQ Index to become the first client to launch via the HANetf white-label platform
Barriers to entering the European ETF market removed by HANetf-bringing successful U.S.
based ETF issuer to Europe
EMQQ aims to provide exposure to companies benefitting from the growth of internet access
and online consumption in the developing world-the 'Great Confluence' of technology and
consumerism
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Source: HANetf
New iShares ETF on Xetra tracks US companies in telecommunication
September 27, 2018--The new equity ETF gives investors the opportunity to participate in the performance of large and medium-sized US telecommunications companies. The benchmark index of the ETF is based on the S&P 500 index and includes stock companies in the sectors telecommunications, media and entertainment.
The weighting of the index components is based on their free float-adjusted market capitalisation, whereby the weighting of the largest index component is limited to 33 percent. The maximum weighting of the other index components is 19 percent.
Name: iShares S&P 500 Communication Sector UCITS ETF
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Source: Deutsche Börse Cash Market
STOXX licenses the EURO STOXX(R) Multi Premia(R) Index to Credit Suisse Asset Management (Switzerland) Ltd.
September 27, 2018--Equity risk premia methodology with an academic foundation
STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Boerse Group's index business, and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, has licensed the EURO STOXX Multi Premia Index to Credit Suisse Asset Management as an underlying for an index fund.
The index integrates the academic, research-based Multi Premia(R) methodology developed by Finreon, a spin-off from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
"By constructing this innovative index based on scientific research, we bridge the gap between academia and practical application.
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Source: STOXX
ESMA updates its Q&As regarding the Benchmark Regulation
September 27, 2018--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today updated its Questions and Answers (Q&As) on the Benchmarks Regulation (BMR).
The updated BMR Q&As provide new clarifications regarding the following topics:
When the written plan to be produced by users of benchmarks should be considered robust and how such plans should be reflected in the contractual relationship with clients;
The reference to systematic internaliser in the definition of financial instruments;
When banks issuing certificates classify as users of benchmarks;
Why NAV of investment funds should be considered input data and not benchmarks;
The application for endorsment of family of benchmarks;
The language of benchmark statements.
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Source: ESMA
ECB-Monetary policy decisions
September 27, 2018--Annual growth rate of broad monetary aggregate M3 decreased to 3.5% in August 2018 from 4.0% in July
Annual growth rate of narrower monetary aggregate M1, comprising currency in circulation and overnight deposits, decreased to 6.4% in August from 6.9% in July
Annual growth rate of adjusted loans to households stood at 3.1% in August, compared with 3.0% in July
Annual growth rate of adjusted loans to non-financial corporations increased to 4.2% in August from 4.0% in July
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Source: ECB
ESMA updates its EMIR Q&As
September 26, 2018--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today an update of its Q&A regarding the implementation of the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) .
The updated Q&A includes a clarification on access models at European central counterparties (CCPs), and specifically models that typically aim at facilitating buy-side or small participant access to CCPs and allowing better capital treatment for clearing members.
A new Q&A has also been added to the trade repositories section of the document explaining how a reporting counterparty should report an FX swap derivative under Article 9 of EMIR.
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Source: ESMA