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Europe's First Smart Beta China A-Shares ETF Launches
June 18, 2018--China Post Global announced today the launch of the Market Access STOXX(R) China A Minimum Variance Index UCITS ETF (ISIN LU1750178011). The new ETF implements a minimum variance approach to China's onshore stock market and is the first smart beta ETF on China to launch in Europe.
The fund will track the performance of the STOXX(R) China A 900 Minimum Variance Unconstrained AM index which selects and weights stocks listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges based on their volatility and how heavily they are traded on exchange, with the aim of reducing overall index volatility.
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IMF Staff Country Reports Switzerland : Selected Issues
June 18, 2018--TAXATION OF CORPORATIONS IN SWITZERLAND1
A. Introduction
1. The Swiss government is proposing a major tax reform, primarily of the corporate income tax (CIT). On March 21, 2018, the Swiss Federal Council made a proposal to reform the CIT
(known as 'Tax Proposal 17'), after the rejection of a previous reform plan ('Corporate Tax Reform III') in a popular vote in February 2017.
It is foreseen that Parliament will decide on the reform this year.
According to the current schedule, the major part of the reform could enter into force in 2020 at the earliest.2
2. The substance and timing of the proposed reform were triggered by international developments in corporate taxation. In particular, Switzerland is committed to meet international minimum standards of the CIT set out in the G-20 OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project, including Action item 5 on "countering harmful tax practices more effectively, taking into account transparency and substance". Existing preferential tax regimes in Switzerland no longer conform to these international standards. Further, the Council of the EU, in its December 2017 conclusions, included Switzerland in the group of cooperative countries, subject to the successful delivery of its commitments ('grey list').3
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Source: IMF
Blackrock amends derivatives policy on retail funds
June 15, 2018--Blackrock has written to investors to announce it is expanding the use of derivatives on its Luxembourg and UK domiciled retail fund ranges.
The Blackrock Global Funds (BGF) range and the retail authorised unit trusts range may now use derivatives for investment purposes, whereas previous policy only allowed the financial instruments to be used for efficient portfolio management purposes.
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Source: portfolio-adviser.com
First Smart Beta ETF on Chinese Stock Corporations launched by Market Access on Xetra
June 15, 2018--A new exchange traded fund issued by Market Access is tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt as of today.
The smart beta ETF enables investors for the first time to participate in the performance of a portfolio of Chinese stock corporations with low variance. The benchmark index contains renminbi-denominated company shares traded on the Shanghai Stock Exchange or the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (A-shares).
Selection and weighting of the index components are aimed at reducing the risk or volatility of the benchmark index. The weighting of each index component is capped at 8 per cent.
Name: Market Access Stoxx China A Minimum Variance Index UCITS ETF-EUR Share Class
Asset class: equity index ETF
ISIN: LU1750178011
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Source: Deutsche Börse Cash Market
Erster Smart-Beta-ETF auf chinesische Aktienunternehmen von Market Access auf Xetra gestartet
15. Jun 2018--Seit Freitag ist ein neuer Exchange Traded Fund des Emittenten Market Access auf Xetra und Börse Frankfurt handelbar.
Mit dem neuen Smart-Beta-ETF erhalten Anleger erstmals die Möglichkeit, an der Wertentwicklung eines Portfolios von chinesischen Aktienunternehmen mit geringer Varianz zu partizipieren.
Der Referenzindex enthält Aktien von Unternehmen, die an der Shanghai Stock Exchange oder an der Shenzhen Stock Exchange in Renminbi gehandelt werden (A-Shares). Die Auswahl und Gewichtung der Indexbestandteile zielt auf eine Reduzierung des Risikos bzw. der Volatilität des Referenzindex ab. Die Gewichtung eines Indexbestandteils beträgt maximal 8 Prozent.
Name: Market Access Stoxx China A Minimum Variance Index UCITS ETF-EUR Share Class
Anlageklasse: Aktienindex-ETF
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Source: Deutsche Börse Cash Market
LSE ETP May 2018 Monthly Report
June 15, 2018--June 15, 2018--Listings
20 new ETFs were listed on LSE in May, making a total of 171 new ETP listings in 2018.
There are now 1062 ETFs (available as 1,567 lines through multi-currency offerings) and 487 other ETPs (available as 579 lines) on our London market.
Lyxor listed 4 ESG ETFs to provide investors with exposure to the performance of high ESG-rated companies from World, US, EMU and emerging markets.
Lyxor also listed the Lxyor Scientific Beta Developed Long/Short UCITS ETF aiming to generate absolute performance with limited volatility and low correlation with the broad equity market.
Xtrackers introduced 4 ESG ETFs giving exposure to World, Japan, US and Europe.
iShares launched the iShares MSCI India UCITS ETF, which enables exposure to large and mid-capitalisation stocks of the Indian equity markets. iShares also listed the iShares S&P US Banks UCITS ETF tracking the S&P 900 Banks (Industry) 7/4 Capped Index.
WisdomTree brought world's first CoCo bond ETF the WisdomTree AT1 CoCo Bond UCITS ETF which covers contingent convertible (CoCo) bonds issued by financial institutions from developed European countries. WisdomTree also brought the WisdomTree CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite UCITS ETF, employing a strategy of selling S&P 500 put options and investing the proceeds in treasury bills.
Vanguard added the Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF, tracking the performance of a broad spread of USD denominated bonds paying a fixed rate of interest which are issued by companies.
Invesco PowerShares listed the Invesco USD Floating Rate Note UCITS ETF, which will track the performance of globally issued investment grade, USD denominated, floating rate notes issued by corporate issuers.
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Source: London Stock Exchange Group
Tradeweb European Exchange-Traded Funds Update-May 2018
June 15, 2018--The following data is derived from trading activity on the Tradeweb European-listed ETF platform.
ETF total traded volume
May proved to be the second strongest month on record for the Tradeweb European-listed ETF marketplace since its launch in October 2012.
Total traded volume amounted to €22.38 billion, while the proportion of transactions processed via Tradeweb’s Automated Intelligent Execution tool (AiEX) remained high at 33.2%.
Adriano Pace, head of equities (Europe) at Tradeweb, said: "As the month drew to a close, platform activity accelerated amid heightened market volatility driven by political developments in Italy and Spain. More than €6 billion was executed in the last three days of May alone, which translates into 27% of the entire monthly flow."
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Source: Tradeweb
Aquis shares jump more than 20% in trading debut
June 14, 2018--UK share trading venue Aquis Exchange saw its shares jump by more than 20 per cent on the Alternative Investment Market (Aim) in a very successful debut listing for the firm.
As the ninth largest equity trading venue in Europe, Aquis was valued at €73m prior to the listing, with shares opening at 269p.
However, the value of the shares rose to as much as 333p within the first hour of the company being on the Aim.
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Source: cityam.com
Lyxor-ETF Money Monitor-June 2018-ETF flows bounce back
June 14, 2018--European ETF market flows rebounded slightly in May. Net New Assets (NNA) rose to €1.1bn from the €668m we saw in April. Sentiment reversed again, with equity ETFs attracting most of the inflows (€1.5bn) and fixed income ETFs suffering their worst month since December 2016 (-€765m). Overall, flows remain strong but they are behind last year's record levels.
Equity ETFs enjoyed a significant rebound in May after their travails of April. US ETFs attracted just under €700m but global equities were the standout performers by far after they drew in just under €3.4bn-their best month ever. In contrast, Eurozone equities suffered outflows of €3.3bn after political and economic concerns mounted. Emerging markets also lost some of their lustre and recorded their first negative month since January last year (€-476m).
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Source: Lyxor
Monetary policy decisions
June 14, 2018--June 14, 2018--At today's meeting, which was held in Riga, the Governing Council of the ECB undertook a careful review of the progress towards a sustained adjustment in the path of inflation, also taking into account the latest Eurosystem staff macroeconomic projections, measures of price and wage pressures, and uncertainties surrounding the inflation outlook.
Monetary policy decisions
Based on this review the Governing Council made the following decisions:
First, as regards non-standard monetary policy measures, the Governing Council will continue to make net purchases under the asset purchase programme (APP) at the current monthly pace of €30 billion until the end of September 2018. The Governing Council anticipates that, after September 2018, subject to incoming data confirming the Governing Council's medium-term inflation outlook, the monthly pace of the net asset purchases will be reduced to €15 billion until the end of December 2018 and that net purchases will then end.
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Source: ECB