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IMF Regional Economic Outlook Europe: Managing the Upswing in Uncertain Times
May 14, 2018--Full Executive Summary
Europe continues to enjoy strong growth. Activity has firmed up in many economies, and the forecast is for more of the same. Real GDP increased by 2.8 percent in 2017, up from 1.8 percent in 2016. The expansion is largely driven by domestic demand. Credit growth has finally picked up, which is helping Europe's banks rebuild profitability.
While leading indicators have recently begun to ease, they remain at high levels. Accordingly, the forecast is for growth to stay strong, reaching 2.6 percent in 2018 and declining to 2.2 percent in 2019. Amid the good times, however, fiscal adjustment and structural reform efforts are flagging.
Inflation and wage growth remain subdued in most advanced economies and are projected to gather pace only very gradually, given slack in labor markets. In central and eastern Europe, by contrast, where economies are cyclically much further ahead, wages are growing rapidly and inflation is expected to pick up appreciably in 2018, potentially affecting competitiveness.
view the IMF Regional Economic Outlook Europe: Managing the Upswing in Uncertain Times
Few funds sold to retail investors beat benchmark after fees
May 13, 2018--Italian consultancy Prometeia say managers do not take enough active risk
Less than one in five of the funds sold to retail investors in Europe in the past three years outperformed their benchmark after fees were taken into account, says research by Prometeia.
The Italian consultancy examined the three-year record of 2,500 equity, bond and money market funds, with combined assets of €1.8tn, and found that only 18 per cent beat their benchmark. Absolute return, target date and alternative mutual funds were excluded from the analysis.
Solactive launches Media and Communications Index tracked by BMO Global Communications Index ETF
May 11, 2018--Tracked by BMO Global Communications Index ETF
Solactive is pleased to announce the release of the Solactive Media and Communications
Index, a free-float market-cap-weighted index intended to mirror the price movement
of global stocks in the media and communications industry.
The index includes companies operating in more traditional sectors, such as telecommunications and television broadcasting, and also companies operating in new media sectors, such as social media
and online streaming services.
Starting from the Solactive GBS Developed Markets Large & Mid Cap Index as the founding universe, the index implements a sector-based filtering strategy selecting companies operating in telecommunications, media and publishing services, communication equipment, web-based data, and game software.
New Xtrackers ETFs with sustainability focus launched on Xetra
May 11, 2018--Four new exchange traded funds issued by DWS are tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt as of Friday.
The four new ETFs enable investors to participate in the performance of large and medium-sized stock corporations with a particularly high rating in environmental, social and governance factors (ESG), as well as a small current and future carbon footprint.
No companies from sectors with high potential for a negative ESG impact such as alcohol, gambling, weapons or nuclear energy are permitted in the reference indices.
Companies that generate more than five per cent of their earnings from tobacco products are also excluded. The four ETFs provide a choice of investment in stock corporations from Japan, the USA, Europe and around the world.
Tradeweb European Exchange-Traded Funds Update-April 2018
May 9, 2018--The following data is derived from trading activity on the Tradeweb European-listed ETF platform.
ETF total traded volume
Activity on the Tradeweb European-listed ETF marketplace remained strong in April.
Total traded volume reached €16.7 billion, while 36.6% of transactions were processed via Tradeweb's Automated Intelligent Execution tool (AiEX). The proportion of trade enquiries resulting in completed transactions remained high at 94%, a demonstration that institutional clients are receiving strong pricing.
ETF volume breakdown
All ETF asset classes saw net buying in April. Equity-based products accounted for 67% of the total platform flow, while activity in commodity ETFs also increased to 6%, as a proportion of the overall traded volume. Europe Equities narrowly beat its North America counterpart to emerge as the month's most heavily-traded ETF category.
Number of banks per RFQ jumps in EU, posing risk to prices
May 9, 2018--Some requests for quote are sent to over 20 dealers, raising worries about information leakage.
Dealers fielding buy,side requests for quotes on swap trades are facing sharply increased competition from other banks, due to a recent clarification from European regulators.
And the impact on prices may be the opposite of what regulators intended.Dealers fielding buy-side requests for quotes on swap trades are facing sharply increased competition from other banks, due to a recent clarification from European regulators. And the impact on prices may be the opposite of what regulators intended.
Barclays licenses two EURO iSTOXX 50 ESG Focus indices
May 8, 2018--STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Börse Group's index business and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, has licensed the EURO iSTOXX 50 ESG Focus Index and the EURO iSTOXX 50 ESG Focus GR Decrement 5% Index to the British bank Barclays as underlyings for the issuance of structured products.
"We observe a growing demand for equity investments driven by ESG criteria and the launch of the EURO iSTOXX 50 ESG Focus Index is a key step forward. The index stands out as the natural ESG version of the EURO STOXX 50 benchmark, since both indices share the same underlying stock basket. A decrement version completes the family to meet current client demand.
Thomson Reuters-Monday Morning Memo: Are ETFs the better tool for investors?
May 7, 2018--While observing the current active/passive fund debate, one could get the impression that investors must make the decision of investing either passively or actively in their portfolios.
The talking points of each type of investment are often praised as a kind of dogma. But this is obviously not the case, since investors can use ETFs even if they believe active managed funds are the superior products or the other way around.
Investors who prefer actively managed funds in their portfolios can still use ETFs as tactical investment tools to implement their asset allocation views. ETFs can give them direct access to an asset class that may not be available among actively managed funds or if their investment horizon is too short for an active manager to generate alpha-often achieved only over a longer period.
Solactive releases new equity benchmark covering Australia
May 4, 2018--Solactive is excited to announce the release of the Solactive Australia 200 Index, a new
benchmark tracking the performance of the 200 largest companies by market capitalization listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.
With this new launch, Solactive expands its range of competitively-priced benchmarks and offers for the first time a broad-market index providing targeted exposure to the largest economy in the Oceanian region
Specifically, the Solactive Australia 200 Index is a free-float market capitalization weighted index covering approximately 90% of the Australian equity market*.
ESAs consult on amendments to joint EMIR standards
May 4, 2018--The European Supervisory Authorities Authority (ESAs) launched today two joint consultations to amend Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on the clearing obligation and risk mitigation techniques for OTC derivatives not cleared.
These standards, which implement the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), aim to amend the current regulation on the clearing obligation and risk mitigation techniques on OTC derivatives not cleared by a central counterparties (CCPs) in order to provide a specific treatment for simple, transparent and standardised (STS) securitisation and ensure a level playing field with covered bonds. The consultations run until 15 June 2018.
