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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
big xyt launches Liquidity Cockpit for ETFs
September 26, 2018--New analytics platform creates navigation tool for fragmented Exchange Traded Funds markets
big xyt, the independent provider of high,volume, smart data and analytics capabilities is pleased to announce the launch of the ETF Liquidity Cockpit introducing liquidity metrics for ETFs with new navigation tools enriched with reference data from Ultumus, the specialist distributor of ETF composition data.
The new ETF Liquidity Cockpit maintains the flexible access offered with existing Equity dashboards and includes key metrics for market share and market quality. The ETF Liquidity Cockpit further integrates reference data sourced from Ultumus to enable additional data aggregations.
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Source: big xyt
PRA review finds that 70% of banks recognise that climate change poses financial risks
September 26, 2018--In its review published today, the PRA examines how climate change poses financial risks to banks and how banks are responding.
A survey of 90% of the UK banking sector representing over £11trn in assets found that 70% of banks recognise that climate change poses financial risks.
These firms have begun considering the most immediate physical risks to their business models – for example the exposure to mortgages on homes that are at risk of flooding, or the exposure of their investment in countries that could be impacted by extreme weather events. And they have started to assess how the transition to a low-carbon economy, driven for example by government policy and technological change, may impact the business models of the companies that banks are exposed to. Only 10% manage these risks comprehensively and take a long-term strategic view of the risks. 30% of banks still only consider climate change as a corporate social responsibility issue.
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Source: Bank of England
HANetf Appoints Tranche of Service Providers To Support On-Platform Fund Clients
September 25, 2018--HANetf further expands ecosystem of expert ETF service providers
Penserra and Vident to provide portfolio management service option to on-platform fund clients
HSBC added to list of market makers
Barriers to European ETF market lowered by Europe's first independent white-label platform.
HANetf, Europe's first independent 'white-label' UCITS ETF platform, is pleased to confirm a raft of new service provider appointments ahead of looming ETF launches.
HSBC joins HANetf's expanding list of APs and Penserra Capital Management LLC and Vident
Investment Advisory, LLC, have been appointed to provide portfolio management services to funds
on the HANetf white-label platform
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Source: HANetf
New Deka-ETF on Xetra tracks MSCI World Index
September 25, 2018--A new equity ETF issued by Deka Investment has been listed on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt on Tuesday.
The ETF gives investors the opportunity to participate in the performance of the MSCI World Index.
The benchmark index currently comprises over 1,600 large and medium-sized companies from 23 industrialised countries and covers 85 per cent of the total market capitalisation of the included countries.
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Source: Deutsche Börse Cash Market
ESMA finds deterioration in liquidity in stressed financial markets for both sovereign and corporate bonds
September 25, 2018--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) today publishes a working paper examining liquidity in EU fixed income markets, providing a broad overview of market liquidity in EU sovereign bond and corporate bond markets.
The study, reporting on different aspects of market liquidity, shows that the situation differs significantly between sovereign and corporate bonds. ESMA has found that sovereign bond market liquidity has increased recently, potentially due to the effects of supportive monetary policy. However, in parallel, it has seen evidence of several episodes of deteriorating secondary market liquidity for corporate bonds, especially between 2014 and 2016.
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Source: ESMA
ESMA monitors volatility in financial markets
September 24, 2018--The European Securities and Markets Authorities (ESMA) has published an article setting out the details of its analysis of volatility in financial markets.
The potential of market volatility to undermine financial stability as well as to impose unexpected losses on investors, is a subject of concern for securities market regulators, and is a key element of ESMA's market monitoring.
Relatively low or high levels of volatility increase the likelihood of stressed financial markets. The two years between February 2016 and January 2018 were characterised by low yields and low volatility, a trend that came to an abrupt end in February 2018 when equity market volatility spiked as markets were globally affected by a strong correction.
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Source: ESMA
Monday Morning Memo: Review of the European ETF Market, August 2018
September 24, 2018--The promoters of ETFs in Europe enjoyed net inflows for August. These inflows led-in spite of a negative market environment-to increasing assets under management in the European ETF industry.
In more detail, the assets under management in the European ETF industry increased from €670.1 bn (as of July 31, 2018) to €671.7 bn at the end of August 2018.
The increase of €1.7 bn for August was driven by net sales (+€2.3 bn), while the performance of the underlying markets contributed a negative €0.7 bn to the assets under management in the European ETF segment.
With regard to the overall number of products, it was not surprising that equity funds (€484.8 bn) held the majority of the assets, followed by bond funds (€158.6 bn), commodity products (€19.2 bn), "other" funds (€4.8 bn), money market funds (€2.8 bn), mixed-asset funds (€1.0 bn), and alternative UCITS products (€0.4 bn).
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Source: Detlef Glow, Thomson Reuters
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