Vanguard teams up with Berlin fintech to push ETF sales in Germany
March 27, 2018--Vanguard, the Malvern, Pennsylvania-based exchange-traded funds giant- has joined forces with Berlin-based fintech firm Raisin, as it looks to boost its ETF sales among German retail investors.
Raisin, which currently has about 100,000 customers and manages €5bn in assets, has until now focussed on providing savings product offerings.
Thomson Reuters-Monday Morning Memo: ETFs Were the Driver Behind Fund Flows in Europe
March 26, 2018--European Fund Flow Trends, February 2018
February was the fourteenth consecutive month showing a positive picture for long-term mutual funds. European fund promoters enjoyed net inflows into equity funds (+€16.1 bn), followed by mixed-asset funds (+€14.0 bn), alternative UCITS funds (+€2.6 bn), and bond funds (+€1.2 bn) as well as commodity funds (+€0.9 bn) and real estate funds (+€0.4 bn).
Meanwhile, "other" funds (-€0.2 bn) faced net outflows.
These fund flows added up to overall net inflows of €35.0 bn into long-term investment funds for February. ETFs contributed €23.1 bn to these inflows.
Erster Gender Equality-ETF von Lyxor auf Xetra gestartet
26. Mrz 2018--Aktienindex-ETF bietet Zugang zu Unternehmen mit Fokus auf Gleichstellung der Geschlechter in der Unternehmenspolitik
Seit Montag ist ein neuer Exchange Traded Fund des Emittenten Lyxor International Asset Management über Xetra und Börse Frankfurt handelbar.
Der Lyxor Global Gender Equality (DR) UCITS ETF-Monthly Hedged to EUR bietet Anlegern Zugang zu führenden Unternehmen, in deren Unternehmenspolitik die Gleichberechtigung der Geschlechter eine besonders zentrale Rolle spielt. Der gleichgewichtete Referenzindex umfasst 150 Unternehmen weltweit, die einen hohen Stellenwert für die Gleichstellung der Geschlechter hinsichtlich der 19 definierten Kriterien von Equileap haben. Unternehmen, die an Waffen, Glücksspielen und Tabak beteiligt sind oder auf der Liste des norwegischen Ethikrates stehen, sind ausgeschlossen. Zur Absicherung des Wechselkursrisikos zwischen US-Dollar und Euro verwendet diese ETF-Anteilsklasse eine monatliche Absicherungsstrategie.
Name: Lyxor Global Gender Equality (DR) UCITS ETF-Monthly Hedged to EUR-Acc
Anlageklasse: Aktienindex-ETF
ETFs win converts among institutional investors
March 25, 2018--Pension funds increasingly favour the cheap vehicles over complex derivatives
As head of investments and treasury management at Middlesbrough Council, Paul Campbell is not your typical investor in exchange traded funds.
DWS Group listed on Frankfurt Stock Exchange today
March 23, 2018--Asset manager new in Prime Standard segment/Initial price: €32.55
DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA (ISIN: DE000DWS1007) was listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange today. Its shares opened trading at €32.55 following an issue price of €32.50.
Lead managers included Deutsche Bank and Citigroup Global Markets, with Deutsche Bank and Kepler Cheuvreux acting as designated sponsors for Xetra trading. Baader Bank is serving as the specialist on Börse Frankfurt venue.
EU member states approve guidelines for ties with UK post-Brexit
March 23, 2018--The heads of state and government of 27 European Union member states on Friday approved the guidelines that would mark the bloc's future relations with the United Kingdom post-Brexit, including a proposal for a free trade agreement.
In a statement published after a debate at the European Council, the states shot down any attempts at cherry-picking in future relations between London and Brussels, insisting the UK could not keep some sectors in the single market and not others.
ESMA updates its market abuse Q&As
March 23, 2018--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today updated its Questions and Answers (Q&As) on the implementation of the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR).
The purpose of the Q&A document is to promote common supervisory approaches and practices in the application of MAR and its implementing measures.
view the ESMA Q&A on the Market Abuse Regulation
Investors demand easy access to crypto market-Cryptocurrencies survey: trading not yet suitable for mass market
March 22, 2018--Uncomplicated, safe and quickly accessible: that is how traders would like to see crypto currency deals being handled. This was the conclusion of a recent survey (#thefutureofcrypto) conducted by FinTech Sowa Labs, a subsidiary of Boerse Stuttgart Digital Ventures, which surveyed over 1,000 people online.
"More and more investors are interested in cryptocurrencies. However, our survey shows that existing arrangements and venues for crypto trading are not suitable for a mass audience," said Dr. Ulli Spankowski, Managing Director at Sowa Labs.
And it is far from easy to invest in Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies. 'Not only is there a lack of user interfaces in the German language, but many trading platforms are also quite difficult to use,' he added.