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SSGA promotes Tobin to sole head of ETF business
Joined in 2014
March 19, 2018--State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has promoted Rory Tobin to sole head of its global SPDR ETF business, as former co-head Nick Good is appointed to the newly-created role of chief growth and strategy-officer.
Tobin will continue to report to president and CEO of SSGA Cyrus Taraporevala and will be solely responsible for managing the firm's $725bn ETF arm.
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Source: investmentweek.co.uk
New Expat AM ETFs on Eastern and Southern European markets launched on Xetra
March 19, 2018--ETFs offer first-time access to the largest and most liquid stock corporations from the Czech Republic and Romania
Four new exchange traded funds issued by Expat Asset Management EAD have been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Friday.
The Expat Czech PX UCITS ETF and the Expat Romania BET-BK UCITS ETF enable investors targeted participation for the first time in the performance of large and liquid stock corporations from the Czech Republic and Romania.
The reference index of the Expat Czech PX UCITS ETF comprises listed Czech companies that meet certain liquidity requirements and have a market capitalisation of at least Kč www500 million, while the Expat Romania BET-BK UCITS ETF offers investment in the 25 largest and most liquid listed Romanian companies in terms of market capitalisation.
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Source: Deutsche Börse Cash Market
Monday Morning Memo: Review of the European ETF Market, February 2018
March 19, 2018--The promoters of ETFs in Europe enjoyed net inflows for February. The assets under management in the European ETF industry (£648.3 bn) increased for February, up from £647.2 bn at the end of January 2018.
The increase of £1.1 bn for February was driven by net sales (+£10.5 bn), while the performance of the underlying markets contributed a negative £9.4 bn to the assets under management in the ETF segment.
With regard to the overall number of products, it was not surprising that equity funds (£463.7 bn) held the majority of the assets, followed by bond funds (£154.2 bn), commodity products (£19.4 bn), "other" funds (£6.7 bn), money market funds (£3.3 bn), mixed-asset funds (£0.7 bn), and alternative UCITS products (£0.4 bn).
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Source: Detlef Glow, Head of EMEA Research-Thomson Reuters Lipper
Security Settles on Ethereum in Blockchain Post-Trade First
March 18, 2018--In a first-of-a-kind transaction happening Friday, all it takes to switch from the old world of centralized clearing houses to the frontier of decentralized blockchains is the press of a button.
A company called Chartered Opus is issuing two separate structured notes. Both notes were created using ResonanceX, an investing platform founded by Guillaume Chatain, a former managing director at JPMorgan Chase. The first note will be settled the old-fashioned way, on Clearstream, the European clearing house.
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Source: coindesk.com
German Exchange Glitch Hits Futures Volumes, Delays Big IPO
March 16, 2018--$100-billion-a-day Bund market delayed by more than an hour
Xetra stocks also impacted ahead of Siemens Healthineers debut
Equity and derivatives trading was delayed on the day of a landmark stock debut in Germany due to a technical glitch, Deutsche Boerse AG said.
Trading on the Eurex derivatives platform began at 9:20 a.m. in Frankfurt, an hour and 20 minutes later than normal, disrupting options and futures including Europe's most-traded financial derivative, 10-year German government bond futures.
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Source: Bloomberg
Neue ETFs von Expat AM auf ost- und sudeuropaische Markte auf Xetra gestartet
16. Mrz 2018--ETFs bieten erstmals Zugang zu den größten und liquidesten Aktienunternehmen aus Tschechien und Rumänien
Seit Freitag sind vier neue Exchange Traded Funds des Emittenten Expat Asset Management EAD über Xetra und Börse Frankfurt handelbar.
Mit dem Expat Czech PX UCITS ETF sowie dem Expat Romania BET-BK UCITS ETF erhalten Anleger erstmals die Möglichkeit, gezielt an der Wertentwicklung großer und liquider Aktienunternehmen aus Tschechien und Rumänien zu partizipieren. Im Referenzindex des Expat Czech PX UCITS ETF sind tschechische Aktienunternehmen enthalten, die bestimmte Liquiditätsanforderungen erfüllen und zudem eine Marktkapitalisierung von mindestens 500 Mio. Tschechischen Kronen aufweisen. Der Expat Romania BET-BK UCITS ETF hingegen beinhaltet ein Investment in die 25 nach Marktkapitalisierung gemessen größten sowie liquidesten rumänischen Aktienunternehmen.
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Source: Deutsche Börse Cash Market
ESAs weigh benefits and risks of Big Data
March 15, 2018--The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) published today its final report on Big Data analysing its impact on consumers and financial firms.
Overall, the ESAs have found that while the development of Big Data poses some potential risks to financial services consumers, the benefits of this innovation currently outweigh these. Many of the risks identified by the ESAs are mitigated by existing legislation.
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Source: ESMA
New Lyxor ETF with focus on sustainability launched on Xetra
March 15, 2018--New Lyxor ETF with focus on sustainability launched on Xetra
Equity index ETF provides access to high ESG-rated companies from emerging markets
A new exchange traded fund issued by Lyxor International Asset Management has been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Thursday.
view moreThe Lyxor MSCI EM ESG Trend Leaders UCITS ETF enables investors to participate in the performance of companies from emerging markets that meet strict sustainability criteria. The reference index comprises large and mid-cap companies with a particularly high rating in the areas of environmental protection, social responsibility and governance (ESG) compared to their peers.
Name: Lyxor MSCI EM ESG Trend Leaders UCITS ETF
Asset class: equity index ETF
Source: Deutsche Börse Cash Market
EBA publishes its Roadmap on FinTech
March 15, 2018--The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a FinTech Roadmap setting out its priorities for 2018/2019. The Roadmap also sets out the establishment of a FinTech Knowledge Hub to enhance knowledge sharing and foster technological neutrality in regulatory and supervisory approaches.
Taking account of the feedback to the EBA's 2017 Discussion Paper on FinTech, and the new mandates for the EBA set out in the European Commission's FinTech Action Plan, the EBA's FinTech Roadmap describes its priorities for 2018/2019 and provides an indicative timeline for the completion of these tasks.
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Source: European Banking Authority (EBA)
ComStage asset strategy ETFs launched on Xetra
March 15, 2018--Two new ComStage asset strategy ETFs launched on Xetra
ETFs provide access to a broadly diversified ETF portfolio
Two new active exchange traded funds issued by ComStage have been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Wednesday.
The two new ComStage Vermögensstrategie (asset strategy) ETFs enable investors to participate in a broadly diversified ETF portfolio. The ETFs acquired are primarily those that track the performance of international equity, bond, money market and/or commodity indices, or interest rates.
The ComStage Vermögensstrategie Defensiv UCITS ETF allocation is made up of 40 percent equity, 50 percent bond and 10 percent commodity investments. The ComStage Vermögensstrategie Offensiv UCITS ETF, in contrast, invests in 80 percent equities, 10 percent bonds and 10 percent commodities.
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Source: Deutsche Börse Cash Market