UK official holdings of international reserves: January 2018
February 6, 2018--This monthly release shows details of movements in the UK's official holdings of international reserves, or assets. These consist of gold, foreign currency assets and International Monetary Fund assets.
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Three new ETFs with a focus on technology launched on Xetra by ETF Securities
February 6, 2018--ETFs offer access to companies from the fields of e,commerce, pharma and energy storage technologies
Three new exchange traded funds issued by ETF Securities have been tradable on Xetra since 6. February.
The three new equity index ETFs give investors the opportunity to participate in the performance of companies from the fields of e-commerce, pharma and energy storage technologies.
ETFS Ecommerce Logistics GO UCITS ETF offers exposure to companies benefiting from the digitalisation of commerce and the automation of logistical services or software solutions.
ETFS Pharma Breakthrough GO UCITS ETF covers biotechnology companies actively en-gaged in the R&D and/or manufacturing of orphan drugs.
New BNP Paribas Easy ETF provides access to real estate companies and REITs from the Eurozone
February 6, 2018--A new exchange traded fund (ETF) issued by BNP Paribas Easy has been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since 6. February.
The BNP Paribas Easy FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Eurozone Capped ET enables investors to participate in the performance of real estate companies and exchange-listed real estate investment trusts (REITs) domiciled in Europe. The index shares are weighted by market capitalisation.
ESMA UPDATES Q&A ON EMIR IMPLEMENTATION
February 6, 2018--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today an update of its Q&A on practical questions regarding the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR).
The updated Q&A includes a new answer in relation to operational aspects of access to the trade repository data.
Amundi expands its product offering on Xetra with nine new ETFs
February 6, 2018--Nine new exchange traded funds issued by Amundi Asset Management S.A. have been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Tuesday. Amundi's product range offers in-vestors access to stock corporations from various regions and to bond index ETFs that track government and corporate bonds.
Four of the new equity index ETFs track the performance of reference indices from the MSCI index family. Investors can choose between the regions of emerging markets, Europe, North America and world. Each index includes the largest and mid-sized companies, weighted by market capitalisation.
The Amundi Index FTSE EPRA NAREIT Global- UCITS ETF DR (D) gives investors access to companies from the real estate sector and listed real estate investment trusts (REITs).
Drei neue ETFs mit Fokus auf Technologie von ETF Securities auf Xetra gestartet
06. Feb 2018--ETFs bieten Zugang zu Unternehmen aus E-Commerce, Pharma- sowie Energie-Speichertechnologien
Seit Dienstag sind drei neue Exchange Traded Funds des Emittenten ETF Securities auf Xetra handelbar. Mit den Aktienindex-ETFs erhalten Anleger die Möglichkeit, an der Wertentwicklung von Unternehmen aus den Bereichen eCommerce-, Pharma- sowie Energie-Speichertechnologien zu partizipieren.
ETFS Ecommerce Logistics GO UCITS ETF bietet Zugang zu Unternehmen, die von der Digitalisierung des Handels sowie der Automatisierung bei logistischen Dienstleistungen oder Softwarelösungen profitieren.
ETFS Pharma Breakthrough GO UCITS ETF erfasst Biotechnologie-Unternehmen, die sich aktiv mit der Forschung, Entwicklung und Herstellung von Orphan-Arzneimitteln beschäftigen. Dies ist ein pharmazeutisches Produkt, das speziell für die Behandlung seltener Krankheiten entwickelt wird.
Key figures SIX Swiss Exchange: January 2018
February 5, 2018--In 2018 to date, a total of 5,949,142 transactions have been executed on SIX Swiss Exchange.
This marks a year-on-year rise of 41.6%. There were 5,731,066 trades in the equities including
funds + ETPs segment, equating to an increase of 42.3%. There were 32,971 transactions
(+10.6%) in the CHF bonds segment.
Trading turnover of CHF 124.7 billion (+3.5% versus the corresponding period last year, 23.9% up on December 2017)
Number of trades 5,949,142 (+41.6% year-on-year, +50.7% versus December 2017)
Average trading turnover per day: CHF 5.9 billion
FLOW TRADERS EXPECTS TO MEET CRR CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS, DIVIDEND POLICY TO REMAIN UNAFFECTED
February 5, 2018--The Dutch Central Bank (DNB) today informed Flow Trades that it intends to complete the formalities that will enable Flow Traders to meet applicable CRR capital requirements. As a result of the completion of these formalities, Flow Traders expects to meet these capital requirements and its dividend policy to remain unaffected.
As set out in our press release on 14 November 2017, DNB required a number of Dutch investment firms to comply with the applicable capital requirements set out in the European Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR). Flow Traders has implemented the requirements applicable to it and expects to comply with these requirements.
iSTOXX Diversity Impact Select Indices licensed to Goldman Sachs
February 5, 2018--STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Boerse Group's index business, and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, today announced that the iSTOXX Global Diversity Impact Select 30 Index and the iSTOXX Europe Diversity Impact Select 30 Index were licensed to Goldman Sachs as an underlying for the issuance of structured products.
"We are convinced that diverse teams are the best positioned to serve clients-they help foster an environment where employees feel engaged and empowered, celebrate differences of opinions and encourage "out of box" thinking.
ESMA updates its Q&A on short selling
February 5, 2018--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has updated today its Questions & Answers (Q&A) document regarding the implementation of the Short Selling Regulation (SSR).
The purpose of the Q&A document is to promote common supervisory approaches and practices in the application of SSR.