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.
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Source: FT.com
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.
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Source: Deutsche Börse Cash Market
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.
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Source: efe.com
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
Source: ESMA
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.
Beeks Financial Cloud Group Plc--whose name is a reference to the 1983 film 'Trading Places' starring Murphy and Dan Aykroyd--signed a pact with Gemini Exchange, the crypto trading platform run by the billionaire Winklevoss twins. view more
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Source: Bloomberg