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Solactive and Equileap launch new gender equality index
January 11, 2018--Solactive and Equileap release new gender equality index used as the underlying index for UBS's newly-launched ETF GENDER.
Solactive is excited to announce that the Equileap Global Gender Equality 100 Leaders Index has been added to the family of Solactive Equileap Gender Equality Indices. This new index mirrors the performance of 100 companies leading the field in terms of gender equality according to Equileap's gender lens methodology.
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UBS Asset Management launches two sustainability ETFs on LSE
January 5, 2017--UBS Asset Management says it has expanded its sustainable ETF offering on the London Stock Exchange with two new ETF listings.
The new ETFs will increase access to ESG-screened stocks across developed and emerging markets, says the firm.
The UBS ETF (IE) MSCI ACWI Socially Responsible ETF replicates the MSCI ACWI SRI 5% Issuer Capped Index which includes large and mid-cap stocks across 23 Developed and 24 Emerging Markets countries.
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2017 record year for ETFs on Swiss exchange
January 4, 2018--Six Swiss Exchange has released key figures for 2017, which saw new records in ETFs trading turnover and listings, beating these set in 2016.
Some CHF116.4bn (€99bn) were traded in ETFs available on the Swiss market at the end of 2017, up 12.2% year-on-year (CHF103.8bn for 2016). The number of transactions on the ETF segment also increased by 6% to 1,019,294 trades.
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Boerse Stuttgart generates 2017 turnover of around EUR 80.6 billion
January 3, 2018--Record turnover in equities trading//Boerse Stuttgart maintains position as top German exchange for securitised derivatives and corporate bonds
Based on the order book statistics, turnover from all trading activities at Boerse Stuttgart amounted to around EUR 80.6 billion in 2017. As such the turnover across every asset class at Germany's leading floor-trading exchange was slightly above the previous year's level.
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Falling life expectancy expected to spur pension deals
January 3, 2018--Falling life expectancy and strong financial markets make it likely that more UK companies will offload their pension schemes to insurers in 2018, according to consultancy LCP.
The life expectancy of a 65-year-old man is now half a year lower than it was last year, LCP said.
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