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ESMA publishes update to MiFID II Q&As on investor protection and intermediaries topics
May 25, 2018--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has added 9 new or updated Q&As to its Questions and Answers (Q&A) on MiFID II/MiFIR investor protection topics. The new or updated Q&As cover the topics of best execution, client categorisation, provision of investment services and activities by third country firms, and other issues.
The overall MiFID II Q&A provide clarifications on the following topics:
Best execution
Suitability and appropriateness
Recording of telephone conversations and electronic communications
Post-sale reporting
Record keeping
Investment advice on an independent basis
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Source: ESMA
New ETF Listing on Euronext-Amundi Asset Management
May 25, 2018--Euronext is pleased to announce that Amundi Asset Management will list 1 new ETF on 29/05/2018 :
ISIN: LU1806495575
ETF Trading name: AMUNDI US CORP SRI
ETF Symbol :UCRP
Venue: Euronext Paris
Underlying index: BBG Barclays MSCI US Corp SRI
TER (%): 0,16
Euronext now offers 751 Trackers listed on the European markets.
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Source: Euronext
WisdomTree Launches Cboe S&P 500 PutWrite UCITS ETF (PUTW)
May 24, 2018--PUTW offers a complement to equity exposure to improve risk-adjusted returns
WisdomTree, the exchange traded fund ("ETF") and exchange traded product ("ETP") sponsor, today announced the launch of the WisdomTree Cboe S&P 500 PutWrite UCITS ETF (PUTW), on the London Stock Exchange/Borsa Italiana/Deutsche Börse Xetra
PUTW offers investors the potential for mitigating volatility and delivering higher risk-adjusted returns compared to the S&P 500®.
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Source: WisdomTree
New Vanguard ETF on investment grade corporate bonds launched on Xetra
May 24, 2018--A new exchange traded fund issued by Vanguard is tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt as of Thursday.
The bond index ETF enables investors to participate in the performance of investment grade corporate bonds denominated in US dollars.
The index components must have a fixed rate of interest and a term ranging from one to three year(s).
Name: Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF
Asset class: bond index ETF
ISIN: IE00BDD48R20
With regard to recent bond market developments, a gradual decline in the ten-year German government bond yield, which started in mid-February, had pushed yields back to levels not far from those observed for most of 2017. view more
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In the week leading up to the current meeting there had been a partial reversal of this downward trend. However, yields still remained well below the levels that had been observed earlier in 2018. By contrast, the ten-year US Treasury bond yield had resisted broad downward pressure and was approaching levels around 3% for the first time in more than four years. As a result, the yield spread between ten-year German Bunds and US Treasuries was at its widest since the late 1980s.
Source: ECB
May 24, 2018--Aquis Exchange, founded by City veteran Alasdair Haynes, is lining up an initial public offering that could value the trading venue at around £75m and give it the funds needed to compete with larger rivals.
London-headquartered Aquis, which launched in November 2013 and has built up a roughly 2% market share in European equity trading, is initially looking to raise around £12m, according to people familiar with the matter.
Source: ukdaynews.biz
