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.
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Source: ESMA
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).
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Source: Deutsche Börse Cash Market
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.
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Source: Deutsche Börse Cash Market
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
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Source: SIX Swiss Exchange
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.
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Source: Flow Traders N.V.
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.
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Source: Deutsche Börse Group
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.
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Source: ESMA
ESMA updates Q&As on the Benchmarks Regulation
February 5, 2018--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published updated Questions and Answers (Q&As) regarding the implementation of the Benchmarks Regulation (BMR).
The Q&As include two new answers regarding the following topics:
Commodity benchmarks: how the threshold in the exemption under Article 2(2)(g) of BMR should be calculated; and
Definition of a benchmark and investment funds: clarification of the cases in which a benchmark is used to measure the performance of an investment fund.
view the Q&A on the Benchmarks Regulation (BMR)
Source: ESMA
Boerse Stuttgart generates turnover in excess of EUR 7.5 billion in January
February 2, 2018--Significant increase in turnover across all asset classes
According to its order book statistics, Boerse Stuttgart generated turnover in excess of EUR 7.5 billion in January 2018. The trading volume was around 24 percent higher than in the previous month.
Securitised derivatives accounted for the largest share of the turnover. The trading volume in this asset class was around EUR 3.4 billion-an increase of more than 26 percent in comparison with the previous month. Turnover in leverage products rose by around 45 percent to more than EUR 1.9 billion during the month of January. Turnover in derivative investment products was more than EUR 1.4 billion.
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Source: Boerse Stuttgart
Cash markets achieve highest January turnover since 2008 with 156.5 billion euros
February 2, 2018--Increase of 34 per cent year-on-year
With a turnover of €156.5 billion in January, Deutsche Börse cash markets achieved the highest January turnover since 2008 (January 2017: €116.8 billion).
Of the €156.5 billion, €140.4 billion were attributable to Xetra (January 2017: €104.7 billion). The average daily turnover on Xetra was thus €6.4 billion. Order book turnover on Börse Frankfurt totalled €4.5 billion (January 2017: €4.4 billion) and on Tradegate Exchange €11.6 billion (January 2017: €7.8 billion).
Broken down by asset classes, cash market turnover in equities reached about €137.9 billion. Turnover in ETFs/ETCs/ETNs amounted to €16.4 billion.
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Source: Deutsche Börse Group
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