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Ethereum ETN Handles $10 Million in its First Week of Trading
October 19, 2017--The two ethereum ETNs on Stockholm's Nasdaq have attracted more than $10 million in assets under management (AUM) within just one week, according to a press release. Ryan Radloff, Principal at CoinShares, says:
"When the group's bitcoin ETNs-which are now at $330 million in AUM-launched in 2015, it took one year to attract the initial $10 million in AUM.
Lyxor-European Smart Beta ETF Market Trends-Q3 2017
October 19, 2017--The European Smart Beta ETF market had modest inflows of EUR555m in Q3 2017. Net New Assets at the end of the quarter stood at EUR4.0bn, meaning total Assets under Management were up 16% vs. the end of 2016 at EUR33.3bn (which includes a limited market impact of 4%).
Year-to-date, flows have been fairly constant into Value and Income generation strategies with investors hunting for yield and alternative sources of return in an environment of low yields and more positive signs on the global economy. These trends were however less obvious in Q3, with limited flows on Smart Beta overall.
Flows to Risk based ETF were modestly negative in Q3 (-EUR60M), as they are for the year so far. Despite high valuations on stock markets (especially in the US), investors have so far felt no need to protect their portfolios. Instead, outflows were focused on Europe underlyings, with volatility decreasing and less economic policy uncertainty.
Factor allocation ETFs enjoyed the bulk of the inflows in Q3 at EUR1.1bn vs. EUR719M in Q2. Momentum stood out, having gathered most of the flows with EUR438M. Value, which has gathered very strong flows throughout the year, continued to collect in Q3 albeit more slowly. Multi-Factor ETFs registered a strong rebound at EUR431M after H1 outflows.
Fundamental ETFs saw Q3 outflows of -EUR439M vs. EUR743M in Q2. Flows into income generation strategies were very weak this quarter, but outflows were mainly focused on micro-weighted strategies with -EUR513M. Europe Fundamental ETFs gathered EUR205M, but US-related counterparts had outflows of -EUR195M. This may be because eurozone equities tend to outperform US equities during periods when policy uncertainty is reduced and PMI results are higher (as a proxy for economic growth momentum).
UBS: Attention from regulators is good for ETFs
October 19, 2017--The head of passive and ETF specialist sales for Europe at UBS Asset Management believes more regulatory scrutiny could provide a boost.
The asset management arm of UBS has argued that more regulatory scrutiny of exchange traded funds could actually help improve product transparency and bolster take-up among investors, as fears grow over whether the wildly popular vehicles would prove resilient in a crisis.
Vienna Stock Exchange as one-stop-shop: New ETF segment launching today
October 19, 2017--60 ETFs in continuous trading on the Vienna Stock Exchange
Further expansion of product range planned for 2018
ETF market growing robustly; rising AuM & number of products
The Vienna Stock Exchange is further expanding its range of offerings for domestic investors with the new "ETF segment" launching today.
Passive investment funds offer investors a simple, effective and inexpensive way of investing in the most diverse markets and regions. ETFs track stock indices as precisely as possible-one of the reasons why they are called exchange-traded index funds. Investors now have access to a range of 60 ETFs on the Vienna Stock Exchange focusing on Europe and the US, including all available ETFs on the Austrian leading index, the ATX.
Ultumus-Income focussed smart beta from Fidelity
October 18, 2017--Switzerland
Deutsche Bank brings its US sector trackers to Switzerland
Deutsche Bank has cross-listed its six US equity sector trackers into Switzerland..
UK and Germany
Fidelity lists more smart beta ETFs
Giant US active manager Fidelity fell behind in its US home market, where it was late to list any ETFs. But today's listings suggest it has no intention of being behind the eight ball in Europe, where it is listing several smart beta ETFs in Germany and the UK....
Templeton smart beta ETF launched on Xetra
October 18, 2017--New Franklin Templeton smart beta ETF launched on Xetra
ETF with multi-factor approach gives investors access to stock corporations in emerging markets
A new exchange traded fund (ETF) issued by Franklin Templeton has been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Wednesday.
The new equity index ETF enables investors to participate in the performance of stock corporations in emerging markets. The reference index is based on the MSCI Emerging Markets Index and contains the 200 stock corporations with the highest rating over the long term as weighted by the four factors: quality, value, momentum and low volatility.
Deutsche Berse to launch Scale selection index in early 2018
October 18, 2017--Trading volumes more than doubled over prior-year period
Scale All Share Index up by 28 percent since March
Deutsche Börse drew a positive interim balance of the Scale SME segment launched on 1 March 2017.
The trading volume of the companies that moved to Scale have more than doubled year-on-year in the first seven months since the segment's launch, from €827 million to around €1.84 billion. The Scale All Share Index, which tracks all companies in the segment, rose by 28 percent during this period, significantly outperforming the DAX, MDAX and SDAX.
Official Statistics: Forecasts for the UK economy: October 2017
October 18, 2017--Forecasts for the UK economy is a monthly comparison of independent forecasts.
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BNY Mellon hires European ETF platform leader
October 18, 2017--Rob Rushe was named European ETF segment executive at BNY Mellon, said a spokesman for the firm.
The position is new.
Mr. Rushe is based in Dublin and reports to Jeff McCarthy, CEO of exchange-traded funds at BNY Mellon. He leads the firm's European ETF platform.
Ultumus-iShares brings US dollar options to London
October 17, 2017--UK
iShares cross-lists across currencies.
iShares is adding flavour to some of its most successful ETFs on the London Stock Exchange, adding a US dollar option to the following funds:
iShares Global High Yield Corp Bond UCITS ETF USD Dist (HYLA)
iShares Automation & Robotics UCITS ETF USD Acc (RBOD)
iShares Core FTSE 100 UCITS ETF GBP Dist (ISFD)...
