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ESMA updates Q&A on MiFIR data reporting
November 14, 2017--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today updated its Questions and Answers (Q&As) regarding data reporting under the Market in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and Regulation (MiFIR).
The purpose of this document is to promote common supervisory approaches and practices in the application of MiFID II and MiFIR in relation to regulatory data reporting topics.
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Source: ESMA
DB-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-ETF Monthly Europe-Robust Equity flows across most regions
November 13, 2017--Data in this report is as of 31st October 2017.
European ETP Monthly Highlights (Assets, Flows & Launches):
Assets & Flows: Assets rose by €22bn MoM (Total Assets €651bn), Net
inflows +€7.6bn (YTD +€82.8bn)
10 New Launches: 6 Equity, 2 Fixed Income, 1 Commodity ETF and 1
Commodity ETC.
Investment Themes for the Month
Equities (+€6bn)-Winners: Global DM +€1.4bn, Japan +€1.3bn, Europe +€1.2bn, US +€1bn and EM +€0.5bn; Smart Beta covering all regions saw +€712mn inflows.
Regional flow drivers:
Europe (+€1.2bn): Regional (Euro STOXX 50 & MSCI EMU) were the major contributors. Mid Caps, Small Caps and Financials also benefitted.
Other regions (+€4.2bn): 1) Global DM inflows (MSCI World) 2) Japan
inflows (MSCI Japan USD Hedged & TOPIX) 3) US inflows (S&P 500) 4)
EM inflows (MSCI EM and MSCI EM IMI).
Fixed Income (+€1.2bn)-Inflows into all regions except EM; Winners: US +
€569mn, Global DM +€460mn, Europe +€333mn ; Losers: EM -€316mn.
Regional
flow drivers:
Europe (+€333mn): Inflows in Corporate Bonds offset by outflows from
others sub segments.
Other regions (+€0.7bn): 1) US inflows (Sovereign & Corporate IG), 2) Global DM inflows (mostly in Corporate IG) 3) EM outflows (entirely in Sovereign bonds).
Commodities (+€321mn)-Gold inflows (+€410mn), Crude Oil outflows (-€156mn).
Turnover: MoM turnover decreased by 2%
The total turnover activity into European ETPs decreased by 2% where total
turnover observed was (€57.4bn) compared to the last month's total (€58.7bn).
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Source: Deutsche Bank Markets Research-Europe-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy
IMF-Europe: Engine for Global Trade, but Should Prepare for Rainy Day
November 13, 2017--Recovery in Europe has gained speed: overall real GDP growth is projected at 2.4 percent in 2017, faster than was expected in April 2017, and up from 1.7 percent in 2016.
In the euro area, growth has not been this even across the member countries for nearly two decades. In member countries that receive EU funds to help them bring their economies up to the level of their richer peers, an uptick in the flow of funds added to faster growth. In the United Kingdom, in turn, growth slowed when households felt the squeeze of a weaker pound.
view the IMF Regional Economic Outlook: Europe Hitting Its Stride November 2017
Source: IMF
ESMA highlights ICO risks for investors and firms
November 13, 2017--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today issued two Statements on Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), one on risks of ICOs for investors and one on the rules applicable to firms involved in ICOs.
ESMA has observed a rapid growth in ICOs globally and in Europe and is concerned that investors may be unaware of the high risks that they are taking when investing in ICOs.
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Source: ESMA
Smart beta allocations to rise by a quarter in 3 years: Invesco
November 13, 2017--Faced with an increasingly difficult investment environment, a growing number of investors are looking to significantly increase allocations to smart beta strategies, according to a survey conducted by Invesco PowerShares.
The exchanged-traded fund provider spoke to 435 institutional and retail investors in six European markets, and found that allocation to smart beta strategies was expected to rise to 23% (from the current 13%) over the next three years.
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Source: IP&E
Monday Morning Memo: Will ESG investing become the new normal?
November 13, 2017--Even though there is a lot of talk in Europe around sustainable investments, also known as using ESG (environmental/social/governance) criteria, it seems the majority of investors still do not invest in sustainable products. In this regard one needs to question why European investors are so reluctant to use sustainable investments.
I was really surprised that the latest research shows that some investors still believe the inclusion of ESG criteria leads to lower portfolio performance. But even more surprising was the finding that professional investors also do not integrate ESG criteria or use such a specific approach in their portfolio management processes, since they feel they don’t understand the differences between the diverging approaches.
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Source: Detlef Glow, Head of EMEA Research-Thomson Reuters Lipper
SIX Swiss Exchange ETF Market Report: 3rd quarter 2017
November 13, 2017--Today, SIX Swiss Exchange published the new ETF Market Report. It provides a broad insight in trading activity, trends and changes in the Swiss ETF market. The downward trend in trading volumes on the Swiss ETF market continued in Q3. The CHF 24.7 billion traded was 13.67% lower than the previous quarter's value. However, the year-on-year decline was relatively minor at 3.58%.
On 31 August, a new participant, Amsterdam-based IMC Trading B.V., commenced trading on SIX Swiss Exchange. The number of market makers thus increased to 18.
The number of trades was down as against the previous quarter from 260'365 to 222'727 (-14.46%). Following brisk issuing activity in Q2 with a total of 47 new ETFs listing on SIX Swiss Exchange, the number of new launches decreased to 28 in Q3.
view the SIX Swiss Exchange ETF Market Report: 3rd quarter 2017
Source: SIX Swiss Exchange
ECB-Euro Area Securities Issues Statistics: September 2017
November 13, 2017--The annual growth rate of the outstanding amount of debt securities issued by euro area
residents was 1.1% in September 2017, compared with 1.3% in August.
For the outstanding amount of listed shares issued by euro area residents, the annual growth
rate was 0.9% in September 2017, compared with 0.8% in August.
Debt securities
New issuance of debt securities by euro area residents totalled EUR 575.8 billion in September 2017.
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Source: ECB
JPMAM debuts into the European ETF market
November 11, 2017--J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) announced its plans to list its first two European ETFs on the London Stock Exchange, which will be available to investors across European key markets in due course.
The two actively managed liquid alternative strategies, JPM Equity Long-Short UCITS ETF and JPM Managed Futures UCITs ETF, will offer investors exposure to the investment characteristics typical of hedge funds by using alternative beta (which extends the concept of beta investing from long-only traditional strategies to include both long and short investing).
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Source: investmenteurope.net
ESMA updates its Q&As on MiFID II/MiFIR Investor Protection topics
November 10, 2017--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has added 4 new Q&As to its Questions and Answers (Q&A) document on the implementation of investor protection topics under the Market in Financial Instruments Directive and Regulation (MiFID II/ MiFIR).
The new Q&As cover the topics of post-sale reporting, record keeping, and inducements.
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Source: ESMA