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Xetra trading celebrates 20th anniversary

November 20, 2017--Introduction of fully-electronic trading revolutionised exchange trading/Launched on 28 November 1997 with 109 equities
Xetra trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange is 20 years old; trading was launched at 8.30 a.m. on "X-day", 28 November 1997.

This was the first time that shares in Germany were traded via a fully-electronic system with buy and sell orders in the order book automatically executed, bringing about a fundamental change in securities trading in the following years.

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Source: Deutsche Börse Cash Market


Thomson Reuters Monday Morning Memo: Review of the European ETF Market, October 2017

November 20, 2017--The promoters of ETFs enjoyed net inflows for October. The assets under management in the European ETF industry (€621.9 bn) increased for October, up from €600.9 bn at the end of September. The increase of €20.9 bn for October was mainly driven by the performance of the underlying markets (+€14.4 bn), while net sales contributed €6.6 bn to the assets under management in the ETF segment.

With regard to the overall number of products, it was not surprising that equity funds (€441.4 bn) held the majority of the assets, followed by bond funds (€151.3 bn), commodity products (€18.0 bn), "other" funds (€6.7 bn), money market funds (€3.5 bn), mixed-asset funds (€0.6 bn), and alternative UCITS products (€0.4 bn).

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Source: Detlef Glow, Head of EMEA Research-Thomson Reuters Lipper


PowerShares Euro Corporate Bond UCITS ETF launched on Xetra

November 20, 2017--ETF provides access to fixed-income corporate bonds
A new exchange traded fund (ETF) from the Invesco PowerShares product family has been tradable via Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Monday.

The new bond index ETF enables investors to participate in the performance of euro-denominated, fixed-income corporate bonds issued by companies from the industrial, utility and financial sectors. Each index component must have an investment grade rating and a minimum term of one year.
Name: PowerShares Euro Corporate Bond UCITS ETF
Asset class: bond index ETF

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Source: Deutsche Börse Cash Market


HANetf, Europe's first full service third-party ETF platform, completes oversubscribed seed funding round

November 20, 2017--HANetf expects to support more than 100 ETFs in the next 5-7 years
Recent acquisitions of Source and ETF Securities' ETF business leaves HANetf as Europe's only independent ETF white label provider

E&Y ETF survey expect that most asset managers will have an ETF in the next 5 years with ETF AUM expected to double over the same period

HANetf Limited ("HANetf"), Europe's first independent full services third-party provider of UCITS Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), has completed a seed funding round which was significantly oversubscribed.

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Source: HANetf


Invesco PowerShares launches fixed income ETF trio

November 20, 2017--Invesco PowerShares has added three ETFs to its fixed income suite, in response to demand from European investors.

The PowerShares USD Corporate Bond UCITS ETF and the PowerShares Euro Corporate Bond UCITS ETF will have annual fees of 0.16%, while the PowerShares Emerging Markets USD Bond UCITS ETF will charge 0.35% per annum.

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Source: investmentweek.co.uk


Asset Managers to Slash Sell-Side Research After MiFID II, Survey Shows

November 20, 2017--Asset managers will source significantly less research from banks and brokers after MiFID II is implemented, the CFA Institute, a London-based industry body of investment professionals, found in a survey launched on Monday.

A wide-ranging regulatory change coming on Jan. 3, the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II requires providers and consumers of investment research to account for it separately from execution services for the first time.

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Source: NY Times


Ultumus-Ethereum ETN cross-listed into Germany

November 20, 2017--Ethereum ETN has been cross-listed into Germany
XBT's ethereum tracking ETN (COINETH) is gaining momentum, with German brokers cross-listing it into their secondary market. COINETH is unsecured debt tracking the spot price of ethereum.

It was first listed in Stockholm earlier this year....

UK
Bank of Montreal lists products in London
Canadian banking major BMO is listing five of its smart beta ETFs in London in new currencies. They are:
BMO MSCI USA Income Leaders UCITS ETF (ZIUS), will now be offered in USD.
BMO MSCI Europe ex-UK Income Leaders UCITS ETF (ZIEU), will now be offered in EUR.
BMO MSCI Emerging Markets Income Leaders UCITS ETF (ZEMI), will now be offered in USD....

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Source: ULTUMUS-Financial Data Management


ESMA updates its EMIR Q&A

November 20, 2017--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 new or updated answers regarding the reporting to trade repositories. The purpose of this document is to promote common supervisory approaches and practices in the application of EMIR.

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Source: ESMA


Banks eye synthetic securitisation to smooth IFRS 9 loan-loss volatility

November 20, 2017--New structures would help mitigate estimated 44% increase in loan-loss provisions from revised accounting framework

Dealers are putting a new twist on old-school risk transfer trades in a bid to reduce the sharp capital swings they expect to encounter under new accounting standards....

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Source: Risk.net


Euro area investment fund statistics: third quarter of 2017

November 20, 2017--In the third quarter of 2017 the outstanding amount of shares/units issued by investment funds other than money market funds was €10,921 billion, which is €269 billion higher than in the second quarter of 2017.

Investment funds other than money market funds increased their holdings of both equity and debt securities issued by the rest of the world. The holdings of both equity and debt securities issued by euro area residents also increased.

Bond funds registered an inflow of €80 billion in the third quarter of 2017, while mixed funds experienced an inflow of €60 billion.

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Source: ECB


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