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IMF Staff Country Report-Sweden: Financial System Stability Assessment

March 16, 2023--Summary:
Sweden recovered rapidly from the Covid1-19 crisis, and GDP reached its prepandemic level in mid-2021. In the context of a robust supervision and regulation framework, the financial sector exited the crisis with substantial capital and liquidity buffers.

Going forward, growth is expected to slow amid higher energy prices, tighter financial conditions, and reduced confidence following sharply lower house prices.

Given stubborn inflation, the Riksbank has been normalizing rates more aggressively than expected last year. Systemic risks to the financial system arise from (i) high exposure of banks to the commercial real estate (CRE) sector; (ii) limited liquidity in corporate bond markets; (iii) high indebtedness of households and sensitivity to higher interest rates. The banking system is nearly three times 2021 GDP and is interconnected domestically and regionally.

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Source: imf.org


March 16, 2023--Crypto ETP-Provider 21Shares to Close Funds as Demand Fades

March 16, 2023--Digital token selloff is causing investors to lose interest
ETP pipeline had been deflating even before the FTX implosion
Crypto exchange-traded products issuer 21Shares is closing down five funds and delisting another, a company spokesperson confirmed, as investor demand cooled for them.

The Zug, Switzerland-based company is shuttering five products: the 21Shares S&P Risk Controlled Bitcoin Index ETP (ticker SPBTC), the 21Shares S&P Risk Controlled Ethereum Index ETP (SPETH), the 21Shares DeFi 10 Infrastructure ETP (DEFII), the 21Shares Crypto Layer 1 ETP (LAY1) and the 21Shares USD Yield ETP (USDY). The last trading day for the ETPs is April 6. The company is also delisting the 21Shares Terra Classic ETP (LUNA), effective June 12. The six funds have total assets of less than $700,000.

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Source: bloomberg.com


Two new crypto ETNs from CoinShares on Xetra: access to Chainlink and Uniswap

March 14, 2023--Since Wednesday, two more crypto ETNs issued by CoinShares are tradable on Xetra and via Börse Frankfurt.
With the two Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) from CoinShares, investors have easy access to the performance of the cryptocurrencies Chainlink and Uniswap without having to set up crypto wallets and switch to unregulated trading venues.

The products are physically collateralised by the respective cryptocurrency and are centrally cleared in trading by Deutsche Börse Group's central counterparty, Eurex Clearing AG.

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Source: Xetra


ECB and the ESAs call for enhanced climate-related disclosure for structured finance products

March 13, 2023--The European Supervisory Authorities[1] (ESAs), together with the European Central Bank (ECB), today published a Joint Statement on climate-related disclosure for structured finance products. The Statement encourages the development of disclosure standards for securitised assets through harmonised climate-related data requirements.

Currently, there is a lack of climate-related data on the assets underlying structured finance products. This poses an obstacle for the classification of products and services under the EU Taxonomy Regulation and Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and hinders the proper assessment and management of climate-related risks. The Statement sets out the joint efforts of the ECB and the ESAs to facilitate access to climate-related data with a view to improving sustainability-related transparency in securitisations and to promote consistent and harmonised requirements for similar instruments.

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Source: ESMA


New equity ETFs from Amundi on Xetra: climate-friendly ETFs with focus on the Pacific and European small caps as well as access to Chinese A-shares

March 10, 2023--Since Friday, three new exchange-traded funds issued by Amundi Asset Management have been tradable on Xetra and via the trading venue Börse Frankfurt.
The Amundi MSCI Pacific ESG Climate Net Zero Ambition CTB UCITS ETF focuses on large and medium-sized companies from five developed countries in the Pacific region.

The most represented countries are Japan and Australia, followed by Hong Kong, Singapore, and New Zealand.

The Amundi MSCI Europe Small Cap ESG Climate Net Zero Ambition CTB UCITS ETF invests in a diversified portfolio of European small caps.

Both ETFs exclude companies whose products have a negative ESG rating and overweight those with a good rating. At the same time, both aim to reduce the CO2 footprint by 30 per cent and an annual decarbonization of 7 per cent compared to the parent index in order to be compliant with the EU Climate Transition Benchmark (EU-CTB).

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Source: Xetra


IMF Country Report-Kingdom of the Netherlands–the Netherlands: 2022 Article IV Consultation

March 9, 2023--Summary:
The Dutch economy was more resilient than its peers during and after the pandemic. Reflecting the prevalence of telecommuting and strong fiscal support, the economy experienced a less severe recession followed by a more robust recovery than in the rest of the euro area, with no scarring expected.

The labor market is tight with a low unemployment rate and high vacancies, although wage growth has so far been moderate. After hitting a record high in September, consumer price inflation eased to 11 percent in December driven by lower energy prices, while core inflation increased to 8.4 percent y/y. The economy appears to be overheating. The war in Ukraine is posing new challenges albeit the terms of trade shock has been smaller than for the rest of the euro area.

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Source: imf.org


ECB-Euro area bank interest rate statistics: January 2023

March 3, 2023--Composite cost-of-borrowing indicator for new loans to corporations increased by 22 basis points to 3.63%; indicator for new loans to households for house purchase increased by 16 basis points to 3.10%; both driven by interest rate effect
Composite interest rate for new deposits with agreed maturity from corporations increased by 18 basis points to 2.01%; interest rate for overnight deposits from corporations increased by 4 basis points to 0.23%; both driven by interest rate effect

Composite interest rate for new deposits with agreed maturity from households increased by 19 basis points to 1.64%, mainly driven by interest rate effect; interest rate for overnight deposits from households broadly unchanged at 0.10%

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Source: ECB


Research: UK official holdings of international reserves: February 2023

March 3, 2023--This release details movements in the international reserves of gold and assets held by the UK Government.

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Source: gov.uk


ECB-Meeting of 1-2 February 2023 -Account of the monetary policy meeting of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank

March 2, 2023-Held in Frankfurt am Main on Wednesday and Thursday, 1-2 February 2023
1. Review of financial, economic and monetary developments and policy options Financial market developments
Ms Schnabel noted that the Governing Council's previous monetary policy meeting on 14-15 December 2022 had left a visible footprint in euro area financial markets, with a welcome increase in real interest rates to levels that were more consistent with a timely return of inflation to the 2% target.

However, while the "terminal rate" priced in the euro area real overnight index swap (OIS) forward curve had edged up initially, a sharp decline in expected inflation, on the back of lower gas prices and inflation surprises to the downside, had later contributed to market participants revising down their rate expectations. Expectations of rapid disinflation had also induced markets to price in material rate cuts as of 2024, suggesting that they judged the period of restrictive monetary policy needed to rein in high inflation to be relatively short.

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Source: ECB


European banks, asset managers study halving stocks settlement time By Huw Jones

March 1, 2023--Banks and asset managers have set up a new task-force to study whether Europe should keep up with Wall Street by halving the time it takes to settle share trades.

The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission last month decided to cut the period for settlement or final leg of a trade, to one working day, known as T+1, from two working days, the current lag in Europe.

Halving settlement in Europe would mean banks and asset managers having to reconfigure their IT systems at a cost.

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Source: reuters.com


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