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National Statistics: UK official holdings of international reserves: July 2017
August 3, 2017--This monthly release shows details of movements in the UK's official holdings of international reserves, or assets. These consist of gold, foreign currency assets and International Monetary Fund assets.
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Source: HM Treasury
July turnover at Boerse Stuttgart in region of EUR 6 billion
August 2, 2017--Investment products and debt instruments show year-on-year increase in trading volume
Based on the order book statistics, turnover at Boerse Stuttgart in July 2017 was around EUR 6 billion.
The lion's share of this total, around EUR 2.5 billion, was generated by securitised derivatives-approximately EUR 1.2 billion from leverage products and around EUR 1.3 billion (up 5 percent on July 2016) from investment products.
Turnover at Deutsche Borse's cash markets at 118.9 billion euros in July Broken down by asset classes, cash market turnover in equities reached about €106.1 billion. Turnover in ETFs/ETCs/ETNs amounted to €11.1 billion. Turnover in bonds was €0.4 billion, in structured products €1.1 billion and in funds €0.1 billion. view more Infographic-The UK's Brexit Options in the Eurozone landscape Dark trading and market quality view the FCA Occasional Paper No. 29-Aggregate market quality implications of dark trading Eurozone Economy Speeds Up, Raising Chance of Stimulus Taper view more First Trust launches actively managed global currencies ETF view more Monday Morning Memo: 2017-New Records Ahead for the European Fund Industry?
The assets under management in the European fund industry increased from €9.4 tr to €10.0 tr over the course of first half 2017. This increase was mainly driven by net inflows (+€362.5 bn), while market performance contributed €282.7 bn. view more ETFGI reports assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed in Europe reach a new record of US$686 billion at the end of first half of 2017 view more
Brexit set to raise UK banks' costs 4% and capital needs 30% view more
Source: Boerse Stuttgart
August 1, 2017--Trading volume increased by 18 percent year-on-year
Order book turnover on Deutsche Börse cash markets totalled €118.9 billion in July (July 2016: €100.8 billion). Of the €118.9 billion, €109.1 billion were attributable to Xetra (July 2016: €91.8 billion) and €3.5 billion to Börse Frankfurt (July 2016: €3.4 billion).
Order book turnover on Tradegate Exchange totalled €6.3 billion (July 2016: €5.5 billion).
Source: Deutsche Börse Cash Markets
August 1, 2017--The Eurozone? The European Economic Area? The European Free-Trade Area? The European Customs Union? Whaaat?
A graphic that hopefully clarifies the complex structure of the European Union and the UK's various routes for Brexit.
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Source: Information is Beautiful.com
August 1, 2017-Moderate levels of activity in UK dark pools appear to support market quality in equities.
Changes in regulation, coupled with advances in tech, have led to a proliferation in new classes of trading venues. One of the most important are 'dark pools'-where orders with no pre-trade transparency are executed. In other words, where there is no visibility of the order book.
Dark pools attract big institutional investors for a number of reasons. Not only do they offer firms the opportunity to execute large trades while avoiding significant price impacts. In most cases they provide better prices than lit venues.
Source: fca.org.uk
August 1, 2017--Currency area's GDP has grown faster than the U.S.'s over the last 18 months
The eurozone's economy quickened in the second quarter, raising expectations the European Central Bank will begin to phase out its stimulus measures next year as the region emerges from the shadow of the past decade's financial crises.
Gross domestic product in the 19-country euro currency zone grew by 0.6% in the three months to June, an annualized pace of 2.3% and a slight improvement from the 0.5% expansion in the first...
Source: Wall Street Journal
July 31, 2017--ETF provider First Trust Global Portfolios (FTGP) has launched what it describes as the first actively managed ETF in Europe focused on investing in global foreign exchange markets.
The Irish-domiciled First Trust FactorFX Ucits ETF is denominated in USD and has a total expense ratio of 0.75%.
Source: international-adviser.com
July 31, 2017--Review of the Trends in the European Fund Industry H1-2017
Looking at the headline figures, first half 2017 set the stage for a new record year in the European fund industry. The assets under management in Europe stood at €10.0 tr at the end of June, close to the record level shown earlier in the year. In addition, the European fund industry enjoyed net inflows of €362.5 bn over the course of first half 2017.
Assets Under Management in the European Fund Industry
Source: Detlef Glow, Head of EMEA Research-Thomson Reuters Lipper
July 31, 2017--ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, reported today that assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed in Europe reached a new record of US$686 billion at the end of first half of 2017, according to ETFGI's June 2017 global ETF and ETP industry insights report.
At the end of June 2017, the European ETF/ETP industry had 2,286 ETFs/ETPs, with 7,227 listings, assets of US$686 Bn, from 60 providers listed on 27 exchanges in 22 countries.
Source: ETFGI
July 31, 2017--Most detailed assessment yet comes amid risk of resources shift to US and Asia
Brexit will push up costs for banks by as much as 4 per cent and their capital requirements will rise by up to 30 per cent, according to the most detailed assessment yet of what Britain's departure from the EU means for the sector.
Source: FT.com