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ESMA updates benchmarks Q&As on third country issues
November 8, 2017--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published updated Questions and Answers (Q&As) regarding the implementation of the Benchmarks Regulation (BMR).
The Q&A include two new answers regarding the following topics:
Scope of the BMR: Application of the BMR outside the EU; and
Transitional provisions: Transitional provisions applicable to third country benchmarks.
view the ESMA Q&A on BMR
Source: ESMA
Tradeweb European Exchange-Traded Funds Update-October 2017
November 8, 2017--The following data is derived from trading activity on the Tradeweb European-listed ETF platform.
ETF total traded volume
October proved to be another strong month for the Tradeweb European ETF marketplace, as total traded volume surpassed €13.7 billion, beating September by more than half a billion euros.
Adriano Pace, managing director for equity derivatives at Tradeweb, said: "Despite ETFs not being subject to the new trading obligation under MiFID II, market participants still need to prepare for the advent of pre- and post-trade transparency requirements for transactions executed both on venue and OTC. By trading on a regulated platform such as Tradeweb's MTF, clients can rest assured that all reporting requirements will be taken care of.
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Source: Tradeweb
LSE-ETF & ETP Monthly Update
November 8, 2017--Listings
15 new ETFs were listed on LSE in October 2017, making a total of 126 new listings year-to-date.
There are now 959 ETFs (available as 1,463 lines through multi-currency offerings) and 386 other ETPs (available as 453 lines) on our London market.
iShares launched the iShares MSCI World SRI UCITS ETF, which enhances exposure to equities with outstanding ESG ratings, and will exclude companies with negative social or environmental impacts.
They have also listed 5 other ETFs:
iShares Automation & Robotics UCITS USD (DIST)
iShares NASDAQ US Biotechnology UCITS USD (ACC)
iShares Core FTSE 100 UCITS USD HDG (ACC)
iShares Global High Yield Corporate Bond UCITS USD (ACC)
iShares Global Government Bond UCITS USD (ACC)
PowerShares brought the PowerShares Preferred Shares UCITS ETF, which is the first ETF in Europe to offer targeted exposure to preferred shares. They also launched 2 currency-hedged ETFs:
PS EQQQ NASDAQ-100 UCITS ETF-GBP HEDG
PS US HY Fallen Angels UCITS ETF - GBP HED
VanEck launched the VanEck Vectors Natural Resources UCITS ETF and VanEck Vectors Preferred US Equity UCITS ETF, which offer access to global firms in commodity production and US preferred stocks respectively.
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Source: London Stock Exchange Group
New UBS Global Asset Management bond index ETFs launched on Xetra
November 8, 2017--ETFs provide access to inflation-linked euro government bonds and emerging market corporate bonds
Three new exchange traded funds (ETFs) issued by UBS Global Asset Management have been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Wednesday.
Two of the new bond index ETFs enable investors to participate in the performance of euro-denominated, inflation-linked government bonds with an investment grade rating. These two ETFs differ as regards the maturities of the bonds. Investors can choose between bonds with a term of 1 to 10 years, or a term of over 10 years.
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Source: Deutsche Börse Cash Market
SSGA names head of SPDR ETFs for Spain
November 7, 2017--State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has named Ana Concejero as its new country head of Standard & Poors depositary receipt (SPDR) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) for Spain.
Based in London, Concejero will be responsible for developing the ETF business in Spain, developing solutions for asset managers, owners and intermediaries. She will report to Rory Tobin, global co-head of SPDR ETFs at SSGA.
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Source: assetservicingtimes.com
First ETF in Europe launched by Lyxor tracking the Solactive Equileap Global Gender Equality Index
November 6, 2017--Solactive is excited to announce that the Solactive Equileap Global Gender Equality Index is the reference index for the newly launched Lyxor Gender Equality ETF (ELLE FP Equity), which
will begin trading today on Euronext.
This is the first ETF in Europe that provides investment
access to Equileap's gender lens methodology.
Equileap, an organisation aiming to accelerate progress towards gender equality in the workplace, joined forces with Solactive back in April 2017 to design a family of indices tracking leading companies in the field of gender equality.
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Source: Solactive AG
VanEck's MVIS(R)is the First Major Index Provider to Offer Digital Asset (Crypto) Indices
November 6, 2017--MVIS(R) Indices are transparent, investable and meet benchmarking industry standards
MV Index Solutions (MVIS) in partnership with CryptoCompare-an established London-based digital asset data provider -has launched a series of digital assets indices designed to most accurately track the performance of the otherwise fragmented global digital assets markets. The MVIS CryptoCompare Indices are the first to meet investment industry benchmarking standards by providing a public rulebook for fork treatments and other events, industry-wide data distribution, proper identifiers and further standard index governance requirements that are expected from a regulated, unaffiliated, major benchmark provider.
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Source: MVIS
Lipper Alpha Insight-Monday Morning Memo: Alternative Strategies and ETFs
November 6, 2017--ETFs have written a success story in Europe over the past 15 years, and the market does not yet seem to be oversaturated.
Instead, the opposite seems to be true: the European ETF industry has witnessed a number of new players in the market, despite there being high competition in general in the European ETF market, and some market observers suppose that a number of ETF promoters are not at all profitable."That said, there is a sweet spot (the "smart beta segment") where the competition is not that high and the pressure on management fees is quite low. Fund promoters can differentiate themselves there by using particular factors or by the way they structure the underlying indices for their ETFs.
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Source: Detlef Glow, Head of EMEA Research-Thomson Reuters Lipper
Boerse Stuttgart generates turnover in excess of EUR 6 billion in October
November 3, 2017--Equity and investment products trading volumes considerably higher than in September
According to its order book statistics, Boerse Stuttgart generated turnover of more than EUR 6 billion in October 2017.
In equity trading, the order book turnover was more than EUR 1.5 billion, representing an increase of just over 16 percent compared with the previous month. Turnover in German equities amounted to around EUR 1.1 billion. The volume of international equities traded in October came in at EUR 452 million. That was around 20 percent up on September.
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Source: Boerse Stuttgart
UK official holdings of international reserves: October 2017
November 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: SEC.gov
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