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Optimism grows for eurozone stocks' prospects
June 14, 2017--The STOXX Europe 600 index has gained about 8% since January, with analysts predicting that the eurozone recovery will continue through the rest of the year.
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ESMA issues risk dashboard for first quarter of 2017
June 14, 2017--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today its most recent iteration of its Risk Dashboard, covering risks in the EU's securities markets for 1Q2017.
ESMA's overall risk assessment remains unchanged from 4Q16 at high levels.
In 1Q17, EU financial markets remained relatively calm with stable volatility and increasing equity market prices. EU sovereign bond yields continued to increase in 1Q17 by around 19 bps on average mirroring US government bonds. However, yield developments were heterogeneous with potential...
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ROBO INVESTING AND FINANCIAL GUIDANCE - 130617
June 14, 2017--Robo- and Cyborg-Investing is still an emerging trend, but one that is growing and evolving rapidly. BETTER FINANCE believes that it can lead to significant benefits for EU citizens as savers and individual investors, and therefore to the real EU economy as a whole, in bad need of a more direct and stronger link between savings and the real assets they are invested in.
Already now, the sector is providing significantly lower and more transparent fees, based - as mentioned-on a fee-based business model.
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Cyborgs vs Robots: Competing to Attract European Citizens Money, June 2017
Global Asset Management ETFs on broadly diversified commodity basket launched on Xetra
June 13, 2017--New UBS Global Asset Management ETFs on broadly diversified commodity basket launched on Xetra
Two new commodity index ETFs issued by UBS Global Asset Management have been
tradable via Xetra since Tuesday. The commodity index ETFs enable investors to
participate in the performance of a diversified commodity basket. This
commodity basket comprises components from the grain, energy, industrial and
precious metals, livestock and soft commodities sectors.
Source launches Europe ex-UK ETF
June 13, 2017--In a response to the strengthening of European markets Source has launched a new Europe ex-UK exchange traded fund (ETF).
The Source MSCI Europe ex-UK UCITS ETF offers diversified exposure to large and medium companies across 14 developed market economies.
The fund will have an ongoing charge of 0.2% a year.
DB-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-European Monthly-ETF Market Review +11.1bn euro in May-Europe, EM equity and Corporate Bonds benefit
June 12, 2017--European ETP Monthly Highlights (Assets & Flows):
Assets
European ETPs AUM increased by €7.5bn on MoM basis and
ended the month at €607bn.
Flows
European-domiciled ETPs registered strong inflows of +€11.1bn
last month where year-to-date flows have reached +€48bn.
New Product Launches-40 New products
European ETP market witnessed 40 new launches in May which includes 28
Commodities ETPs , 11 Equity and 1 Fixed Income ETFs.
Investment Themes for the Month
European indices (Regional focused) recorded inflows of +€2.2bn. Indices
that benefitted this month were Euro STOXX 50 (+€879mn), MSCI EMU
(+€392mn) and MSCI Europe (+€233mn). EM also saw significant inflows
(+€1.3bn). Country wise, Japan (+€255mn) benefited while Germany &
UK saw outflows (-€498mn) & (-€258mn) respectively.
Smart Beta segment recorded inflows of +€1.3bn. Value Factor ETFs surged with inflows of +€772mn. Robotics & Automation continued to draw steady investment (+€307mn). In other segments, Mid Caps (+ €685mn), Financials (+€191mn) and Industrials (+€112mn) benefitted while Real Estate lagged (-€137mn).
Corporate bond ETF were the net largest contributer for Fixed income flows, attracting +€2.4bn.
Gold ETPs (+€609mn) commanded most of the overall commodity flows (+€1bn).
Activity in US listed ETFs suggests that US investors were positive on both European-focused regional and country ETFs (+$5.1bn, ytd +$10.4bn). Turnover: MoM turnover increased by 25% The total turnover activity into European ETPs increased by 25% (€76.1bn) compared to the previous month’s total (€60.7bn).
Europe ex-UK UCITS ETF launched on Xetra
June 12, 2017--A new equity index ETF issued by Source has been tradable via Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Monday.
The Source MSCI Europe ex-UK UCITS ETF enables investors to participate in the
performance of 335 large and medium-sized companies from European countries, excluding the UK. The reference index exclusively comprises companies ranking in the top 85 percent of the respective country on the basis of their market capitalisation.
ECB-Euro Area Securities Issues Statistics: April 2017
June 12, 2017--The annual growth rate of the outstanding amount of debt securities issued by euro area residents was 1.3% in April 2017, the same as in March.
For the outstanding amount of listed shares issued by euro area residents, the annual growth rate was 0.8% in April 2017, the same as in March.
The annual growth rate of debt securities issued by euro area non-financial corporations was 8.2% in April 2017, compared with 9.4% in March 2017.
Election results 2017: What does it mean for Brexit?
June 9, 2017--Britain's exit from the European Union has been plunged into uncertainty.
Theresa May has not secured the clear mandate that she sought for her version of a hard Brexit.
When she called the election, she declared: "Every vote for the Conservatives will make me stronger when I negotiate for Britain with the prime ministers, presidents and chancellors of the European Union."
LSE June 2017 ETF & ETP Monthly Report
June 9, 2017--Listings
5 new ETFs and 7 new ETNs were listed on LSE in May 2017.
There are now 903 ETFs (available as 1,383 lines through multi-currency offerings) and 457 other ETPs (available as 527 lines) on our London market.
Societe Generale had the most listing activity in May, bringing 7 short and leveraged ETPs to our market.
The SG WTI Oil x3 Daily Short and SG WTI Oil x3 Daily Long track the leveraged WTI Oil Futures indexes. The SG Gold x3 Daily Short and SG Gold x3 Daily Long track leveraged Gold Futures indexes. 3 short and leveraged equity ETPs track leveraged FTSE 100 indexes.
iShares expanded their current offering through listing 2 equity ETFs. iShares Core MSCI World UCITS ETF and iShares MSCI Europe Mid Cap UCITS ETF provide exposure to global and European stock markets, respectively.
PowerShares launched the PowerShares S&P 500 QVM UCITS ETF, a smart beta ETF which tracks the performance of stocks with the highest exposure to quality, value and momentum investment factors.
UBS also brought a smart beta product ETF to our market. The UBS ETF MSCI USA Select Factor Mix UCITS ETF tracks the performance of large to small cap stocks, weighted by their exposure to 6 long-term risk factors: momentum, value, shareholder yield, quality, volatility and size.
Lyxor Index Fund listed a corporate fixed income product, Lyxor $ Floating Rate Note UCITS ETF, which provides exposure to US corporate debt from the industrial, utility and financial sectors.
Trading Activity
Orderbook value traded for ETFs and other ETPs in May 2017 was £8.4 billion (223k trades), up by 42% compared to May 2016.
Orderbook value traded for ETFs and other ETPs YTD is £38.9 billion (1.1m trades), up by 8% compared to 2016.
Total on-exchange value traded for ETFs and other ETPs in May 2017 was £29.4 billion (329k trades), up by 52% compared to May 2016.
Total on-exchange value traded for ETFs and other ETPs YTD was £136.3 billion (1.6m trades), up by 16% compared to 2016.
