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Monday Morning Memo: Are bond ETFs a driver of growth or the next troublemaker for the ETF industry?
March 13, 2017--Bonds and bond funds, despite the low-interest-rate environment, are in general one of the preferred asset types of European investors.
Therefore, it is not surprising that promoters of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) also try to get their share of this asset's growth, which also explains the growing number of bond ETFs in the European market.
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Source: Detlef Glow, Head of EMEA Research-Thomson Reuters Lipper
Deutsche Borse launches Scale All Share Index
March 13, 2017--Deutsche Börse has added the Scale All Share Index to its index offering. The index tracks the performance of the recently launched Scale segment. As an All-Share index, the Scale index describes the overall performance of all companies listed in the Scale segment for shares.
The segment was successfully launched on 1 March 2017 to facilitate the raising of capital and to provide access to investors for small and medium-sized enterprises. The Scale All Share Index is calculated in real time and available in euro as a price and performance index. All stocks in the index are equally weighted.
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Source: Deutsche Börse Group
Lyxor-Monthly European ETF Market Trends - February 2017
March 13, 2017--European ETF Market flows continued their positive trend in February 2017. Net New Assets (NNA) during this month amounted to
EUR9.4bn, nearly twice the one-year average of EUR4.9bn.
Total Assets under Management are up 7% vs. the end of 2016, reaching EUR551bn,
including a market impact of 3.9%. Both developed and emerging markets
equity and fixed income ETFs saw positive flows in a risk-on environment
supported by an upbeat picture of macroeconomic data across markets.
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Source: Lyxor
Lyxor launches GBP-hedged version of US TIPS ETF
March 10, 2017--Lyxor has unveiled the Lyxor US TIPS GBP Monthly Hedged UCITS ETF (LON: TIPH), providing access to a portfolio of US Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) while sheltering investors from adverse currency movements between the US dollar and the British pound.
It tracks the Barclays US Government Inflation-Linked Bond Hedged GBP Index.
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Source: etfstrategy.co.uk
Boerse Stuttgart New technical access for sell-side customers in bond trading
March 10, 2017-Boerse Stuttgart introduces innovative multi-access interface/Greater flexibility and substantial reduction in integration time and costs/Latest future-proof FIX 5.0 technology
The complex secondary market in corporate bonds is characterised by strict regulatory requirements and by a high degree of fragmentation in terms of liquidity. As a result, market participants place numerous, sometimes contradictory, demands on a trading venue that has over 13,000 listed bonds.
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Source: Boerse Stuttgart
EU prepares for Britain to trigger start of Brexit
March 10, 2017--Theresa May is likely to have the authority to invoke Article 50 by Tuesday.
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Source: FT.com
HM Teasury-GDP deflators at market prices, and money GDP: March 2017 (Spring Budget 2017)
March 9, 2017--This document contains the latest gross domestic product (GDP) deflators. The GDP deflator can be viewed as a measure of general inflation in the domestic economy.
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Source: HM Treasury
EU forces funds to predict performance in crisis
March 9, 2017--Asset managers will have to forecast returns under distressed market conditions.
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Source: FT.com
16 March is "Equity Day"
March 8, 2017--Private investors can purchase DAX equities and DAX ETFs free of charge
Deutsche Börse has announced the third "Equity Day" to be held on 16 March.
Germany's leading stock exchange operator and the participating banks are hosting this event to raise public awareness of the importance of equities as a retirement-saving instrument. The traditional bell ringing will mark this day's start of trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
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Source: Deutsche Börse Cash Market
UK Spring Budget 2017: 21 things you need to know
March 8, 2017--1. The economic forecast
Growth in the UK economy picked up through 2016. Employment has reached a record high of 31.8 million people.
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) now forecasts that the UK economy will grow by 2% in 2017. The OBR also forecast that the economy will grow at a slightly slower rate in 2018, before picking up to 2% in 2021.
2. Cutting borrowing and stabilising the public finances
Britain has a debt of nearly £1.7 trillion-around £62,000 for every household in the country.
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Source: HM Treasury
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