Two STOXX Regional Industry Neutral ESG Indices licensed to Stichting Algemeen Pensioenfonds Unilever Nederland-Kring 'Progress'
					
January 3, 2017--STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Böoerse Group's index business, and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, today announced that the newly launched STOXX Europe Industry Neutral ESG and STOXX North America Industry Neutral ESG 150 indices have been licensed to Stichting Algemeen Pensioenfonds Unilever Nederland-Kring 'Progress'('Progress') to be used as benchmarks.
					
The STOXX Regional Industry Neutral ESG Indices are tilted towards companies that perform superior
with respect to a set of selected environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria. 
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Source: Deutsche Börse Group
						
The Spanish Stock Exchange traded euro652.9 billion in 2016
					
January 2, 2017--The trading volume in December reached €48.9billion
The ETF trading volume in 2016 totalled €6 billion
					
The number of contracts registered in MEFF in December was the highest in 2016, at 6.4 million
New issues admitted to trading on the Corporate Debt market in December came in at €17.3 billion, up 19.3% year-on-year; new issues on MARF grew 174.3% in 2016 from a year earlier.
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Source: bolsamadrid.es
						
Cash markets achieve third strongest year since 2010
					
January 2, 2017--Turnover on Xetra, Börse Frankfurt and Tradegate Exchange totals €1.38 trillion
Daimler AG is equity with the highest order book turnover 2016 with €69.5 billion
					
Order book turnover in December was €116.2 billion
Deutsche Börse cash markets recorded a total of €1.38 trillion in turnover in 2016, the third strongest year since 2010 (2015: €1.64 trillion).
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Source: Deutsche Börse Cash Market
						
Passive investment gains trounce active pains in Europe
					
December 22, 2016--European passive funds look set to register higher inflows than their active equivalents for the first year on record.
					
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Source: Financial News
						
 ETFGI reports assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed in Europe were 556 billion US dollars at the end of November 2016
					
December 22, 2016--ETFGI, the leading independent research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, today reported assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed in Europe were US$556 billion down from the record high US$567 Bn reached at the end of Q3 2016.
					
Net flows gathered by ETFs/ETPs in November were US$3.59 Bn of net new assets gathered during the month marking the 27th consecutive month of net inflows, according to preliminary data from ETFGI's November 2016 global ETF and ETP industry insights report.
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Source: ETFGI
						
Official Statistics: Forecasts for the UK economy: December 2016
					
December 21, 2016--Forecasts for the UK economy is a monthly comparison of independent forecasts.
					
lease note that Forecasts for the UK economy is a summary of published material reflecting the views of the forecasting organisations themselves and does not in any way provide new information on the Treasury's own views.
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Source: HM Treasury
						
ESMA publishes updated MAR Q&A
					
December 20, 2016--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today a Questions & Answers (Q&A) document regarding the implementation of the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR).
					
The purpose of this Q&A document is to promote common supervisory approaches and practices in the application of the MAR and its implementing measures.
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Source: ESMA
						
ESMA updates MiFID II Q&A on Investor Protection
					
December 19, 2016--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has added new Q&As to its Questions and Answers (Q&A) document on the implementation of investor protection topics under the Market in Financial Instruments Directive and Regulation (MiFID II/ MiFIR).
					
This Q&A provides clarifications on the following topics:
Suitability
Post sale reporting
Inducements (research)
view the 2016-1444 Q&A on MiFID II Investor Protection Topics
					
Source: ESMA
						
BlackRock launches Swedish equity ETF
					
December 19, 2016--BlackRock has launched an ETF to cover the Swedish domestic equity market.
The iShares OMX Stockholm Capped Ucits ETF, which will cost 0.10 per cent in fees, will track the OMX Stockholm Benchmark Cap index.
					
The fund, which will have the Swedish Krona as its main currency, will get exposure to around 80 stocks from Sweden only. The ETF will be domiciled in the UK and Germany and available to investors in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark.
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Source: fundstrategy.co.uk
						
World-first listing on CISE for global bitcoin fund 
					
December 19, 2016--Global Advisors Investment Fund plc (GABI) has today been admitted to the Official List of the Channel Islands Securities Exchange (CISE) to become the first regulated bitcoin fund to be listed on any exchange globally.
					
The CISE has approved the admission to listing of all of the redeemable participating no par value shares of the open ended fund, which is managed by Global Advisors (Jersey) Limited (Global Advisors).
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Source: thecise.com
						
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