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The City's Brexit strategy faces hurdles
September 22, 2016--The UK's Brexit strategy for the City of London is quietly taking shape.
Alongside reassurance that any immigration controls would still "facilitate movement of highly skilled people between financial institutions and businesses", the chancellor of the exchequer stresses the mutual benefits of the status quo.
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Source: clickfinancialnews.com
State Street and Bloomberg tie up to add zip to bond ETFs
September 22, 2016--A product that helps link buyside and sellside to help navigate low-liquidity bond markets is being launched in Europe after signing up big fund managers in the US.
State Street Global Advisors is to be the launch customer in Europe of a Bloomberg system that allows managers running fixed income exchange-traded funds to better communicate with brokers when rebalancing their portfolios.
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Source: efinancialnews.com
Unscheduled adjustment in SDAX
September 21, 2016--Adjustments to the free float of CHORUS Clean Energy AG/ Changes to be effective as of 26 September 2016
On Wednesday, Deutsche Börse announced an unscheduled adjustment to the free float of CHORUS Clean Energy AG in SDAX.
Due to the acquisition of CHORUS Clean Energy AG by Capital Stage AG, the free float of CHORUS Clean Energy changed by more than 10 percentage points.
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Source: Deutsche Börse
Amundi ETF expands further into retail market by extending its physical ETF range to develop ETF-based solutions for distributors
September 21, 2016--Amundi ETF, Europe's fifth largest ETF provider1, expands further into the European retail market by extending its physical ETF range to develop ETF-based solutions.
Amundi ETF reported €1.2 billion of inflows since the beginning of the year, bringing total assets under management to more than €21 billion2.
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Source: Amundi
Official Statistics: Forecasts for the UK economy: September 2016
September 21, 2016--Forecasts for the UK economy is a monthly comparison of independent forecasts.
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Source: HM Treasury
ESMA consults on trading obligation for derivatives
September 20, 2016--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today a discussion paper regarding the trading obligation under the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR).
The trading obligation will move over-the-counter (OTC) trading in liquid derivatives onto organised venues thus increasing market transparency and integrity alike. MiFIR, which implements parts of the MiFID II framework, outlines the process for determining which derivatives should be traded on-venue
view the Discussion Paper-The trading obligation for derivatives under MiFIR
Source: ESMA
UBS Asset Management raises EUR 570 million for its first infrastructure debt fund as it continues to grow its EUR 5.8 billion infrastructure investment platform
September 20, 2016--EUR 220 million already deployed into four debt investments across Europe[1]
UBS Asset Management's ("UBS AM") Infrastructure and Private Equity business announces the successful final close of its inaugural infrastructure debt fund, Archmore Infrastructure Debt Platform ("Archmore IDP" or the "Fund"), which has raised EUR 570 million (USD 640 million).
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Source: UBS
Moody's says banks could cope with UK leaving EU single market
September 19, 2016--Banks in Britain would suffer only a "modest" direct hit if they lost "passporting" rights to the European Union's single market, Moody's Investors Service said on Monday.
Under EU passporting rules, banks based in Britain can serve customers across the bloc from a single base, saving on the cost of having to apply for licences in each country. Financial lobbyists say the loss of these rights would be a blow to London as a global financial centre.
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Banks in Britain would suffer only a "modest" direct hit if they lost "passporting" rights to the European Union's single market, Moody's Investors Service said on Monday.
Under EU passporting rules, banks based in Britain can serve customers across the bloc from a single base, saving on the cost of having to apply for licences in each country. Financial lobbyists say the loss of these rights would be a blow to London as a global financial centre.
Source: Reuters
Lipper-Monday Morning Memo: European Fund-Flow Trends, August 2016
September 18, 2016--August showed a positive picture for the European fund industry, since only funds from the "other" category (-€0.6 bn) faced net outflows during the month.
On the other side of the table bond funds (+€22.9 bn) were the best selling asset type of long-term funds for August, followed by mixed
-asset funds (+€2.3 bn), alternative UCITS products (+€1.9 bn), equity funds (+€1.9 bn), real estate funds (+€0.2 bn), and commodity products (+€0.1 bn). These fund
flows added to overall net inflows of €28.5 bn into long-term investment funds for August.
Source: Detlef Glow, Head of EMEA Research-Thomson Reuters Lipper
Five new BNP Paribas ETCs from energy commodities sector launched on Xetra
September 16, 2016--Five new exchange traded commodities (ETCs) issued by BNP Paribas Arbitrage Issuance B.V. have been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Friday.
Each of the five new BNP Paribas ETCs enable investors to participate in the performance of one of the following energy types: petrol, diesel, heating oil, natural gas and WTI crude oil. The corresponding reference index from the Rogers International Commodity Enhanced Indices commodity index family tracks the respective futures contracts with varying maturities. The limited term of the futures contracts requires a switch prior to expiry in exchange for a futures contract with the next expiry date (rollover).
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Source: Deutsche Börse Group