Russia Continues to Improve its Business Environment, says Doing Business report
October 25, 2016 – Russia continued on its reform efforts to improve the business climate for small and medium-sized businesses, says the World Bank Group's latest ease of doing business report.
Doing Business 2017: Equal Opportunity for All, released today, ranks Russia 40th out of 190 measured economies.
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Source: World Bank
Infographic-Explaining the October Flash Crash in the British Pound
October 25, 2016--We all know that software is eating the world.
For better or worse, that statement applies to the financial world as well.
It is said today that 75% of all financial market volume is automated, though there are lower and higher estimates out there depending on the report.
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Source: visualcapitalist.com
Four new iShares smart beta ETFs launched on Xetra
October 24, 2016--Four new iShares equity index ETFs from BlackRock's product offering have been tradable via Xetra(R)and Börsöe Frankfurt since Monday.
Name: iShares Edge MSCI USA Size Factor UCITS ETF
Asset class: equity index ETF
ISIN: IE00BD1F4K20
Total expense ratio: 0.2 percent
Distribution policy: accumulating
Benchmark: MSCI USA Mid-Cap Equal Weighted Index
The iShares Edge MSCI USA Size Factor UCITS ETF provides investors with access to the performance of SMEs from the MSCI USA Index.
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Source: Deutsche Börse
Why LSE-Deutsche deal faces a March Day date with destiny
October 21, 2016--EU looks unlikely to back 'merger of equals' that would keep London HQ after Brexit
Once upon a time, the London Stock Exchange bosses had an urge to merge.
More accurately, there has seldom been a moment when the LSE was not either trying to merge or fighting off unwanted advances from other exchanges.
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Source: FT.com
ESMA publishes official translations of MAR guidelines
October 20, 2016--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today 22 language versions of two sets of guidelines under the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR).
ESMA has to translate guidelines into the 22 official languages of the European Union as the publication of the different language version trigger their national applications.
view the MAR Guidelines-Persons receiving market soundings
Source: ESMA
ETFGI reports assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed in Europe reached a new record
October 20, 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 reached a new record high US$567 Bn at the end of Q3 2016.
Net flows gathered by ETFs/ETPs in September were US$2.98 Bn of net new assets gathered during the month marking the 25th consecutive month of net inflows, according to preliminary data from ETFGI's September 2016 global ETF and ETP industry insights report.
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Source: ETFGI
Unscheduled free float adjustment in SDAX
Changes to be effective 25 October
October 20, 2016--
On Thursday, Deutsche Börse announced an unscheduled adjustment to the free float of Capital Stage AG in SDAX.
The company's free float changed by more than 10 percentage points, which was caused by a capital increase due to an acquisition of another company as well as a significant change in shareholder structure of Capital Stage AG.
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Source: Deutsche Börse
Official Statistics: Forecasts for the UK economy: October 2016
October 19, 2016--Forecasts for the UK economy is a monthly comparison of independent forecasts.
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Source: HM Treasury
BlackRock expands factor ETF range with the launch of four US equity funds
October 17, 2016--BlackRock has expanded its range of iShares factor ETFs with the launch of four US equity-focused funds, offering investors more flexibility to express their views on the market outlook.
'Factors' refer to the broad, persistent drivers of risk and return that underlie smart beta strategies. Factor investing can help investors pursue specific outcomes, such as reducing risk or outperforming the market.
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Source: BlackRock
Unscheduled adjustment in TecDAX
October 17, 2016--On Monday, Deutsche Börse announced an unscheduled change to TecDAX.
As a result of the expected acquisition of AIXTRON SE by Grand Chip Investment GmbH, the AIXTRON SE current share class (ISIN DE000A0WMPJ6) in the index will be replaced with the tendered share class of AIXTRON SE (ISIN DE000A2BPYT0). These changes will become effective on 20 October 2016.
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Source: Deutsche Börse
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