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Monday Morning Memo: Securities lending remains a hot topic in the European ETF industry

September 5, 2016--After iShares-the exchange-traded fund (ETF) arm of the world's largest asset manager, BlackRock-announced last year that it has scrapped its self commitment on the percentage of securities held by the firm that can be lent to third parties, Vanguard announced recently that it also will increase its involvement in securities lending.

This step is rather surprising, since securities lending by ETFs is one of the main points raised by critics, and this step by Vanguard may once again fuel the discussion about possible systematic risks associated with ETFs.

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Source: Thomson Reuters


Euro-Area Growth Slows to Weakest in 19 Months Ahead of ECB

September 5, 2016--PMI survey shows weaker German expansion dragging on region
ECB's Governing Council meets on Sept. 7-8 in Frankfurt

The euro-area economy lost momentum in August, with a gauge of private-sector growth falling to the lowest level since early 2015.

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Source: Bloomberg


S+T AG and Leifheit AG to be included in selection indices of Deutsche Borse

September 5, 2016--S+T AG and Leifheit AG to be included in selection indices of Deutsche Börse
Deutsche Börse reviews index composition/Changes to be effective as of 19 September 2016

On Monday, Deutsche Börse announced changes to its selection indices, which will become effective on 19 September 2016. The shares of S+T AG will be included in the TecDAX index and will replace the shares of SÜSS MicroTec AG, which will leave the index.

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Source: Deutsche Börse


Invesco PowerShares launches 'fallen angels' ETF

September 5, 2016--Invesco PowerShares is today listing a "fallen angels" ETF on the London Stock Exchange focused on US high-yield bonds with further listings across Europe to launch next week.

Fallen angels are bonds that have been downgraded from investment grade to high yield.

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Source: fundstrategy.co.uk


BMO GAM appoints State Street's Cantrell to lead UK ETF sales

September 5, 2016-BMO Global Asset Management has hired Christine Cantrell from State Street as sales director for UK ETF sales.

Reporting to Rob Thorpe (pictured), head of UK wholesale and retail sales, she will work with wealth managers and asset managers to promote the firm's ETF range.

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Source: investmentweek.co.uk


ECB's QE bond buying hits euro1 trillion milestone

September 5, 2016--The European Central Bank's quantitative easing program passed a milestone last week, topping 1 trillion euros in purchases after 18 months of aggressive bond buying.

ECB figures for the week ended Sept. 2 show the central bank has now bought €1,001 billion in sovereign debt. The bank is using a so-called "capital key" to determine how many bonds from each countries it should buy, with the amount proportional to a member state's gross domestic product.

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Source: marketwatch.com


Turnover in excess of EUR 6.5 billion generated by Boerse Stuttgart in August

September 2, 2016--Trading volume up on previous month//Significant increase in turnover in investment products //Debt instruments (bonds) and equities also record growth

According to its order book statistics, Boerse Stuttgart generated turnover of more than EUR 6.5 billion in August 2016. Trading volumes were up more than 4 percent in comparison with July.

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Source: Boerse Stuttgart


ETF Securities converts first Global Robotics & Automation ETF in Europe to physically-backed and reduces TER

September 1, 2016--Move in response to investor appetite for physically-backed exposure to robotics and automation sector
TER cut from 95bps to 80bps for first UCITS ETF providing exposure to global robotics and automation sector, reflects investment theme becoming mainstream

In response to investor demand, ETF Securities, one of the world's leading independent providers of specialist Exchange Traded Products, has announced that its ROBO Global(R)Robotics and Automation GO UCITS ETF (ROBO), will be physically-backed1 from September 16th.

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Source: ETF Securities


WisdomTree introduces yuan share class for S&P China 500 ETF

September 1, 2016--Exchange-traded fund provider WisdomTree has introduced a yuan share trading class for its recently launched London Stock Exchange-listed ICBCCS WisdomTree S&P China 500 UCITS ETF.

The share class will broaden..investors'options for exposure to the

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Source: etfstrategy.co.uk


Schaeuble Pushes Financial Transaction Tax in Election Move

September 1, 2016--Coalition agreements in Berlin, Vienna keep tax plan on table
Talks seen dragging on even if no deal is reached in October

The most committed backers of Europe’s proposed financial transaction tax may not be the finance ministers who’ve been trying to thrash out an agreement for more than three years.

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Source: Bloomberg


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