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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
Eurex: Trading statistics August 2016
September 1, 2016--In August 2016, the international derivatives market Eurex, part of Deutsche Börse Group, recorded an average daily volume of 4.1 million contracts (August 2015: 5.8 million).
In total, 93.6 million contracts were traded at Eurex in August.
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Source: Eurex
The Spanish Stock Exchange traded euro31 billion in August
September 1, 2016-Improvement of IBEX 35 spread in relation to previous months
The equity trading volume in the first eight months of the year came in at €471 billion
The number of trades until August reached 37.7 million
Trading volume in IBEX 35 Futures up to August was down 11% year on year
Volume in MARF market reached €1.3 billion up to August, up 153% year on year
Equities
The equity trading on the Spanish Stock Exchange in August came in at € 31 billion, down 50% in relation to the same month a year earlier.
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Source: Bolsas y Mercados Españoles
Moscow Exchange introduces changes to the market making programme for equities and Eurobonds
September 1, 2016--As of 1 September 2016, Rosneft (ROSN) and VTB (VTBR) ordinary shares will be added to the market making programme, while Surgutneftegaz (SNGSP) and Sberbank (SBERP) preferred shares will be excluded.
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Source: Moscow Exchange
Revised lists of the Moscow Exchange Indices announced
September 1, 2016--Moscow Exchange has revised the constituent lists of the Moscow Exchange Indices as well as free floats effective from September 16 to December 15, 2016.
PJSC "RPC UWC" ords will be added to the MICEX Index and RTS Index, while TMK ords will be removed. The constituent lists of the Blue chip Index will remain unchanged.
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Source: Moscow Exchange
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