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Stronger Recovery and Declining Poverty in EU, but Hurdles to Faster, Sustained Growth are High-World Bank
December 17, 2015--The economic recovery in the European Union (EU) is gaining strength, but the pace of growth continues to be modest, despite accommodative monetary policy and favorable financial conditions, and investment remains subdued, says the new World Bank EU Regular Economic Report, a semiannual publication that covers economic developments, prospects, and economic policies in the EU.
view the EU Regular Economic Report: Sustaining Recovery, Improving Living Standards
ETF Risk European Rankings 2015: Test of endurance
Holdings of ETFs have increased in past year but pace of growth has slowed
December 17, 2015--This year has broken records, yet again, for flows into European-listed exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
But the latest iteration of our European ETF survey shows early signs of investors approaching saturation point, while issuers complain a fragmented market-and a lack of options for retail investors in particular-is making it harder than it should be to invest in these products...
ESMA publishes Final Report on MiFID II Guidelines on assessment and knowledge of competence
December 17, 2015--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today the Final Report on guidelines for the assessment of knowledge and competence.
These guidelines are intended to enhance investor protection by increasing the knowledge and competence of natural persons giving investment advice or providing information about financial instruments, investment services or ancillary services to clients on behalf of investment firms.
view the MiFID II-Consultation Paper I
Forecasts for the UK economy: December 2015
December 16, 2015--A comparison of independent forecasts for the UK economy in December 2015.
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ESMA sees continued high levels of risk in 2016 financial markets
December 16, 2015--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today its Risk Dashboard for the European securities markets covering the third quarter of 2015.
Overall, the report found that risk levels remained high compared to the last quarter--including elevated risks for investors, infrastructures and services, and the financial system at large. Market risks indicators continued to remain at "very high", following a continuous build-up in the..
view the ESMA Risk Dashboard No. 4
New db X-trackers bond index ETF tradable on Xetra
ETF provides access to euro zone government bonds
December 16, 2015--A new db x-trackers ETF from the Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management product family has been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Wednesday, 16 December.
Name: db x-trackers iBoxx Eurozone Sovereigns Quality Weighted UCITS ETF (DR)
Asset class: bond index ETF
ISIN: IE00BYTRMY76
Ongoing charges: 0.20%
Distribution policy: distributing
Reference index: Markit iBoxx EUR Eurozone Sovereigns Quality Weighted Index
Interview: Dutch regulator on leveraged ETF review
Following clampdown on leveraged ETFs in 2013, Autoriteit Financiële Markten launches second review of sector
December 15, 2015--The Netherlands is home to a turbo-charged structured products market-and in more ways than one. Exchange turnover is almost exclusively in leveraged products, known as turbos,
with €2.3 billion ($2.4 billion) recorded in the second quarter of this year according to data gathered by the European Structured Investments Products Association...
Tradeweb Exchange-Traded Funds Update-November 2015
December 15, 2015--The following data is derived from trading activity on the Tradeweb European-listed ETF platform.
ETF total traded volume
Total traded volume on the Tradeweb European-listed ETF platform reached €9.64 billion in November. In line with previous months, activity in fixed income ETFs surpassed 30 per cent, as a proportion of the overall traded volume.
November also saw the addition of the sixth liquidity provider posting ETF axes to the platform. Axes functionality provides an indication of whether a dealer is a buyer or seller of a specific ETF.
ESMA updates its Q&A document on prospectus related issues
December 15, 20915--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has updated its Questions and Answers document (Q&A) on prospectus related issues.
The purpose of the Q&A document is to promote common supervisory approaches and practices in the application of the Prospectus Directive and its implementing measures. In this 23rd version of the Q&A, a new question 96 has been added regarding the level of disclosure which should be included in a prospectus related to securities which may be subject to write-down or conversion powers under the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD). Furthermore, the existing question 26 on calculation of the €5 million threshold in Article 1(2)(h) of the Prospectus Directive has been extended to cover also calculation of the €75 million threshold in Article 1(2)(j).
view the Q&A Prospectuses
23rd updated version-December 2015
