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Infographic-Germany's Demographic Cliff
February 19, 2016--Why Europe's largest economy could be destined to be the next Japan
Last week's chart showed that the world is turning Japanese with tales of economic malaise, extreme monetary policy, and negative rates.
Germany, with its 5-yr government bond currently trading at a -0.33% yield, is no exception to this story.
However, negative yields are not the only concern that the country has in common with Japan. It's the overall demographic picture that is worrying, and it could have a big effect on Germany's economic future as well as the tough choices that must be made today.view infographic
Source: visualcapitalist.com
SPDR with eleven new ETFs on government and corporate bonds denominated in euros and US dollars launched on Xetra
Eleven new exchange-listed SPDR bond index funds issued by State Street Global Advisors have been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Thursday, 18 February.
The new SPDR ETFs enable investors to participate in the performance of euro-zone and US government bonds with differing residual maturities. The reference indices exclusively comprise fixed-income bonds with an investment grade rating.
The euro-zone government bonds are bonds with a medium residual maturity of 5-7 years or 7-10 years, as well as bonds with a long residual maturity of more than 10 years.
Among the US Treasury bonds offered are those with a residual maturity of 3-5 years, 5-7 years, 7-10 years and of more than 10 years.
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Source: Deutsche Börse Cash Market
Source promotes Dwyer in UK team
February 17, 2016--Source, a provider of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) in Europe, has promoted Kate Dwyer to the role of Executive Director for its UK coverage team.
Kate joined Source in 2013 and has been primarily focused on private banks and family offices.
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Source: headoftrading.com
Official Statistics: Forecasts for the UK economy: February 2016
February 17, 2016--A comparison of independent forecasts for the UK economy in February 2016.
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Source: HM Treasury
ESMA updates EMIR Q&A
February 16, 2016--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today issued an update of its Question and Answers (Q&As) regarding the implementation of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR).
The Q&A clarifies how the clearing obligation should apply to swaps resulting for the exercise of a swaption, including during the frontloading period and the approach on frontloading that was adopted in the ESMA’s first RTS on the clearing obligation, which entered into force on 21 December 2015.
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Source: ESMA
EU benchmark rules open to regulatory arbitrage, say rate-setters
February 16, 2016--Fears firms may seek to limit scope of publication if 'index' definition is too narrow
Market participants hoping for clarity on which indexes will be caught by the EU's sweeping reforms of benchmarks will have to wait a bit longer. Initial guidance issued by Europe's securities regulator on February 15 left a key condition in defining the scope of the regulation-that of an index's public availability-as yet undetermined.
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Source: Risk.net
Irish Stock Exchange and Deutsche Borse extend strategic technology partnership until 2021
February 15, 2016--The Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) has renewed its strategic technology partnership with Deutsche Börse and extended its use of the Deutsche Börse trading infrastructure and related services. The new contract runs for 6 years until the end of 2021.
Brian Healy, Director, Traded Markets, Development, Operations at the ISE, said: “The ISE is delighted to extend its successful collaboration with Deutsche Börse for the use of its Xetra system and related service.
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Source: Deutsche Börse
German regulator to investigate 'closet index funds'
February 15, 2016--Germany's markets regulator said on Monday it would investigate whether asset managers mislead investors by selling actively managed funds which then tracked a benchmark index too closely.
BaFin's decision to probe whether fund firms were marketing so-called 'closet index funds' comes shortly after Europe's financial markets regulator said up to a sixth of retail-focused equity funds could be guilty of the practise.
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Source: Rueters
New PowerShares ETF on Xetra combines dividend and low-volatility strategy
ETF tracks high-dividend euro zone companies with low volatility
February 15, 2016--A new index fund from the ETF offering of PowerShares Global Funds has been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Monday, 15 February.
ETF name: PowerShares EURO STOXX High Dividend Low Volatility UCITS ETF
Asset class: equity index ETF
ISIN: IE00BZ4BMM98
Total expense ratio: 0.3 percent
Distribution policy: distributing
Benchmark: EURO iSTOXX High Dividend Low Volatility 50 Index
The PowerShares EURO STOXX High Dividend Low Volatility UCITS ETF offers investors first-time access to the performance of euro zone stock companies with high dividends and low volatility.
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Source: Deutsche Börse Cash Market
Bank of England sets out stall for Islamic deposits in first for Western central bank
February 12, 2016--The Bank of England on Friday became the first major Western central bank to set out its stall for sharia-compliant deposit facilities as Britain seeks to pitch London as the preeminent global centre for Islamic finance.
Born in its modern form in the 1970s, Islamic finance- which obeys religious principles such as bans on interest payments-has rapidly expanded over the past decade and there are now more than $2 trillion in Islamic financial assets
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Source: Reuters