Statistics: Forecasts for the UK economy: October 2015
October 14, 2015--Forecasts for the UK economy is a monthly comparison of independent forecasts.
Please note that Forecasts for the UK economy is a summary of published material reflecting the views of the forecasting organisations themselves and does not in any way provide new information on the Treasury's own views. It contains only a selection of forecasters, which is subject to review.
Two new db x-trackers ETFs tradable on Xetra
Access to European stock corporations and corporate bonds denominated in US dollar
October 14, 2015-- Two new db x-trackers ETFs from the Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management product family have been available for trading via Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Wednesday.
Name: db x-trackers MSCI Europe Index UCITS ETF (DR)
Asset class: equity index ETF
ISIN: LU1242369327
Ongoing charges: 0.3%
Distribution policy: distributing
Reference index: MSCI Europe TRN Index
The db x-trackers MSCI Europe Index UCITS ETF (DR) offers investors access to the performance of large and mid-cap stock corporations from industrialised countries in Europe. The reference index represents 85 per cent of companies in the individual industrial sectors.
Economic Activity in Turkey Slowing Down as Political Uncertainty Continues, Says World Bank
October 14, 2015--Despite the expected slowdown in Turkey in the second half of the year, the faster GDP growth in the second quarter leads to revising up growth forecast to 3.2 percent for 2015 according to the World Bank's Turkey Regular Economic Brief[i] (October)-issued today in Ankara.
Seasonally adjusted GDP grew by 1.3 percent quarter-on-quarter in the second quarter.
view the Turkey Regular Economic Note-October 2015
Deutsche Boerse supports traders with real-time risk alerts for most liquid Eurex futures
New analytic signals exceptional price and order book behaviour
October 13, 2015--Deutsche Börse Market Data + Services is launching the new analytic 'Risk Alerts' on 23 November. The new product informs market participants in real-time about unusual price and order book behaviour of the most important Eurex futures.
Alerts are automatically triggered, when certain thresholds for changes in traded prices, bid-ask spreads and order book resilience are exceeded
DB-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-Europe-Europe ETF+ Quarterly Directory Views sought to radically improve access to financial advice what kind of financial advice do consumers want?
are there gaps between the financial advice that consumers want, and the financial advice that they can access and afford?
how can these gaps be closed?
what role could technology, such as "robo-advice", play in improving access to financial advice?
The Financial Advice Market Review was launched on 3 August and is examining how financial advice could work better for consumers, building on the government's pension reforms which have allowed people real choice and freedom over their savings and given them access to free and impartial guidance. ETF Securities and ISE ETF Ventures launch new ETF on Xetra The new ETF from ETF Securities and ISE ETF Ventures for the first time gives investors access to companies around the world whose business focuses on cyber security.
Northern Trust chooses Clearstream for its fund custody business Vestima is well placed to meet regulatory requirements for more security and efficiency in fund custody -another key decision factor for Northern Trust. DB-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-Europe-European Weekly ETF Market Review
Smart Beta and Cyber security product launches Euro area securities issues statistics August 2015 For the outstanding amount of listed shares issued by euro area residents, the annual growth rate was 1.0% in August 2015, the same as in July.
October 12, 2015--The Deutsche Bank Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-Europe-Europe ETF+ Quarterly Directory is available.
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October 12, 2015--HM Treasury and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) launch a joint consultation exploring what can be done to improve customers' access to financial advice.
The consultation, which is the first major milestone of Financial Advice Market Review, will focus on the following questions.
ETF offers first-time access to companies in the cyber security sector
October 12, 2015--A new ETF from the ETF Securities product family, in partnership with ISE ETF Ventures, has been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Monday.
ETF name: ETFS ISE Cyber Security GO UCITS ETF
Asset class: equity index ETF
ISIN: DE000A14ZT85
Total expense ratio: 0.75%
Distribution policy: accumulating
Benchmark: ISE Cyber Security UCITS Index
October 12, 2015--Clearstream's one-stop shop solution for third party funds processing was key decision criteria
As a major market player with USD 6.1 trillion in assets under custody and
USD 960 billion under management, Northern Trust will boost volumes on Clearstream's Vestima platform
October 12, 2015--European ETP Highlights
As of the end of September 2015, global ETP assets stood at $2.7 trillion with European ETP assets at $480bn (€430bn). European ETPs recorded net inflows of +€1.9bn in September (+€10.2bn in the prev. month).
Equity and fixed income ETFs were the major contributors to inflows receiving +€1.5bn and +€0.7bn respectively. Commodity ETPs listed in Europe saw outflows of -€0.3bn during the same period.
During September, 12 new smart beta ETFs were launched. UBS and BlackRock listed 8 and 3 quantitative strategy equity ETFs respectively while First Trust listed a fundamental strategy equity ETF. ETF Securities has launched Europe's first ETF to track cyber security focused companies.
October 11, 2015--In August 2015 the activity of euro area issuers was at the lowest level since August
2014, as measured by new issuance and redemptions of debt securities.
The annual rate of change of the outstanding amount of debt securities issued by euro area residents was -0.9% in August 2015, compared with -1.2% in July.