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UBS ETF on emerging market bonds with currency hedge launched on Xetra
ETF tracks more than 100 government and quasi-government bonds from over 60 emerging markets
May 10, 2016--A new UBS Global Asset Management bond index ETF has been tradable via Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Tuesday.
ETF name: UBS ETF-Barclays USD Emerging Markets Sovereign UCITS ETF (hedged to EUR) A-acc
Asset class: bond index ETF
ISIN: LU1324516308
Ongoing charges: 0.47 percent
Distribution policy: accumulating
Benchmark: Barclays Emerging Markets USD Sovereign & Agency 3% Country Capped hedged to EUR Index
The new unit class of the UBS ETF-Barclays USD Emerging Markets Sovereign UCITS ETF combines an investment in emerging market bonds with a currency hedge.
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Source: Deutsche Börse Cash Market
Currency-hedged Amundi ETF Floating Rate USD Corporate UCITS ETF
May 10, 2016--Amundi ETF adds to its corporate bond offering by launching a new currency-hedged USD/EUR share class to its USD-denominated Floating Rate Notes ETF.
This new currency-hedged share class is exposed to the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid FRN Investment Grade Corporates 100 index1. It is offered with ongoing charges2 of 0.20%.
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Source: Amundi
New UBS commodity index ETF excluding agriculture and livestock sectors launched on Xetra
ETF offers access to performance of a broadly diversified basket of commodity contracts
May 9, 2016--A new UBS Global Asset Management commodity index ETF has been tradable via Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Monday.
ETF name: UBS ETFs plc-CMCI ex-Agriculture SF UCITS ETF (USD) A-acc
Asset class: commodity index ETF
ISIN: IE00BZ2GV965
Ongoing charges: 0.37 percent
Distribution policy: accumulating
Benchmark: UBS Bloomberg CMCI Ex-Agriculture Ex-Livestock Capped Index
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Source: Deutsche and Börse Cash Market:
Winterflood launches 'watershed' fractional shares for ETFs
May 9, 2016--Winterflood Business Services (WBS) will offer trading and custody of ETFs on a fractional share basis from July.
The new service allows the trading and custody of ETFs to four decimal places.
It broadens access to the ETF universe for platforms, discretionary fund managers and financial advisers, which have been impeded by a lack of access, high transaction charges and the absence of fractional share dealing, says head of WBS Alex Kerry.
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Source: fundstrategy.co.uk
WisdomTree Launches Enhanced Commodity UCITS ETF on the London Stock Exchange
May 9, 2016--Demonstrating continued leadership in innovative index strategies to commodity ETFs
WisdomTree has launched its first broad-based WisdomTree Enhanced Commodity UCITS ETF (the "Fund") on the London Stock Exchange (WCOA)
The Fund tracks the Optimised Roll Commodity Total Return Index (EBCIWTT), a broadly diversified index whose weights are based on the Bloomberg Commodity Index and incorporates a smart roll mechanism, based on the S&P GSCI Dynamic Roll indices, that aims to deliver curve enhanced returns.
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Source: WisdomTree
National Statistics: UK official holdings of international reserves: April 2016
May 5, 2016--This monthly release shows details of movements in the UK's official holdings of international reserves, or assets. These consist of gold, foreign currency assets and International Monetary Fund assets.
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Source: HM Treasury
SSGA launches 10 ETFs on Euronext
May 4, 2016--State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has launched 10 World Sector SPDR ETFs on the Euronext Exchange.
The ETFs will be managed in Paris by the same team that has been managing the French domiciled World Sector index funds for the past 15 years.
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According to its spring forecast, the Commission expects euro area GDP of 1.6% in 2016 and 1.8% in 2017 after 1.7% in 2015 (Winter forecast: 2015: 1.6%, 2016: 1.7%, 2017: 1.9%). GDP growth in the EU is expected to moderate from 2.0% last year to 1.8% in 2016 before reaching 1.9% in 2017 (Winter forecast: 2015: 1.9%, 2016: 1.9%, 2017: 2.0%).
Source: European Commission
