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ESMA issues report on risks and costs of CCP interoperability
March 1, 2016--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today it's final report on systemic risk and cost implications of interoperable arrangements between central clearing houses (CCPs) established under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR).
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Source: ESMA
Turnover at Deutsche Borse's cash markets at 130.7 billion euros in February
March 1, 2016--Order book turnover on Xetra, Börse Frankfurt and Tradegate Exchange across all asset classes stood at €130.7 billion in February (February 2015: €125.5 billion).
Of the €130.7 billion, €120.7 billion were attributable to Xetra (February 2015: €113.4 billion). The average daily turnover on Xetra stood at €5.7 billion in February (February 2015: €5.7 billion). A turnover of €4.0 billion was attributable to Börse Frankfurt (February 2015: €4.9 billion). Order book turnover on Tradegate Exchange* totalled approximately €6.0 billion in February (February 2015: €7.2 billion).
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Source: Deutsche Börse Cash Market
ETFs listed on LSE hit record high in February
March 1, 2016--The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has announced that a record number of exchange-traded funds were listed on its platform last month, February saw providers list 30 ETFs on the bourse with half of these focused on the fixed income sector.
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Source:etfstrategy.co.uk
IG Group continues to challenge the UK stockbroking market with ISA offering and commission fee cut
March 1, 2016--Over 1000 ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) available to trade commission free throughout ISA season
Improved and simple commission rates from as low as £5
IG Group, a global leader in online trading, has today launched a dual assault on ISA savings and stockbroking commission rates, with clients able to trade eligible ETFs commission free during ISA season, from today until 30th April 2016, and through a significant reduction in commission rates on stockbroking trades.
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Source: IG Group
Firm predicts extinction for many active equity managers
March 1, 2016--Nick Samuels, head of equity manager research at independent pension investment consultants Redington, believes that the majority of active equity managers face extinction.
He writes that despite a decade of fierce debate over fees, many active equity managers in the UK have remained impervious to the global rise of passives.
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Source: wealthadviser.co
IG Group cuts stockbroking commission rates, offers commission-free trading on certain ETFs
March 1, 2016--Leading online trading services provider IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) today announced a dual assault on ISA savings and stockbroking commission rates.
Clients of the broker will be able to trade eligible ETFs commission free during ISA season, from today until April 30, 2016, and through a substantial reduction in commission rates on stockbroking trades.
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Source: leaprate.com
ETFs listed on LSE hit record high in February
March 1, 2016--The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has announced that a record number of exchange-traded funds were listed on its platform last month.
February saw providers list 30 ETFs on the bourse with half of these focused on the fixed income sector.
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Source: etfstrategy.co.uk
Cantor Fitzgerald and IMC become latest WisdomTree Authorised Participants (AP) on UCITs platform
March 1, 2016--WisdomTree, the exchange-traded fund ("ETF") and exchange-traded product ("ETP") sponsor, and the world's largest currency-hedged ETF issuer by AUM announced that Cantor Fitzgerald and IMC have become the most
recent additions to a growing list of Authorised Participants (APs) for the WisdomTree UCITS ETF platform.
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Source: WisdomTree
The benefits of exchange-trading investment funds
February 29, 2016--A guest article from Julius Baer covers the trading segment for Sponsored Funds at SIX Swiss Exchange.
Sponsored Funds are investment funds that are traded like ETFs or Structured Products in a market making segment. In a guest contribution[pdf], the authors Beat Auerbach, Oliver Heusser, Thomas Kägi and Estelle Pool from Bank Julius Baer present the differences between the primary market and the secondary market.
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Source: SIX Swiss Exchange
Lipper Monday Morning Memo: Review of the European ETF Market, January 2016
February 29, 2016--The assets under management in the European exchange-traded fund (ETF) industry decreased from €449.0 bn to €430.3 bn during January. This decrease of €18.7 bn was driven mainly by the performance of the underlying markets (-€20.7 bn), while net sales contributed a positive €2.0 bn to the overall assets under management in the ETF segment.
With regard to the overall number of products, it was not surprising that equity funds (€299.8 bn) held the majority of the assets, followed by bond funds (€107.7 bn), commodity products (€12.2 bn), 'other" funds (€6.2 bn), money market funds (€3.5 bn), alternative UCITS products (€0.5 bn), and mixed-asset funds (€0.4 bn).
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Source: Thomson Reuters Lipper
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