Deutsche Boerse AG completes sale of treasury shares as part of financing of the 360T acquisition
September 3, 2015--Deutsche Börse AG has successfully completed the placement of 2,475,248 treasury shares, thereby raising a total amount of 200 million Euro.
The placement was carried out through an accelerated bookbuild offering to institutional investors only.
Settlement of the offering is expected to take place on 8 September 2015.
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Source: Deutsche Börse
Vonovia SE to be included in DAX
September 3, 2015--Deutsche Börse reviews index composition/Changes to be effective as of 21 September
September 3, 2013--On Thursday Deutsche Börse decided on changes in its selection indices which will become effective on 21 September 2015.
The share of Vonovia SE (formerly Deutsche Annington Immobilien SE) will be included in DAX and will replace the share of Lanxess, which will move to the MDAX index.
Furthermore, the shares of Deutsche Pfandbriefbank and Hella KGaA Hueck & Co. will be included in MDAX while Gerry Weber International AG will leave the Index
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Source: Deutsche Börse
Deutsche Boerse AG launches sale of treasury shares as part of financing of the 360T acquisition
September 3, 2015--Deutsche Börse: AG launches the sale of treasury shares through an accelerated bookbuild offering.
The offering is open to institutional investors, with the aim of generating proceeds of up to 200 million Euro. The entire proceeds of the offering will be used to partially finance the acquisition of 360T Beteiligungs GmbH.
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Source: Deutsche Börse
First Trust Global Portfolios Launches the First Trust Global AlphaDEX(R) UCITS ETF
September 2, 2015--An enhanced index ETF that seeks to provide alpha through investing in developed markets stocks
First Trust Global Portfolios Limited ("FTGP"), a London-based ETF distributor and advisor, announced that it has launched the First Trust Global AlphaDEX(R) UCITS ETF
(the "Fund") on the Euronext Paris on 31 August 2015 (Ticker: FGBL FP) and on the London Stock Exchange on 1 September 2015 (Ticker: FGBL LN).
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Source: First Trust Global Portfolios Limited
Turnover at Deutsche Boerse's cash markets at 142.3 billion euros in August
September 1, 2015--Order book turnover on Xetra, Börse Frankfurt and Tradegate Exchange across all asset classes stood at €142.3 billion in August (August 2014: €94.3 billion).
Of the €142.3 billion, €130.9 billion were attributable to Xetra (August 2014: €87.0 billion). The average daily turnover on Xetra stood at €6.2 billion in August (August 2014: €4.1 billion). A turnover of €4.7 billion was attributable to Börse Frankfurt (August 2014: €3.8 billion). Order book turnover on Tradegate Exchange* totalled approximately €6.7 billion in August (August 2014: €3.5 billion).
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Source: Deutsche Börse
Source appoints industry veteran James Polisson as Chief Marketing Officer
September 1, 2015--Source, one of the largest providers of Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) in Europe, has appointed James Polisson, who has 28 years' experience in the financial services industry, including 16 years in the ETF industry.
Prior to joining Source, Jim was Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Russell Investments' global ETF business from 2010.
Lombard Odier Investment Managers and ETF Securities launch emerging market local government bond ETF
September 1, 2015--Lombard Odier Investment Managers ("Lombard Odier IM"), a pioneer in smart beta fixed income investing, and ETF Securities, one of the world's leading, independent providers of Exchange Traded Products ("ETPs"), have today listed their emerging market local government bond ETF on the London Stock Exchange.
Fund name: ETFS Lombard Odier IM Emerging Market Local Government Bond Fundamental GO UCITS ETF
ISIN: IE00BSVYHP04
TER (p.a.) 0.55%
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Source: ETF Securities
UBS Global Asset Management lists ETF on LSE
September 1, 2015--UBS Global Asset Management has listed a new ETF on the London Stock Exchange (LSE).
The UBS ETF MSCI Japan Socially Responsible UCITS ETF (JPY) (LSE ticker: JPSR) adds a new and important component to the range of UBS ETFs for socially responsible investments (SRI), says UBS.
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Source: FTSE Global Markets
ETF usage by wealth managers in the UK is on the rise
September 1, 2015--Boutique asset managers favour ETFs was one of the findings of a recent survey conducted by research firm TABB Group for software company SunGard.
Some 48 per cent saw ETFs as an area of significant demand from investors, with many boutique managers using ETFs as a low cost way of investing in an asset class and bolstering performance through stock picking and direct investment.
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Source: HedgeWeek
Ashwin Kumar appointed Global Head of Product Development
Direct reporting line to CEO Kengeter
August 31, 2015--Ashwin Kumar (49) will become Deutsche Börse Group’s new Global Head of Product Development as of 1 September.
In this newly created role, he will report as Managing Director directly to CEO Carsten Kengeter. The key tasks of this new function comprise of research for new products, product enhancements and product redesign along the value chain.
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Source: Deutsche Börse
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