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Two iShares bond index ETFs launched on Xetra
ETFs provide access to euro-denominated corporate bonds
January 12, 2016--Two new iShares bond index ETFs from BlackRock's product offering have been tradable via Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Tuesday.
Name: iShares Euro Corporate Bond Sustainability Screened 0-3yr UCITS ETF
Asset class: bond index ETF
ISIN: IE00BYZTVV78
Total expense ratio: 0.25 percent
Distribution policy: distributing
Benchmark: Barclays MSCI Euro Corporate 0-3 yr Sustainability ex Controversial Weapons Index
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Source: Deutsche Börse Cash Market
Three new UBS smart beta ETFs launched on Xetra
ETFs provide access to MSCI Factor index family on US stock corporations with currency hedging
January 12, 2016--Three new smart beta ETFs issued by UBS Global Asset Management have been tradable via Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Tuesday, 12 January.
The new UBS factor ETFs enable investors to participate in the performance of companies from the US, which are selected based on one of the following criteria: low volatility, quality and substance. All three UBS ETFs also provide a hedge against EUR currency risk.
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Source: Deutsche Börse Cash Market:
State Street UK ETF head eyes solo start-up after exit
January 12, 2016--Exchange-traded fund specialist poised to launch consultancy after leaving the $2.4 trillion manager in December
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Source: Financial News
FCA mulls return of commission payments
January 9, 2015--Watchdog is reviewing rules on financial advice but denies 'going soft on the banks'.
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Source: FT.com
New EURO iSTOXX High Dividend Low Volatility 50 Index Licensed To Invesco PowerShares To Underlie An Exchange-Traded Fund
January 8, 2016--STOXX Limited, a leading provider of innovative, tradable and global index concepts, today announced the launch of the EURO iSTOXX High Dividend Low Volatility 50 Index, which measures the top 50 stocks in the EURO STOXX Index based on high dividend yield and low volatility.
The index has been licensed to Invesco PowerShares to underlie an exchange-traded fund (ETF) available as of today on London Stock Exchange and will be cross-listed at other European exchanges in the coming months.
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Source: STOXX
Irish stocks: the craic is back
January 7, 2016--Ireland's stock market is in a sweet spot
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Source: FT.com
Solactive Starts Benchmark Offering-Sets the foundation for new smart beta index creation
January 7, 2016--Solactive, one of the growing player in the index space, made a strategic decision to enter the benchmark index business with the launch of benchmark families in the equity as well as the fixed income space.
Solactive will approach market participants by offering an aggressive pricing model.
With the launch of the benchmark indices, Solactive complements its product range and allows clients to do three things: Firstly, construct smart beta indices directly by using broad Solactive benchmarks as starting universe.
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Source: Solactive
Source makes key senior management appointment
January 6, 2016--Source, one of the largest providers of Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) in Europe, is pleased to announce the appointment of Gary Buxton as the firm's Chief Financial Officer.
Buxton has been an integral part of Source since the company was founded and will continue in his role as Chief Operating Officer as well as a member of the firm's management committee.
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Source: Source
UK official holdings of international reserves: December 2015
December 6, 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
BAML: Britain will have 4 interest rate hikes by the end of 2017
January 6, 2016--Britain has kept interest rates at a record low of 0.5% since March 2009 and the date of the first rate hike in years has kept everyone guessing.
Economist Robert Wood, and his team at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, said that the UK is poised to not only raise rates by November 2016, but the Bank of England is also probably going hike rates three times in 2017
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Source: Bloomberg
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