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Deutsche Boerse completes 360T acquisition
Kengeter: "Acquisition is a strategic fit as it broadens Deutsche Börse asset class spectrum"/Significant synergies, cross-selling and innovative product development planned
October 15, 2015--Today Deutsche Börse completed the acquisition of 360T, following the approval of relevant antitrust authorities and the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin).
The trading platform remains under the regulatory supervision of BaFin and operates under the existing management team. Moreover, 360T's CEO Carlo Kölzer will join Deutsche Börse Group Management Committee.
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Source: Deutsche Börse
Five new ComStage ETFs launched on Xetra
ETFs track long and short futures contracts on US government bonds for the first time
October 15, 2015--Four new exchange-listed bond index funds and one commodity index fund issued by ComStage have been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Thursday.
Two of the ComStage ETFs follow the strategy of tracking the total return of a long or short investment, which consists of two components: the performance of the futures contract on the effective interest rate of ten-year US government bonds plus interest on the non-tied capital at the effective federal funds rate.
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Source: Xetra
New WisdomTree Smart Beta ETF launched on Xetra
Index fund offers access to high-dividend companies in Asian emerging markets
October 15, 2015--A new exchange-listed index fund issued by WisdomTree has been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Thursday. WisdomTree is primarily a smart beta ETF provider, using fundamental data to weight companies in the reference index.
The new WisdomTree ETF gives investors access to high-dividend companies from China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand. The reference index comprises around 300 company stocks weighted by dividend. Individual company weightings are limited to 4.5 percent. In addition, sector or country allocation is limited to a maximum of 33.3 percent.
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Source: Xetra
Inforgraphic-The Fall of the Mighty Euro
October 14, 2015--The euro has fallen precipitously since the beginning of the Financial Crisis in terms of USD.
Crises plague the Eurozone-will it be able to recover?
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Source:visualcapitalist.com
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.
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Source: HM Treasury
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.
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Source: Xetra
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
Source: World Bank
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
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Source: Deutsche Börse
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. view more If you are looking for a particuliar article and can not find it, please feel free to contact us
October 12, 2015--The Deutsche Bank Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-Europe-Europe ETF+ Quarterly Directory is available.
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Source: Deutsche Bank Research-Europe-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy
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.
Source: HM Treasury
