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Christian Kronseder joins STOXX as COO
April 29, 2015--STOXX Limited, a leading provider of innovative, tradable and global index concepts, today announced that Christian Kronseder will join the company as chief operating officer (COO), as of May 1st, 2015.
"Christian has extensive experience when it comes to platforms and optimized operations in index processing environments, which will be of great value to STOXX", said Holger Wohlenberg, chairman of the STOXX supervisory board.
Coinbase opens bitcoin exchange in UK
April 28, 2015--Bitcoin payment processor Coinbase opened an exchange and online wallet service in the UK on Tuesday, allowing people to convert sterling into bitcoin.
Expanding to the UK will make it easier to access bitcoin in one of the financial capitals of the world, San Francisco-based Coinbase said in a blog on its website.
New market maker for ETPs-SIX Swiss Exchange
With Commerzbank, SIX Swiss Exchange welcomes another market maker in its ETP segment.
April 24, 2015--Today, Commerzbank starts as a market maker in the ETP segment of SIX Swiss Exchange and quotes prices for the Source Physical Gold P-ETC.
This product is listed since November 2010 and aims at replicating the performance of the London Gold Market Fixing PM Fix Price/USD.
ETPs are collateralized, non-interest-paying bearer debt securities (debentures), which are issued as securities and may be sold and redeemed on a continuous basis. Currently the ETP segment comprises 42 products of 3 issuers and 5 market makers. Further information about ETPs is available on our website.
LSE marks 15 years of ETFs with £186bn turnover last year
April 23, 2015--London Stock Exchange Group has marked the 15th anniversary of the first London exchange traded fund listing, the iShares FTSE 100 ETF which was listed on the LSE in April 2000.
As of today, there are 791 ETFs trading on the London market linked to indices that cover a large range of markets, such as the FTSE China A-50 and asset classes including fixed income and commodities. Over $20bn is now linked to FTSE China indices alone, says LSEG.
WisdomTree hires former Lyxor ETF strategy chief
April 22, 2015--In a move described as a "coup", WisdomTree Europe has hired the former head of exchange-traded funds strategy
at Lyxor Asset Management as its head of sales..
ESMA-Investment using virtual currency or distributed ledger technology
April 22, 2015--ESMA has been monitoring and analysing virtual currency investment over the last 6 months, to understand developments in the market, potential benefits or risks for investors, market integrity or financial stability, and to support the functioning of the EU single market.
ESMA's analysis is set out in this paper. ESMA is seeking to share its analysis in order to promote wider understanding of innovative market developments, and invites market participants and other stakeholders to submit feedback and any additional information on the following topics:
Investors ETF Quarterly Statistics:1st quarter of 2015
April 20, 2015--This report provides detailed figures regarding the performance of SIX Swiss Exchange's ETF segment.
In the first quarter of 2015, the Swiss stock exchange saw a trading volume in ETFs of CHF 33.2 billion.
Compared to the previous quarter this represents an increase of over 38%.
This was revealed today in the latest edition of ETF Quarterly Statistics[pdf]. An important factor was the all-time high on 28 January, when CHF 2.7 bn were traded in ETFs. In total, 322'919 ETF transactions were carried out on SIX Swiss Exchange in the 1st quarter. Average transaction size was CHF 102'687 and therefore higher than in the previous years.
view the ETF Quarterly Statistics
WisdomTree, a leading global provider of ETFs, lists ISEQ 20(R) ETF on the ISE
April 20, 2015--The WisdomTree ISEQ 20(R) UCITS ETF (the ETF) issued by WisdomTree, a world-leading provider of exchange traded funds (ETFs), has been admitted to trading on the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE).
The ETF has a very competitive total expense ratio (TER) of 0.49% and is trading under the ticker (WTIE). It commenced trading with assets under management (AUM) of €29m following completion of its merger with the original ISEQ 20(R) ETF.
Draft EU rules on broker commission a setback for asset managers
April 20, 2015--Efforts by banks and asset managers to dilute planned European Union rules on paying for research on stock picks are being rebuffed by the bloc's executive, a draft EU document showed.
The European Commission is writing rules to implement an update of the EU's securities trading law known as MiFID II.
