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Amundi ETF S&P 500 Buyback UCITS ETF launched on Xetra
ETF offers access to stock corporations with buyback programmes
April 14, 2015-- A new exchange-listed equity index fund issued by Amundi has been tradable in Deutsche Börse's XTF segment on Xetra since Tuesday.
Name: Amundi ETF S&P 500 Buyback UCITS ETF
Asset class: equity ETF
ISIN: FR0012395473
Total expense ratio: 0.15 percent
Distribution policy: accumulating
Benchmark: S&P 500 Buyback Index
The Amundi ETF S&P 500 Buyback UCITS ETF enables investors to participate in the performance of 100 stock corporations in the S&P 500 index which use share buyback programmes.
Borsa Italiana: ETF Stat: March 2015
April 14, 2015--New Listing
3 new instruments were listed on ETFplus market
At the end of March there were listed 939 instruments (671 ETFs, 256 ETCs/ETNsand 12 open OICR)
AUM
At the end of March, the Asset Under Management (AUM) deposited in Italy set a new historical record reaching €45.37bn (41.89bn for ETFs and 3.48bn for ETCs/ETNs) with a grow of 56.52% compared to March 2015
Inflows
During March 2015, in Italy ETFs amassed +€766bn of inflows
Trading
518.564 trades registered during March 2015 with a grow of 84.92% vs 2014
WisdomTree Issues Its First Unleveraged Exchange Traded Commodities on London Stock Exchange
April 14, 2015--Boost, A WisdomTree Company, lists four new unleveraged ETCs on the LSE
The new ETCs track the most popular commodities of oil, gold and natural gas
With commodity prices having trended down in recent times, there has been renewed interest in ETCs from investors with longer term horizons
Boost offers the most liquid oil, natural gas and gold short & leveraged ETC platform in Europe, as the Boost platform's monthly notional turnover exceeded $2.2bn and total AUM rose above $300m for the first time.
BlackRock A-share ETF joins crowded London market
April 14, 2015--The global asset manager yesterday launched a China A-share exchange-traded fund in London,
adding to a competitive marketplace. A rival A-share ETF provider has already slashed its fees.
London Stock Exchange March 2015 ETF & ETP Monthly Report
April 13, 2015--Record
Record monthly on-exchange value traded for ETFs and other ETPs, reaching £24.6 billion (312k trades)
News
London Stock Exchange is pleased to announce the introduction of a promotional waiver of the exchange charge for the execution of Cross Orders and Block Trade Facility.
Last month, London Stock Exchange welcomed CCBI Commerzbank as a new issuer
Listings
12 new ETFs and 7 other ETPs (ETCs and ETNs) were listed on London Stock Exchange in March 2015
There are now 781 ETFs (available as 1,190 lines through multi-currency offerings) and 366 ETCs/ETNs (available as 417 lines) on our London market
Trading activity
Total on-exchange value traded for ETFs in March 2015 was £22.7 billion (267k trades), up by 95% compared to last year
Total on-exchange value traded for other ETPs (ETCs and ETNs) in March 2015 was £1.9 billion (45k trades),up by 2% compared to last year
Market coverage
22 registered market makers provide continuous pricing and a high quality pool of liquidity on our order-book
In addition, more than 400 brokers and member firms from over 20 countries are connected to London Stock Exchange's order book and have access to trade ETFs
view the London Stock Exchange ETF & ETP April Update
Euro Area Securities Issues Statistics: February 2015
April 13, 2015--The annual rate of change of the outstanding amount of debt securities issued by euro area residents decreased from -0.6% in January 2015 to -0.9% in February.
For the outstanding amount of listed shares issued by euro area residents, the annual growth rate was 1.4% in February 2015, compared with 1.5% in
January.
New issuance of debt securities by euro area residents totalled EUR 538 billion in February 2015.
Redemptions stood at EUR 522 billion and net issues amounted to EUR 26 billion.1 The annual rate of change of outstanding debt securities issued by euro area residents decreased from -0.6% in January 2015 to --0.9% in February.
Euro area economic and financial developments by institutional sector (Early release)
April 13, 2015--Loans to households increased after being unchanged in the previous quarter (0.2% after 0.0%).
Household financial investment increased at a broadly unchanged annual rate (1.6% after 1.5%).<
Household net worth increased at a lower annual rate (2.4% after 2.7%).
Non-financial corporations’ net entrepreneurial income (broadly equivalent to current profits) increased at a higher rate (14.6% after 5.1%), while their financing increased at an unchanged rate (1.1%).
Cantor Fitzgerald's ETF team sees growth in IFA interest in the UK
April 9, 2015--One of the largest and most experienced ETF full service trading teams in the business arrived at financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald in December 2013
from the American group Knight Capital, and has been gearing itself up for business under the Cantor label since that time.
Euro area quarterly balance of payments and international investment position (fourth quarter of 2014)
April 9, 2015--Euro area quarterly balance of payments and international investment position (fourth quarter of 2014)
The current account of the euro area showed a surplus of €212.7 billion (2.1% of euro area GDP) in 2014.
At the end of 2014, the international investment position of the euro area recorded net liabilities of €1.3 trillion (approximately 13% of euro area GDP).
UK platforms struggle to keep up with ETF demand
April 8, 2015--Platforms are struggling to cope with the rapid increase in demand for passive investments, especially exchange traded funds, according to an outsourcing provider for the industry.
Brett Williams, managing director of the SEI Wealth Platform, told FTAdviser that many platforms are unable to handle ETFs at all, while many of those that do can only price them once a day.