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London Stock Exchange March 2015 ETF & ETP Monthly Report
March 10, 2015--News
London Stock Exchange is introducing two new order types in May 2015, Cross Orders and Block Trade Facility for ETFs and ETPs. The order types will facilitate bringing bilaterally agreed trades on Exchange.
London Stock Exchange, in partnership with Boost ETP, a WisdomTree Company, ETF Securities, FTSE and Societe Generale, is hosting an event dedicated to short and leveraged ETPs.
Listings
14 new ETFs were listed on London Stock Exchange in February 2015
There are now 775 ETFs (available as 1,178 lines through multi-currency offerings) and 359 ETCs/ETNs (available as 410 lines) on our London market
Trading activity
Total on-exchange value traded for ETFs in February 2015 was £19.3 billion (210k trades), up by 80% compared to last year
Total on-exchange value traded for other ETPs (ETCs and ETNs) in February 2015 was £2.1 billion (51k trades), up by 52% 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
WisdomTree to double UK ETF offering
March 9, 2015--WisdomTree Europe, the European branch of the North American exchange traded fund business WisdomTree Investments, plans to bring another six to eight ETFs onto the UK market over the next three to six months.
At present, the New York-based firm has 69 ETFs in the US covering equities, fixed income, currencies and alternative exposures, with some of those listed across the globe, plus further products.
New UBS ETF launched on Xetra
ETF provides currency-hedged access to the CMCI commodity index
March 9, 2015--A new exchange-listed commodity index fund from the UBS Global Asset Management product range has been tradable in Deutsche B€rse's XTF segment since Monday.
ETF name: UBS ETFs plc-CMCI Composite SF UCITS ETF (GBP) A-acc
Asset class: commodity index ETF
ISIN: IE00B50XJX92
Total expense ratio: 0.45 percent
Distribution policy: accumulating
Benchmark: UBS Bloomberg CMCI hedged to GBP TR Index
Trading currency: British pound
The new UBS ETF from the Constant Maturity Commodity Index (CMCI) index series enables investors to participate in the performance of 28 commodity contracts with up to seven different maturities while also benefiting from a hedge against fluctuations in the GBP/USD exchange rate. This covers the entire yield curve and minimises negative roll effects.
Euro-Area Bond Gains Send Yields to Records on ECB Buying Plans
March 9, 2015--Government bonds across the euro area advanced, sending yields to record lows, as investors absorbed details of the European Central Bank's extended sovereign debt-purchase program.
The rate on securities from Spanish two-year notes to Belgian 30-year bonds dropped to all-time lows after ECB President Mario Draghi said Thursday the euro area’s national central banks will start buying the bonds of their home markets from March 9.
ESMA trade reporting standards "could decide" future of markets
March 9, 2015--The European Securities and Markets Association is consulting financial institutions on which messaging protocol and data formats would be best for trade reporting under MiFIR.
As the timeframe for reporting comes ever closer to real-time, the consequences could be serious.
Under MiFID II and EMIR, a host of trade reporting obligations are being phased in, obliging capital markets participants to report derivatives transactions to a trade repository and to use central clearing wherever sufficient liquidity is available.
ESMA clarifies its interest rate swaps clearing standards
March 9, 2015--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today published a revised opinion on its draft Regulatory Technical Standard (RTS) on the clearing obligation for Interest Rate Swaps (IRS).
ESMA's draft IRS RTS had originally been sent for endorsement to the European Commission by 1 October 2014. On 29 January 2015, the Commission responded with a corrigendum notification, which informed ESMA of its intention to endorse the draft RTS with amendments.
Row erupts as EU backtracks on index data transparency
March 8, 2015-- Scandals over the rigging of interbank interest rates such as Libor and Euribor and the alleged fixing of gold and silver prices have highlighted the dangers of a lack of transparency in the calculation of indices and benchmarks.
So it may come as a surprise that European politicians are being accused of harming investors by backtracking on plans to force unprecedented transparency on index providers..
HM Statistics: Forecasts for the UK economy: February 2015
March 6, 2015--Forecasts for the UK economy is a monthly comparison of independent forecasts. This edition contains short term forecasts for 2014, 2015 and 2016, and medium term forecasts to 2019.
view the Forecasts for the UK economy: February 2015
New UBS ETF launched on Xetra
ETF provides access with currency hedging to MSCI Canada index
March 6, 2015--A new equity index fund from the UBS Global Asset Management product family has been tradable on Xetra in Deutsche Börse's XTF segment since Friday.
ETF name: UBS ETF-MSCI Canada UCITS ETF (hedged to EUR) A-acc
Asset class: equity index ETF
ISIN: LU1130155606
Ongoing charges: 0.43 percent
Distribution policy: accumulating
Benchmark: MSCI Canada 100% hedged to EUR TRN
The new UBS ETF enables investors to participate in the performance of the MSCI Canada index and also to benefit from hedging against exchange rate fluctuations between the euro and the Canadian dollar.
European Parliament moves toward regulation of benchmarks
March 5, 2015--Cora van Nieuwenhuizen, the lawmaker leading an EU proposal to regulate financial benchmarks, said leaders are working toward a compromise.
National regulators would be authorized to toughen up certain benchmark rules, she said. "Everybody feels a sense of urgency that we really have to do something to avoid affairs like [the London Interbank Offered Rate]," van Nieuwenhuizen said. "We can reach an agreement in the coming weeks."