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iShares fights for fund flows
February 1, 2015--BlackRock's iShares has had a firm hold on the top position in Europe's exchange traded fund market for years, boasting ETF assets three to four times larger than its nearest rivals.
But new figures show the fund house struggling to gain ground in the rapidly growing European market, in stark contrast to its competitors.
S&P Dow Jones Indices-Europe Index Dashboard
January 30, 2015--Who's worried about Greece when Mario Draghi has turned on the taps? German taxpayers may be fretting; the European equity markets were delighted. The S&P Europe 350® had its best month since October 2011, with a total return of 7.3%.
Every single sector gained, with Consumer Staples and Health Care posting double-digit gains for the month.
In 2014, Quality was the best-performing strategy among the various factor indices derived from the S&P Europe 350. Quality topped the charts again in January, with a monthly return of 9.5%.
The commodity markets continue to signal caution in respect of global demand. Precious Metals was the only sector of the S&P GSCI to post a gain for the month, while Energy continued to slide and recorded a seventh straight month of losses.
EU aims to complete capital markets union by 2019
January 29, 2015--The European Union will put in place its "capital markets union" by 2019, starting with quick wins like encouraging direct investment in businesses, an EU document seen by Reuters showed.
The document, co-written by EU financial services chief Jonathan Hill, sets out a timetable for the first time on a core policy of the European Commission to help revive the bloc's flagging economy.
EU might classify more indexes as "critical benchmarks"
January 29, 2015--European officials are considering revisions to a bill that would classify more financial indexes as "critical benchmarks."
The designation would mean the indexes are subject to tougher proposed rules in the EU.
Commission launches work on establishing a Capital Markets Union
January 28, 2015--The European Commission has today kicked off its project to create a Capital Markets Union (CMU) for all 28 EU Member States with a first orientation debate at the College of Commissioners.
The CMU is one of the flagship projects of this Commission and ties in with the ambition to boost jobs and growth in the EU.
It is designed to help businesses to tap into diverse sources of capital from anywhere in the EU and offer investors and savers additional opportunities to put their money to work.
ESMA eyes transparency in smart-beta products
January 28, 2015--The European Securities and Markets Authority plans to give smart-beta products a closer look, particularly regarding back-testing and replication.
"We would like to see a greater degree of transparency around the methodologies employed in creating those indexes," said Patrick Armstrong, senior officer for financial innovation.
Amundi ETF JPX-Nikkei 400 UCITS ETF launched on Xetra
New ETF provides exposure to leading Japanese corporate stocks
January 27, 2015--A new exchange-listed equity index fund issued by Amundi has been tradable in Deutsche Börse's XTF segment since Tuesday.
Name: Amundi ETF JPX-Nikkei 400 UCITS ETF (EUR)
Asset class: equity ETF
ISIN: FR0012205631
Total expense ratio: 0.18 percent
Distribution policy: accumulating
Benchmark: JPX-Nikkei 400 Index
The Amundi ETF JPX-Nikkei 400 UCITS ETF (EUR) enables investors to participate in the performance of the JPX-Nikkei Index 400.
Europe Financial Transaction Tax Gets New Push From 10 Countries
January 27, 2014--A group of 10 euro-area countries renewed their joint effort to implement a tax on financial transactions after talks collapsed last month.
"We renewed today our commitment" to the project, finance ministers from Austria, Belgium, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain said in a joint statement after meetings in Brussels.
Greenwich survey shows growing institutional adoption of ETFs in Europe
January 26, 2015--22% of institutions to increase their allocations to ETFs in the next three years
Asset Managers use ETFs in nearly three quarters of multi asset funds
Pension funds hold ETFs for an average of 29 months
A survey of 120 European institutions has found that pension funds, insurers and asset managers use exchange-traded funds (ETFs) for a wide range of purposes and hold them for much longer than commonly thought. One in five intend to increase their use of ETFs in the next three years with around one in ten expecting to increase allocations by more than 10% within that time period.
The survey, conducted by Greenwich Associates and commissioned by BlackRock, interviewed 30 European asset managers, 22 insurers and 68 pension funds about their use of ETFs. Out of the 120 surveyed, 83 were ETF users. Five of the main findings are:...
Deutsche Börse to make unscheduled adjustment in MDAX
January 26, 2015--As a result of the expected merger with Deutsche Annington SE, the Gagfah S.A. current share class (ISIN LU0269583422) in MDAX will be replaced with the tendered share class of Gagfah S.A. (ISIN LU1152862774).
According to the index guidebook, this index change is implemented once a company's share reaches an acceptance threshold of at least 50 percent by the end of the initial tender period, or at any time throughout the extended period, with two trading days' notice.
