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Mario Draghi announces €1.1 trillion quantitative easing programme
Stimulus package will include sovereign debt purchases to buoy the Eurozone
January 22, 2015--European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi unveiled bigger-than-expected quantitative easing measures on Thursday but still faced a fierce fight from Germany over any policy that could mutualise debt in the eurozone.
"The combined monthly purchases of public and private sector securities will amount to €60bn euros," said Mr Draghi at a press conference following a meeting of the ECB's governing council.
The rise of the 'robo adviser'
January 21, 2015--These online investment services, which usually construct portfolios using ETFs,
saw strong growth in the US last year..
European ETF growth levels to be sustained in 2015, says Deutsche AWM
January 21, 2015--The European ETF market is expected to
expand 15-20% 2 in 2015, according to Simon Klein, Head of
Exchange Traded Product Distribution & Institutional Mandates, EMEA and
Asia,at Deutsche Asset & W ealth Management (Deutsche AWM), speaking at a press conference in Frankfurt.
With €357. 3 billion 3 in ETF assets under management, ETFs currently account for some 3.3 per cent
4 of total fund volumes in Europe.
As well as innovation to provide investors with new types of market exposure in ETF format, other anticipated growth drivers in 2015 will be the range of additional services ETF houses can provide clients, and strong price competition 5 , noted Klein .
Statistics: Forecasts for the UK economy: January 2015
January 21, 2015--A comparison of independent forecasts for the UK economy in January 2015.
Forecasts for the UK economy is a monthly comparison of independent forecasts.
Borsa Italiana-ETFstat December 2014
January 20, 2015--Listing
ETFplus market welcomed a new issuer: WisdomTree launched on the market 6 ETFs
In 2014 162 new instruments were listed on ETFplus market
At the end of 2014 there were listed 927 instruments (673 ETFs and 254 ETCs/ETNs)
Trading
Borsa Italiana in 2014 has confirmed its leadership in Europe* for number of trades on eletronic platform in ETFs with a market share of 28.20%, the ranking has been lead since 2005
In 2014 Borsa Italiana is the second European Exchange* for on book turnover with a market share of 17.35%.
AUM
At the end of 2014, the Asset Under Management (AUM) deposited in Italy set a new historical record reaching 37.04 bn of Euros (34.32 bn of Euros for ETFs and 2.72 for ETCs/ETNs) with a grow of 38.59% compared to the end of 2013
Inflows
During 2014, in Italy ETFs amassed +€7.73bn of inflows
ETF Listing Italy
*Data source: FESE and LSEG-only electronic order book considered
Europe deflation and US rate hike risks: It's paradoxically bullish for gold and silver
January 20, 2015--Deflation-not inflation; policy tightening-not easing is, ironically, giving gold and silver momentum.
Here is why.
Deflation is destabilising state finances, creating uncertainty, mainly in the Eurozone. Meanwhile, the broad-based US expansion is fuelling expectations of when, not if, the Fed hikes interest rates.
Chart 1 summarizes these risks posed to fixed income markets in the US and Europe. The analogy of why this is bullish for precious metals follows next.
MarketAxess and BlackRock Expand Strategic Trading Alliance into Europe
January 20, 2015--MarketAxess Holdings Inc. and BlackRock, Inc. are expanding their Open TradingTM alliance into the European credit markets.
The strategic alliance seeks to improve liquidity and reduce transaction costs for European fixed income market participants, building upon the success of the firms' existing partnership in U.S. credit.
Four Smart Beta iShares ETFs launched on Xetra
ETFs offer access to MSCI Europe strategy index family
January 20, 2015--Four new iShares equity index ETFs from BlackRock's product offering have been tradable in Deutsche Börse's XTF segment on Xetra since Tuesday.
All four iShares ETFs track the performance of stock companies included in the MSCI Europe Index. Selection and weighting of the stocks differ depending on the selected strategy approach according to the company size, value, momentum and earnings quality.
Two new Amundi bond index ETFs launched in XTF segment on Xetra
Two new exchange-listed bond index funds issued by Amundi have been tradable in Deutsche Börse's XTF segment since Tuesday.
Name: Amundi Govt Bond Lowest Rated EuroMTS Investment Grade 1-3 UCITS ETF
Asset class: bond ETF
ISIN: FR0011807015
Total expense ratio: 0.14 percent
Distribution policy: accumulating
Benchmark: EuroMTS Lowest Rated Investment Grade Government Capped 1--3 Index
The Amundi Govt Bond Lowest Rated EuroMTS Investment Grade 1-3 UCITS ETF provides investors with access to the performance of government bonds issued by euro-area countries with terms of one to three years.
Source R Equal-Risk European Equity UCITS ETF launched on Xetra
ETF uses risk-pbased index strategy for the largest European stock companies
January 20, 2015--A new equity index fund from the ETF offering issued by Source has been tradable in the XTF segment on Xetra since Monday.
ETF name: Source R Equal-Risk European Equity UCITS ETF
Asset class: equity index ETF
ISIN: DE000A12D253
Total expense ratio: 0.48 percent
Distribution policy: accumulating
Benchmark: R Risk-Based European Equity TRN Index
The Source R Equal-Risk European Equity UCITS ETF allows investors to participate in a risk-based strategy approach, which focuses equity selection on the biggest European large-cap companies with sufficient trading liquidity. Index weighting is based on the equally-weighted risk contribution (ERC) model, which takes the two risk factors volatility and correlation into account.
