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Xetra-Gold registers new record high in gold holdings

Deutsche Börse Commodities stores 54.4 tonnes for physical backing of gold bond
March 10, 2015--The gold holdings of Deutsche Börse Commodities for the physical backing of the Xetra-Gold bond reached a new record high of around 54.4 tonnes in March, an increase of more than 4.5 tonnes since the beginning of the year.

For each bond, exactly one gram of gold is deposited in the vaults. With a price of €34.67 (Xetra price on 10 March) per Xetra-Gold bond or one gram of gold, respectively, the current value of gold in custody is approximately €1.9 billion.

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Source: Deutsche Börse Commodities:


UPDATE 1-British ETF price war heats up with BlackRock FTSE 100 fee cut

March 10, 2015--Cost for two flagship ETFs now 7 pence/100 stg invested
Market could go as low as 3 pence-Hargreaves Lansdown
Adds emerging market, niche fund fees likely to fall next

BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, has slashed the cost of investing in Britain's oldest FTSE 100 exchange-traded fund' ratcheting up the pressure on rival providers such as Vanguard.

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Source: Reuters


UBS unveils currency-hedged commodities ETF

March 10, 2015--UBS Global Asset Management has expanded its line-up of currency-hedged exchange-traded funds with the launch of the UBS ETF (IE) CMCI Composite hedged GBP SF UCITS ETF (UC90).

Listed on the London Stock Exchange, the ETF offers investors access to commodities markets with GBP currency hedging and will likely appeal to UK-based investors wishing to diversify their investments while neutralising currency risks.

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Source: etfstrategy.co.uk


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

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Source: London Stock Exchange Group


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.

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Source: FT.com


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.

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Source: Xetra


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.

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Source: Bloomberg


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.

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Source: ESMA


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.

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Source: ESMA


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..

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Source: FT.com


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