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Money market funds set for partial reprieve in EU vote-document

February 25, 2015--Europe's trillion euro money market funds industry faces major reform on Thursday when European Union lawmakers vote on new rules aimed at avoiding investor runs in a crisis.

However, according to parliamentary compromises seen by Reuters, one type of money market fund (MMF) looks set to escape a requirement that industry said would spell its demise.

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Source: Reuters


Broker-Research Payment Plans Face EU Lawmaker Skepticism

February 25, 2015--European Union plans to rein in asset managers who use clients' money to pay for research face resistance from legislators concerned that the proposed rules could harm small business.

Markus Ferber, the European Parliament's lead lawmaker on an overhaul of the EU's financial-markets law known as MiFID II, said he's "not entirely happy" with regulators' proposals that would force asset managers to separate payments for research from those they make to brokers to execute trades.

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Source: Bloomberg


Comparing systemic risk in European government bonds and national indices

February 24, 2015--It has been shown, that the systemic risk contained in financial markets can be indicated by the change of cross-correlation between different indices and stocks.

This change is tracked by using principle component analysis (PCA). We use this technique to investigate the systemic risk contained in European economy by comparing government long term bonds and indices.

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Source: Cornell University Library


New Deka equity index ETF launched on Xetra

ETF provides access to corporate stocks from ex EMU Europe
February 24, 2015--A new equity index ETF issued by Deka Investment GmbH has been tradable in Deutsche Börse's XTF segment since Tuesday.

ETF name: Deka MSCI Europe ex EMU UCITS ETF
Asset class: equity index ETF
ISIN: DE000ETFL458
Total expense ratio: 0.30 percent
Distribution policy: distributing
Benchmark: MSCI Europe ex EMU Index

The Deka MSCI Europe ex EMU UCITS ETF enables investors to participate in the performance of the MSCI Europe ex EMU Index.

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Source: Xetra


1,000th ETF listed on SIX Swiss Exchange

With five new ETFs from UBS, the selection available on SIX Swiss Exchange has risen to 1,000 products. February 24, 2015--The continually growing selection of ETFs on SIX Swiss Exchange has now reached a new high point. With five ETFs listed by UBS today, the number of products has risen to 1,000 for the first time.

This means investors have an even larger range of options for achieving their investment goals in a simple, reliable and cost-efficient way.

"We are proud of reaching this milestone, and we would like to thank our issuers for the trust they show in us with each product launched," commented Danielle Mair, ETFs & ETPs Sales Manager for SIX Swiss Exchange. The products listed by UBS today comprise one active ETF and four ETFs that replicate a Swiss stock index.

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Source: SIX Swiss Exchange


Europe's alternative finance market surges

February 23, 2015--The European market for online alternative finance grew by 144 per cent last year to almost £3bn and could hit £7bn this year as companies look to tap new sources of capital, according to a new report.

The analysis, published on Monday by the University of Cambridge Judge Business School and professional services firm EY, reveals how what was once a niche market has become a small sector that is still experiencing rapid growth.

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Source: FT.com


New db x-trackers equity index ETF launched on Xetra

ETF offers access to corporate stocks from the GCC region
February 23, 2015--A new db x-trackers issued by Concept Fund Solutions plc from the ETF section of Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management has been tradable in Deutsche Börse's XTF segment on Xetra since Monday.

ETF name: db x-trackers MSCI GCC Select Index UCITS ETF
Asset class: equity index ETF
ISIN: IE00BQXKVQ19 Total expense ratio: 0.65 percent
Distribution policy: accumulating
Benchmark: MSCI GCC Countries ex Select Securities Index

The db x-trackers MSCI GCC Select Index UCITS ETF gives investors access to the performance of stock corporations from countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

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Source: Xetra


Borsa Italiana-ETFstat January 2015

February 20, 2015--New Listing
ETFplus market welcomed a new issuer: WisdomTree launched on the market 6 ETFs
In January 11 new instruments were listed on ETFplus market
At the end of January there were listed 920 instruments (664 ETFs and 256 ETCs/ETNs)

AUM
At the end of January, the Asset Under Management (AUM) deposited in Italy set a new historical record reaching 40.81 bn of Euros (37.63 bn of Euros for ETFs and 3.18 for ETCs/ETNs) with a grow of 52.52% compared to January 2015

Inflows
During January 2015, in Italy ETFs amassed +€1.98bn of inflows

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Source: Borsa Italiana


Natixis set to buy French group DNCA

February 19, 2015--Natixis is in exclusive talks regarding a bid to add French asset manager DNCA Finance to its suite of global investment management affiliates.

The acquisition of DNCA would bring €14.6bn (€10.8bn) of assets under management (AUM) from a range of investment strategies, including long-only and absolute return equities, fixed income through convertibles and eurozone bonds and multi-asset.

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Source: International Adviser


Banks Seek Easing of 'Draconian' EU Equity Research Plan

February 19, 2015--Investment banks want the European Union to scale back potentially "draconian" draft rules that would rein in asset managers using clients' money to pay for equities research.

The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, is weighing how far to go in forcing asset managers to separate payments for research from those they make to banks and other brokers to execute trades. These costs are commonly lumped together, a practice known as bundling.

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Source: Bloomberg


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