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Turnover at Deutsche Börse AG's cash markets at 148.5 billion euros in January

February 2, 2015--Order book turnover on Xetra, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and Tradegate across all asset classes stood at €148.5 billion in January (January 2014: €124.9 billion).

Of the €148.5 billion, €135 billion were attributable to Xetra (January 2014: €112.9 billion). The average daily turnover on Xetra stood at €6.4 billion in January (January 2014: €5.1 billion). A turnover of € 5.8 billion were attributable to the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (January 2014: €5.8 billion).

Order book turnover on Tradegate Exchange* totalled approximately €7.7 billion in January (January 2014: €6.2 billion).

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Source: Deutsche Börse


Assets held in UK tracker funds rocket by 23.5%

February 2, 2015--February 2, 2015--UK investors are increasingly turning to low-cost investment options, prompting an increase in demand for passive funds, a spate of recent reports has found.

Data from the Investment Association last week showed that assets held in passive, open-ended tracker funds grew by 23.5 per cent in 2014 to reach a record high of £93bn.

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Source: FT Adviser


Oslo Børs launches new bond indices

February 2, 2015--As from today Oslo Børs is calculating 20 new bond indices. With that the bond index portfolio is expanded from five to 25 indices.

The new indices are divided into three categories with Norwegian government bonds, treasury bills and money market instruments respectively as underlying instruments. The main objective is to supply investors in the Norwegian bond market with portfolio benchmarks where return can be replicated.

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Source: Oslo Børs


ETF price war continues to rage in Europe

February 1, 2015--ETF providers show no sign of calling a halt to the drawn-out battle over fees, with many continuing to cut prices across popular products in Europe to win over cost-conscious investors and to claw at the market share of larger rivals.

Persuading providers to admit that the spate of fee cuts is driven by a desire to undercut their competitors is difficult, and there is a noticeable reluctance among the largest of them to associate fee cuts with a price war.

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Source: FT.com


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.

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Source: FT.com


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.

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Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices


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.

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Source: Reuters


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.

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Source: SmartBrief


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.

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Source: Europa


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.

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Source: SmartBrief


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