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Pension funds seek riskier, illiquid bets to make returns they need
March 14, 2015--British pension funds are coping with low bond yields and high share prices by seeking riskier investments, in a hunt for the returns they need to meet their obligations to pensioners.
Collectively managing at least 2.5 trillion pounds (2.50 trillion pounds), pension funds are reeling from six years of money-printing by central banks globally, which has depressed yields so much that some bonds even cost investors money to hold them.
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Source: Reuters
EU states agree position for final deal to regulate market benchmarks
March 13, 2015--European Union states agreed a common position on Friday to regulate market benchmarks, opening the door to negotiations on a final agreement with lawmakers on new rules to avoid more damaging market rigging scandals.
The draft law was proposed by the bloc's European Commission after banks were fined for trying to rig interest rate benchmarks. Since then lenders have also been fined for trying to manipulate currency benchmarks, prompting lawmakers to toughen up the draft law.
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Source: Reuters
Dutch regulator to probe active ETFs
March 12, 2015--The Dutch regulator says it will focus on active exchange traded funds as part of a recently announced investigation into areas of overlap between active and passive funds.
The Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets last month revealed that it was at the beginning of a probe into passive funds that have an active strategy, as well as active funds that behave like passive funds.
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Source: FT.com
ESMA sees continued tense securities market conditions
March 11, 2015--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its Report No. 1, 2015 on Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities in European Union (EU) securities markets, covering market developments from July to December 2014.
The report finds that market conditions in the EU have remained tense, with high asset valuations, stable asset prices over time but with rising short-term price volatility across key markets. There were strong price movements in foreign exchange and commodity markets; overall capital-market issuance for corporate funding continued to increase.
view the ESMA Report No. 1, 2015-Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities
Source: ESMA
ECB-Euro area securities issues statistics: January 2015
March 11, 2015--The annual rate of change of the outstanding amount of debt securities issued by euro area residents was -0.5% in January 2015, the same as in December.
For the outstanding amount of listed shares issued by euro area residents, the annual growth rate was 1.4% in January 2015, compared with 1.5% in
December.
New issuance of debt securities by euro area residents totalled EUR 619 billion in January 2015.
Redemptions stood at EUR 559 billion and net issues amounted to EUR 93 billion.1 The annual rate of change of outstanding debt securities issued by euro area residents was -0.5% in January 2015, the same as in December.
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Source: ECB
Banks, bond dealers step up fight against ESMA disclosure rules
March 11, 2015--Financial industry officials have stepped up a fight against draft EU rules for disclosure in bond markets,
warning that trading will dry up if dealers must publish price quotes based on faulty liquidity indicators.
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Source: mlexfs-core.com
Ossiam adds income-distributing share class to FTSE 100 Minimum Variance ETF
March 11, 2015--Ossiam, a leading provider of smart beta exchange-traded funds, has introduced a distributing share class to the Ossiam FTSE 100 Minimum Variance UCITS ETF.
The Paris-based asset manager has added the new share class in response to investor demand.
The fund, which holds a five-star Morningstar rating, is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is linked to the FTSE 100 Minimum Variance Index.
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Source: etfstrategy.co.uk
Lyxor expands Euro govies range with ultra long-duration ETF
March 11, 2015--Lyxor Asset Management has announced the launch of a new exchange-traded fund providing access to ultra long-duration eurozone bonds: the Lyxor Ultra Long Duration Euro Govt FTSE MTS 25+Y UCITS ETF (DR) C-EUR.
The ETF, which has been listed on Euronext Paris, is linked to the FTSE MTS Eurozone Government Bond IG 25Y+ Index, an index tracking the performance of investment-grade eurozone governments bonds with a maturity of 25 years or more.
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Source: etfstrategy.co.uk
New ETF issuer: WisdomTree
March 10, 2015-SIX Swiss Exchange welcomes its 19th ETF issuer which enters the Swiss market with six products.
As of today, SIX Swiss Exchange provides investors yet again with more choice. It welcomes WisdomTree as a new issuer in its ETF segment. The company lists the following six products that are based on fundamentally weighted equity indices and are all traded in CHF:
WisdomTree Emerging Markets Equity Income UCITS ETF
WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend UCITS ETF
WisdomTree Europe Equity Income UCITS ETF
WisdomTree Europe SmallCap Dividend UCITS ETF
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Source: SIX Swiss Exchange
Bank of England-Investment banking: linkages to the real economy and the financial system
March 10, 2015--Investment banks play a key role in capital markets and contribute to the efficient functioning of financial markets. As demonstrated in the recent financial crisis, however, investment banks can
create and propagate risks in the financial system given their scale, as well as the interconnected
and complex nature of their activities.
Recognising investment banks' systemic importance, a number of international regulatory initiatives have come into force since the onset of the recent financial crisis.
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Soiurce: Bank of England
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