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London Stock Exchange ETF & ETP 2015 Annual Update
January 12, 2015--ETF & ETP Annual Update-January 2015
ETF record year
Total on-exchange value traded for ETFs in 2014 was £169.7 billion (2 million trades), up by 24% compared to last year
ETPs in Europe gathered $60.8 billion AUM in 2014, triple the amount last year
Listings
108 new ETFs and 13 new other ETPs (ETCs and ETNs) listed on London Stock Exchange in 2014
There are now 755 ETFs (available as 1,147 lines through multi-currency offerings) and 359 ETCs/ETNs (available as 410 lines) on our London market
SPDR listed 12 new ETFs in December on London Stock Exchange's-Euroclear Bank Settlement Trading Service
Other trading activity
Total on-exchange value traded for other ETPs (ETCs and ETNs) in 2014 was £16.7 billion (330,000 trades)
Market coverage
24 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
London Stock Exchange's ETF team is always keen to talk to all market participants and welcomes your ideas on the ways we can improve our ETF offering.
view the LSE ETF & ETP 2014 Annual Statistics Summary Report
Source: London Stock Exchange
ECB looking at risk-sharing mix for QE plan
January 9, 2015--The European Central Bank is considering a hybrid approach to government bond purchases which would combine the ECB buying debt with risk sharing across the euro zone and, in a nod to German qualms, separate purchases by national central banks.
Sources familiar with the discussions said such an option for bond-buying, also known as quantitative easing (QE), is among the tools the ECB is preparing ahead of its Jan. 22 policy meeting should it decide to act to address falling consumer prices and a growing risk of deflation in the euro zone.
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Source: Today's Zaman
ECB examines different bond purchases models: report
January 9, 2015--European Central Bank staff have presented its governing council with various models for a new asset purchase programme to ward off deflation in the euro area, Bloomberg reported on Friday.
According to Bloomberg, staff presented a number of possible scenarios to purchase up to 500 billion euros ($591 billion) in investment-grade assets to the ECB's policy-setting governing council at a meeting this week.
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Source: EUbusiness
MiFID lowers swaps liquidity bar
January 9, 2015--For the European derivatives market, 2015 is set to be the year in which the final pieces of the regulatory jigsaw are finally put in place, comprising rules on electronic trading, transparency and margin, as well as the implementation of central clearing for standardised swaps.
While mandatory clearing of interest rate swaps is set to begin early summer, the big source of debate for European regulators remains which specific securities will be mandated to trade on venues or subject to pre-trade and post-trade transparency under MiFID II.
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Source: ifre.com
ESMA publishes updates to Q&As on the AIFMD and the guidelines on ETFs and other UCITS issues
January 9, 2015--The 2 Q&As published today contain updated questions and answers on the application of the AIFMD (page 16) and of the guidelines on ETFs and other UCITS issues (page 7).
view the ESMA Questions and Answers Application of the AIFMD view the Questions and Answers-ESMA's guidelines on ETFs and other UCITS issues BOOST launches Europe's first 3x Leverage Fixed Income ETPs on Borsa Italiana
WisdomTree Europe, an exchange traded fund ("ETF") and exchange traded product (“ETP”) sponsor is proud to announce that it has listed Europe's first ever range of 3x leverage fixed income ETPs on Borsa Italiana. view more
Barclays 'bad bank' chief Bommensath to quit at end-January view more
Short and Leverage ETP demand continues, while past misconceptions shown to be overblown
BOOST, a WisdomTree company and Europe’s award winning specialist in S&L ETPs, experienced AUM growth of almost 300% over the past 12 months, reaching $165m on 31 December 2014 view more 'Grexit' spectre returns, but eurozone safer: analysts view more European Commission amends draft RTS on clearing obligation for IRS If you are looking for a particuliar article and can not find it, please feel free to contact us
Source: ESMA
Europe's first range of 3x Leverage Fixed Income ETPs listed
Italy's first ever BTP 10Y, 10Y US Treasuries and Bund 10Y 3x leverage ETPs
BOOST's Short and Leverage ETPs approx. 28% of ETP & ETC market share in Italy (1)<
Demand for S&L products continues to grow, with Boost ETP AUM growth of almost 300% over the past 12 months, reaching $165m on 31 December 2014 (2)
Source: Boost
January 8, 2015--British bank Barclays Plc's (BARC.L) said its "bad bank" business head Eric Bommensath will leave at the end of this month after 17 years at the bank.
Bommensath was formerly the co-head of Barclays' investment bank and was put in charge of the bad bank, which was set up in May and tasked with getting rid of assets the bank does not want.
Source: Reuters
January 7, 2015--WisdomTree Europe recognises recent U.S. Federal Reserve Board Paper as opportunity for evaluation of Short and Leverage Exchange Traded Products ("S&L ETPs")<
Company believes S&L ETPs have significant benefits compared to other forms of leveraged trading
Investors who use S&L ETPs often use them to hedge their portfolios, therefore helping prevent short term sell offs
Source: Boost
January 6, 2015--Fears of a Greek euro exit have returned with a bang after Athens called early elections on Monday, but steps taken after the financial crisis should stop the rest of the currency zone imploding, analysts say.
The bigger issue is of political contagion across the EU, with anti-austerity parties across the continent likely to be boosted if Greece's radical left Syriza party wins the January 25 polls, they said.
Source: EUbusiness
January 6, 2015--On 18 December 2014, the Commission indicated in a letter addressed to ESMA its intention to endorse with amendments the first technical standards on the clearing obligation for interest rate swaps.
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Source: ESMA
