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Lyxor UCITS ETF iBoxx Germany 1-3Y (DR) launched on Xetra
ETF tracks German government bonds
December 11, 2014-- A new exchange-listed bond index fund issued by Lyxor Asset Management has been tradable in Deutsche Börse's XTF segment since Thursday.
ETF name: Lyxor UCITS ETF iBoxx Germany 1-3Y (DR)
Asset class: bond index ETF
ISIN: FR0012283398
Total expense ratio: 0.165 percent
Distribution policy: non-distributing
Benchmark: iBoxx € Germany 1-3 Total Return Index
The Lyxor UCITS ETF iBoxx Germany 1-3Y (DR) provides investors with access to the performance of EUR-denominated government bonds with short maturities issued by the Federal Republic of Germany.
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Source: Xetra
ESMA-MiFID-Conduct of Business, fair, clear and not misleading information
December 11, 2014--Summary
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has conducted a peer review of how national regulators (national competent authorities or NCAs) supervise MiFID conduct of business rules on providing fair, clear and not misleading information to clients.
The peer review focused on NCAs’ organisation, supervisory approaches, monitoring and complaints handling in relation to information and marketing communications under MiFID. The Report found that there was overall a high degree of compliance amongst NCAs with the good practices identified in these key areas. However, a variety of approaches were observed, leading to different intensity of supervision.
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Peer Review Report
Source: ESMA
Lyxor switches Government Bond range to physical replication
December 11, 2014--Lyxor Asset Management has announced that the rest of its Government Bond ETF range will switch to the direct replication model known as "physical" replication.
These funds will be managed as purely physical replication ETFs, without the use of sampling techniques, in order to produce the highest possible correlation with the index performance.
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Source: Investment Europe
BOOST launches Europe's first 3x Short and 3x Leverage Banks ETPs on Borsa Italiana as trading volumes reach $1bn
December 10, 2014--Europe's first 3x Leveraged and 3x Short Banks ETPs listed on Borsa Italiana
5x Leverage EUR-USD and 5x Short EUR-USD ETPs also listed on Borsa Italiana
BOOST ETP's short and leverage platform hits new AUM record as Boost expands into FX, offering now covers equities, commodities, fixed income and FX
Trading volumes also hit record high with $1bn (1) notional trading volume in November
BOOST ETP, A WisdomTree Company and Europe's award winning, specialist Short and Leverage (S&L) Exchange Traded Product (ETP) provider, is proud to announce that it has listed Europe's first ever 3x short and leverage Euro STOXX Banks ETPs.
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Source: BOOST
'Pension passport' still under scrutiny
December 10, 2014--The City regulator is considering ways to offer savers a "Pension Passport",
as part of wider overhaul of the retirement income market.
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Source: FT.com
Eurex Adds to Swap-Future Lineup as Rules Reshape Market
December 10, 2014--Eurex plans to offer a futures contract that mimics an interest-rate swap, the latest effort by an exchange operator to win a piece of the $421 trillion market for rate swaps.
The new product, denominated in euros, stems from a licensing agreement with Global Markets Exchange Group International LLP and tracks a constant maturity index of interest-rate swaps.
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Source: Bloomberg
Emerging Turkey: Lessons from an Economy in Transition
December 10, 2014--Highlights
Turkey's solid economic performance over the past decade is a source of inspiration for many emerging markets and offers some valuable lessons for their policy makers.
A new Report analyzes Turkey's progress to the threshold of high income and finds that it has three fundamental sources: (i) successful integration with the world economy based on the anchor provided by trade relations with Europe; (ii) solid public finances in the wake of the 2001 crisis, which have allowed the country to move from debt service to public service; and (iii) a dynamic private sector buoyed by broadly market-friendly policies. As a result of the combination of these three factors rising prosperity in Turkey was shared.
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Source: World Bank
Euro area securities issues statistics
December 9, 2014--The annual rate of change of the outstanding amount of debt securities issued by euro area residents decreased from -0.5% in September 2014 to -0.8% in October. For the outstanding amount of quoted shares issued by euro area residents, the annual growth rate was 1.6% in October 2014, compared with 1.5% in September.
New issuance of debt securities by euro area residents totalled EUR 538 billion in October 2014.
Redemptions stood at EUR 620 billion and net redemptions amounted to EUR 61 billion.1 The annual rate of change of outstanding debt securities issued by euro area residents decreased from -0.5% in September 2014 to-0.8% in October..
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Source: ECB
ETFGI's research finds the global ETF/ETP industry has reached a new record of 2.76 trillion US dollars in assets at the end of November 2014
ETFGI's research finds the global ETF/ETP industry has reached a new record of 2.76 trillion US dollars in assets at the end of November 2014
December 9, 2014--ETFGI's research finds 2014 is proving to be a very good year for the Global ETF/ETP industry.
Some highlights are below:
The global ETF/ETP industry has reached a new record of US$2.76 trillion in assets. We expect the assets to break through the US$3 trillion milestone in the first half of 2015.
There was US$42.0 billion in net new asset (NNA) flows in November-the fourth largest NNA month on record. Year-to-date net inflows of US$275.3 billion are a new record beating prior full year net inflows.
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Source: ETFGI
Rand/dollar at 6-year low on deficit news
December 8, 2014--The rand has fallen to its worst level against the dollar in six years after SA's third-quarter
deficit widened more than market expectations.
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Source: IMF
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