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Lyxor plans split ETF ranges in preparation for Tobin tax

June 26, 2014--Lyxor Asset Management is preparing to split parts of its exchange traded fund range into French retail funds and vehicles for the rest of the world in order to maintain tax optimisation if a group of European nations introduce a financial transactions tax.

"We are probably going to create a range for French retail that is PEA-eligible and a separate range for the majority of our clients who are elsewhere, so we can serve both," says Arnaud Llinas, global head of ETFs and indexing at Lyxor.

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Source: FT.com


Government issues first Islamic bond

June 25, 2014--The government has today (25 June 2014) cemented Britain's position as the western hub for Islamic finance by becoming the first country outside the Islamic world to issue sovereign Sukuk, the Islamic equivalent of a bond.

The government confirmed that £200 million of Sukuk, maturing on 22 July 2019, have been sold to investors based in the UK and in the major hubs for Islamic finance around the world.

The UK,s first sovereign Sukuk received very strong demand, with orders totalling around £2.3 billion, and allocations have been made to a wide range of investors including sovereign wealth funds, central banks and domestic and international financial institutions.

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Source: HM Treasury


Schroders backs ETF business

June 25, 2014--Schroders, the London-listed active fund manager, has backed a wealth management business that invests its clients' money purely in passive funds.

Schroders joins a group of entrepreneurs who have invested $32 million in Nutmeg, an online exchange-traded fund (ETF) specialist launched in 2012.

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Source: funds-europe.com


Morgan Stanley introduces smart beta ETF on LSE

June 24, 2014--Morgan Stanley has launched its debut exchange-traded fund, the MS Scientific Beta Global Equity Factors UCITS ETF (GEF).

The ETF, which was unveiled on the London Stock Exchange earlier this month, provides exposure to the Scientific Beta Developed Multi-Beta Multi-Strategy Equal Weight Index and is the first ETF to be launched between Morgan Stanley and smart beta index provider ERI Scientific Beta.

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Source: etfstrategy.co.uk


ESMA publishes draft RTS on CRA3 transparency requirements

June 24, 2014--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its Final Report on draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) required under the Credit Rating Agencies (CRA3) Regulation regarding information on transparency of structured finance instruments, the European Rating Platform and periodic reporting of fees charged by credit rating agencies.

The draft RTS, which complement the existing regulatory framework for credit rating agencies (CRAs), cover:

disclosure requirements on structured finance instruments (SFIs);

the European Rating Platform (ERP); and

the periodic reporting on fees charged by CRAs.

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Source: ESMA


Source slashes price of S&P 500 ETF to just 0.05%

June 23, 2014--Source, one of Europe's leading providers of exchange-traded funds, has slashed the management fee on its S&P 500 ETF.

At just 0.05%, or five basis points, the Source S&P 500 UCITS ETF (SPXS) is now one of the most aggressively priced ETFs globally.

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Source: etfstrategy.co.uk


Source slashes price of S&P 500 ETF to just 0.05%

June 23, 2014--Source, one of Europe's leading providers of exchange-traded funds, has slashed the management fee on its S&P 500 ETF.

At just 0.05%, or five basis points, the Source S&P 500 UCITS ETF (SPXS) is now one of the most aggressively priced ETFs globally.

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Source: etfstrategy.co.uk


Q&A IX on EMIR Implementation

June 23, 2014--The Q&A,s purpose is to promote common supervisory approaches and practices in the application of EMIR.

It provides responses to questions posed by the general public, market participants and competent authorities. The Q&As are aimed at national competent authorities to ensure convergent supervisory activities. It should also help investors and other market participants by providing clarity on the requirements under EMIR.

This is the 9th update of the EMIR Q&A.

view the Questions and Answers Implementation of the Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (EMIR)

Source: ESMA


Lyxor to convert three blue-chip ETFs to physical replication

June 23, 2014--Europe's third largest provider of exchange-traded funds, has announced that three of its largest ETFs are to be converted to physical replication.

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Source: etfstrategy.co.uk/


Amundi launches seven new fixed income ETFs, of which four are unprecedented

June 23, 2014--Amundi ETF is pursuing its development by listing seven new fixed-income ETFs on NYSE Euronext in Paris. Four of these products are being launched in Europe for the first time demonstrating once again Amundi ETF's capacity for innovation.

This new listing comprises:
A full range of ETFs tracking a family of both "long" and "short" US Treasury bonds indices. This includes three ETFs that seeks to replicate as closely as possible the Markit iBoxx $ Treasuries 1-3Y(R), the Markit iBoxx $ Treasuries 3-7Y(R), and the Markit iBoxx $ Treasuries 7-10Y(R) indices. The range also consists of three unprecedented "Short" ETFs* offering a daily inverse performance to the evolution of the same indices and the same buckets of maturities.

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Source: Crédit Agricole Group


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