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Euro area investment fund statistics
November 17, 2014--In September 2014, the amount outstanding of shares/units issued by euro area investment funds
other than money market funds was €263 billion higher than one quarter earlier in June 2014. This
increase was due mainly to net issues of shares/units.
The amount outstanding of shares/units issued by euro area investment funds other than
money market funds increased to €8,183 billion in September 2014, from €7,920 billion in June
2014. Over the same period, the amount outstanding of shares/units issued by euro area money
market funds increased to €919 billion from €822 billion. These changes include the statistical
reclassification of bond funds into money market funds, in an amount of around €60 billion, in one
Member State.
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Source: ECB
Exchange traded commodities and additional exchange traded notes issued by Boost ETP launched on Xetra for the first time
November 17, 2014--Eight exchange traded commodities (ETCs) and four exchange traded notes (ETNs) from issuer Boost ETP Plc have been tradable on Xetra since Friday.
The ETCs relate to indices in the Nasdaq Commodity Index Family and enable investors to participate in the rising or falling performance of 1-month futures contracts on individual commodities with a leverage factor of three.
The individual commodities are gold, silver, oil and natural gas.
Boost ETP also offers investors access to the performance of US stock corporations with rising and falling share prices..
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Source: Xetra
WisdomTree Europe Names Director of Capital Markets
November 17, 2014--Zach Hascoe moves from WisdomTree's U.S. Capital Markets Team To Lead Capital Markets for WisdomTree Europe
WisdomTree, an exchange-traded fund ("ETF") and exchange-traded product ("ETP") sponsor, and pioneer of dividend-weighted ETFs, announces the appointment of Zach Hascoe as Director of Capital Markets for Europe. Mr. Hascoe moves from WisdomTree's US Capital Markets group with immediate effect, reporting to Co-CEO of WisdomTree Europe Hector McNeil.
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Source: WisdomTree
FCA urged to radically overhaul fund industry
November 16, 2014-- The Financial Services Consumer Panel has said the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) should consider making fund groups overhaul charging structures in a "radical" change to standard industry practice.
In its review of retail fund charges published today (17 November), the Panel-an independent body which advises the FCA on policy-said the retail industry enjoys "largely unchallenged, the potential to exploit consumer behaviour, product structure complexity and the lack of cost transparency".
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Source: investmentweek.co.uk
ESMA issues financial markets risk dashboard for third quarter of 2014
November 14, 2014--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today published its Risk dashboard for the third quarter of 2014. ESMA's Risk Dashboard assess the risks associated to European financial markets looking into liquidity, market, contagion and credit risks.
The Dashboard finds that in 3Q14 EU systemic stress indicators increased, after experiencing a calm 2Q14. Contagion risk augmented and liquidity and market risk remained on high levels, with potential for further increases ahead. Credit risk receded though remaining at a high level. Overall, market sentiment continued to be at odds with sluggish economic fundamentals and guarded expectations.
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Source: ESMA
New SPDR bond index ETF launched on Xetra
ETF tracks government bonds from emerging markets
November 14, 2014--A new bond index fund from the ETF offering issued by SPDR (State Street Global Advisors) has been tradable in the XTF segment on Xetra since Friday.
ETF name: SPDR BofA Merrill Lynch 0-5 Year EM USD Government Bond UCITS ETF
Asset class: government bonds
ISIN: IE00BP46NG52
Total expense ratio: 0.42 percent
Distribution policy: distributing
Benchmark: BofA Merrill Lynch 0-5 Year EM USD Government Bond ex-144a Index
The SPDR BofA Merrill Lynch 0-5 Year EM USD Government Bond UCITS ETF enables investors to participate in the performance of USD-denominated government bonds with short maturities from emerging market countries.
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Source: Xetra
Turning down the heat on dealing commission
November 14, 2014-- As the FT reported earlier this week, ESMA is set to step back from imposing a much contested overhaul of dealing commission.
The scrutiny of commissions has been a major concern for the buy-side, in particular ESMA’s proposals to classify all but the most generally available investment research as a non-monetary benefit. This effectively implies the 'unbundling' of research from dealing commission arrangements on an EU-wide basis. Just last week Steven Maijoor used his speech on MiFID II to relay that ESMA was "carefully considering the concerns expressed by stakeholders", following strong warnings from market participants about the EU losing out in the global marketplace.
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Source: Fidessa
Euro zone grows faster than expected in third quarter
November 14, 2014--Euro zone economic growth was stronger than expected in the third quarter, preliminary data showed on Friday, as France beat market expectations and Germany steered clear of a recession.
A preliminary estimate by the European Union's statistics office Eurostat showed that the economy of the 18 countries sharing the euro expanded 0.2 percent quarter-on-quarter in the July-September period after a 0.1 percent rise in the previous three months.
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Source: Reuters
ECB's Noyer: 'no problem' buying govt bonds if needed
November 13, 2014--European Central Bank Governing Council member Christian Noyer said he saw no problem with buying government bonds if interest rates rose or if the European economy suffered new shocks that derailed inflation forecasts.
"I would see no problem if the ECB bought other assets and, if needed, government bonds if, for example, rates rose because of a tightening of monetary policy in the United States in 2015," he told French business daily Les Echos in an interview due to be published on Friday
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Source: Reuters
UBS GAM launches 0.09% US equity tracker
November 12, 2014--UBS Global Asset Management has launched a US equity tracker with an ongoing charge figure (OCF) of 9bps to compete with established product providers.
The launch of the physically replicated UBS S&P 500 Index fund for retail clients follows a soft-launch for UBS wealth management clients in September.
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Source: Investmentweek.co.uk
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