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ECB-Euro area investment fund statistics: third quarter of 2021
November 18, 2021--In third quarter of 2021, outstanding amount of shares/units issued by investment funds other than money market funds rose to €15,547 billion, up €284 billion on previous quarter
Net issues in quarter amounted to €177 billion, with €1,047 billion in gross issues and €870 billion in gross redemptions
Outstanding amount of shares/units issued by money market funds stood at €1,340 billion, almost unchanged from previous quarter
In the third quarter of 2021, the outstanding amount of shares/units issued by investment funds other than money market funds stood at €15,547 billion, €284 billion higher than in the second quarter
ESMA publishes its Preliminary Report on the EU carbon market
November 18, 2021--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's securities markets regulator, has today published its Preliminary Report on the EU carbon market. The report responds to the request made by the European Commission (EC) to ESMA in its Communication on energy prices for a preliminary analysis of European emission allowances (EUAs) and derivatives on EUAs.
The Report presents an overview of the financial regulatory environment for the carbon market under MAR, MiFID II and EMIR and the tools available to securities supervisors to fulfil their responsibilities. The Report, based on commercial data, also provides an analysis of price evolution and volatility in EUAs and derivatives on EUAs. Weekly position reports in respect of derivatives on EUAs were used for the initial assessment of active counterparties.
Official Statistics: Forecasts for the UK economy: November 2021
November 17, 2021--A comparison of independent forecasts for the UK economy in November 2021.
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Net inflows into UBS ETFs this year have been only to ESG funds
November 17, 2021--Manager's other ETFs have seen net outflows
The entire web inflows collected by UBS exchange traded funds this 12 months are into sustainable merchandise, whereas its different ETFs have seen combination web outflows.
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New thematic ETF from Rize on Xetra: Access to digital payments economy
November 11, 2021--Since Thursday, a new exchange traded fund of the issuer Rize ETF is tradable via Xetra and Börse Frankfurt.
The Rize Digital Payments Economy UCITS ETF-USD Acc gives investors access to companies worldwide that earn a significant portion of their revenue from the digital payment ecosystem.
In addition to traditional card payment networks such as Visa or Master Card, the index also includes payment services and solutions providers such as PayPal, as well as payment processors and infrastructure providers that produce the necessary hardware and software, but also providers of payment services and pioneers in the field of crypto currencies such as Coinbase.
The weighting of an individual stock is based on liquidity criteria and the share generated by digital payments compared to total revenue.
New Invesco ETF on Xetra: S&P 500 ESG with currency hedging
November 11, 2021--A new exchange traded fund from issuer Invesco has been tradable via Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Thursday.
The new share class, Invesco S&P 500 ESG UCITS ETF EUR Hdg (Acc), allows investors to gain exposure to companies from the S&P 500 ESG Index and to benefit from currency hedging against the euro.
Only companies that meet certain sustainability criteria are considered in the selection process. The goal is to achieve a risk-return profile similar to that of the S&P 500, while taking into account ESG characteristics and maintaining the sector composition of the parent index. The ETF currently tracks the performance of 312 companies.
Euro area securities issues statistics: September 2021
November 11, 2021--The annual growth rate of the outstanding amount of debt securities issued by euro area residents was 4.1% in September 2021, compared with 4.0% in August.
For the outstanding amount of listed shares issued by euro area residents, the annual growth rate was 2.6% in September 2021, compared with 2.5% in August.
Debt securities
New issuances of debt securities by euro area residents totalled EUR 788.7 billion in September 2021. Redemptions amounted to EUR 669.0 billion and hence net issues to EUR 119.7 billion. The annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by euro area residents was 4.1% in September 2021, compared with 4.0% in August.
New Xtrackers ETFs on Xetra: Diversified commodity Investment, equally weighted S&P 500 with currency hedging and Emerging Market equities
November 9, 2021--Three new exchange traded funds from issuer Xtrackers have been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Tuesday.
The Xtrackers Bloomberg Commodity Swap UCITS ETF 1C offers interested investors access to a diversified basket of commodity futures. This basket can consist of up to 25 individual commodities from the energy, agriculture, livestock, industrial and precious metals sectors.
The weighting of the individual commodities is based on liquidity criteria as well as economic factors. However, each of the five sectors or 25 individual commodities may not exceed a maximum weighting of 33 per cent or 15 per cent.
The Xtrackers S&P 500 Equal Weight UCITS ETF 2C - EUR Hedged offers investors an alternative to the classic S&P 500, the index with the 500 largest companies listed in the USA. However, the shares are not weighted according to their market capitalization, but in equal parts. In addition, investors in this share class receive a currency hedge against the euro.
New Amundi ETFs on Xetra: Access to sustainable companies from Europe and Emerging Markets
November 9, 2021--Two new exchange traded funds from issuer Amundi have been tradable via Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Tuesday.
With the Amundi Index MSCI Europe SRI UCUTS ETF (DR) (D) and the Amundi Index MSCI Emerging Markets SRI UCITS ETF (DR) (D), investors looking for a responsible investment can participate in large and medium-sized companies from 15 developed countries in Europe or 26 emerging markets worldwide.
Companies with significant business activities related to fossil fuels and the arms, tobacco, adult entertainment, alcohol, gambling, or nuclear energy sectors are excluded from the MSCI Europe and the MSCI Emerging Markets equity universe. The remaining stocks are than sorted, so that the companies with the best ESG profiles are overweighted in accordance with the best-in-class approach.
Physical carbon credit ETF wins praise despite some misgivings
November 8, 2021--Steeply rising energy prices could have a negative consequences or prompt price intervention, experts say.
WisdomTree has renewed its futures-based Carbon ETF (CARB) At LSE in August this year
