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ESMA does not find evidence to ban pre-hedging but warns on risks
July 12, 2023--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's financial markets regulator and supervisor, is today releasing the Final Report on the feedback received to the 2022 Call for Evidence on pre-hedging.
ESMA concludes that pre-hedging is a voluntary market practice which might give rise to conflicts of interest or abusive behaviours. Whereas ESMA does not find arguments to ban this practice at this stage, it also flags that these risks should be considered when issuing any future guidance.
ESMA provides insights into the expected sustainability disclosures in prospectuses
July 11, 2023--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's financial markets regulator and supervisor, has issued a Public Statement on the sustainability disclosure expected to be included in prospectuses.
The statement sets out ESMA's expectations on how the specific disclosure requirements of the Prospectus Regulation in relation to sustainability-related matters in equity and non-equity prospectuses should be satisfied considering the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) transition. This will help to:
ensure that national competent authorities (NCAs) take a coordinated approach to the scrutiny of sustainability-related disclosure in prospectuses;
provide issuers and their advisors with an understanding of the disclosure that NCAs will expect them to include in their prospectuses; and
support investors' ability to make an informed investment decision considering the importance of disclosure relating to sustainability-related matters.
IMF Country Report-United Kingdom: Selected Issues
July 11, 2023--THE ENERGY PRICE SHOCK-IMPACT, POLICY RESPONSES, AND REFORM OPTIONS1
The surge in energy prices due to Russia's war in Ukraine inflicted a sharp terms of trade shock on the UK economy. While energy prices have since declined, the future energy price path remains uncertain, with futures-implied prices substantially above their levels prior to October 2021, when Russian natural gas imports to Europe began to be curtailed.
In this context, section I analyzes the impact of the energy price shock on UK households and firms; section II describes the energy support measures introduced by the UK government; and section III provides staff's assessment of these measures and sets out some options to optimize the policy response to a possible resurgence in energy prices.
These include structural measures to ensure energy security and raise resilience to spikes in energy prices, and options to refine, especially the targeting of, support measures that could be introduced in response.
Demand for European bond ETFs hits record high in first half
July 11, 2024--Fixed income bonanza comes as global exchange traded fund assets reach $10.3tn and surpass prior peak
Demand for European fixed income exchange traded funds hit record levels in the first six months of 2023, as the assets of the global ETF industry hit an all-time high.
Investors poured a net $36bn into bond funds listed in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region in the first half of the year, according to data from BlackRock, surpassing the previous record of $33.8bn set in the first half of 2019.
On a global basis, fixed income ETFs have pulled in a net $165.4bn so far this year, a record start to the year, although just shy of the tally recorded in the second half of 2022.
New Manual on post-trade transparency available
July 10, 2023--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's financial markets regulator and supervisor, is today publishing its Manual on post-trade transparency.
As a user-friendly tool for post-trade transparency and transparency calculations, this manual provides market participants and national competent authorities with guidance for how to apply the relevant MiFIR obligations in a consistent manner.
which instruments and transactions are subject to post-trade transparency;
who has to report and publish post-trade transparency information;
when post-trade information has to be made public: real-time vs deferred;
New crypto ETN by 21Shares on Xetra: basket of five largest crypto assets equally weighted
July 6, 2023--Since Thursday, a new crypto ETN by 21Shares has been tradable on Xetra and via the Börse Frankfurt trading venue
The 21Shares Crypto Basket Equal Weight ETP offers investors the opportunity to participate in the performance of a basket of the five largest crypto stocks by market capitalisation.
The following crypto stocks are currently included: Binance Coin, Bitcoin, Cardano, Ethereum, and Ripple. The composition is rebalanced quarterly to 20 per cent per asset.
Solactive and Franklin Templeton Collaborate to Launch Two Thematic ETFs Targeting Sustainable Companies Across Food and Healthcare
July 6, 2023--Solactive and Franklin Templeton are excited to announce their partnership in launching two new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tracking Solactive indices. Designed to offer investors focused exposure to the dynamic food and healthcare sectors, these ETFs will use the Solactive Sustainable Food Index NTR (net total return) and the Solactive Sustainable Health and Wellness Index NTR.
By leveraging Solactive's indexing expertise and Franklin Templeton's investment capabilities, these ETFs are poised to meet the evolving needs of investors seeking long-term growth and sustainability.
According to research from Statista, the health and wellness market size worldwide was at more than $4.37 trillion in 2020 and is set to grow to almost $7 trillion by 20251. The food market revenue reached $8.67 billion in 20222 and is forecast to grow annually at a rate of 6.73% until 20283. To tap into that potential while, at the same time, considering the importance of ESG factors in investment decision-making, the indices aim to capture the performance of companies at the forefront of driving innovation and sustainability within those sectors. Both indices use Solactive’s proprietary Natural Language Processing (NLP) Engine ARTIS, which is utilizing advanced algorithms to parse high volumes of public documents evaluating companies’ exposure to the segments.
ESMA publishes second overview of national rules governing fund marketing
July 6, 2023--Key findings:
The transposition of the Directive on cross-border distribution of funds and the entry into force of the ESMA Guidelines on funds' marketing communications helped reach a greater level of harmonisation in areas where national divergences existed (identified in the first ESMA Report submitted in 2021).
Despite the powers NCAs have under the Regulation, it is apparent that only a limited number of NCAs carried out any ex-ante verifications of marketing communications, while an increasing number of NCAs reported carrying out ex-post verifications.
ESMA and NCAs to assess disclosures and sustainability risks in the investment fund sector
July 6, 2023--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's financial markets regulator and supervisor, is today launching a Common Supervisory Action (CSA) with National Competent Authorities (NCAs) on sustainability-related disclosures and the integration of sustainability risks.
The goal is to assess the compliance of supervised asset managers with the relevant provisions in the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), the Taxonomy Regulation and relevant implementing measures, including the relevant provision in the UCITS and AIFMD implementing acts on the integration of sustainability risks.
ESMA publishes latest edition of its newsletter
July 6, 2023--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's financial markets regulator and supervisor, has today published its latest edition of the Spotlight on Markets Newsletter.
Your one-stop-shop in the world of EU financial markets focused in June on important topics such as the launch of the ESMA Data Strategy 2023-2028, the release of the 2022 Annual Report and our first corporate video. With the Data Strategy, we want to contribute to reducing the compliance burden for companies and facilitate data reporting by means of increased standardisation and the use of modern IT solutions across the reporting process and the entire data lifecycle.
ESMA's key achievements mentioned in the Annual Report included developing its new Strategy which will guide its work over the years 2023-2028. ESMA also delivered extensive work throughout the year to respond to the consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
