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Dax to hit 'historic high' in 2013, says DWS's Albrecht
February 28, 2013--The German stock market is set to reach a record high this year despite growing concerns over the eurozone's economic growth, said Tim Albrecht, fund manager at DWS.
The Dax index experienced a strong run last year, hovering below the 8,000 mark in December as its cyclical and financial names performed well in the second half of 2013
Lyxor develops new ETF's performance indicator
February 28, 2013--Over the last years, ETFs have attracted a growing number of providers to the market and Lyxor has announced the development of an indicator to evaluate ETF performance.
According to the firm, in theory, ETFs following the same index should all provide very similar investment returns as they are designed to closely replicate the indices that they track. In practice, however, these returns can vary significantly.
Eurex Exchange lists four new MSCI index derivatives
Launch date on 11 March 2013
February 28, 2013----The international derivatives marketplace Eurex Exchange will start listing new derivatives on global MSCI indices on 11 March.
From this date, futures and options based on the MSCI World, MSCI Europe, MSCI All Countries Asia Pacific ex-Japan and futures on the MSCI Frontier Markets will be available. Other derivatives on regional and country-specific MSCI emerging markets indices will be launched in July this year.
Lyxor White Papers-Managing risk exposure using the risk parity approach
February 28, 2013--Abstract
The ongoing economic crisis has profoundly changed the industry of asset management by putting risk management at the heart of most investment processes.
This new
risk-based investment style does not rely on return forecasts and is therefore assumed to be more robust. 2011 was marked by several great successes in transforming the
practice of asset management with several large institutional investors moving their portfolios to minimum variance or ERC strategies. These portfolio constructions are
special cases of a more general class of allocation models, known as the risk parity (or budgeting) approach.
view the Managing risk exposure using the risk parity approach white paper
DB-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-ETF Research-European Weekly ETF Market Review
February 27, 2013--The most recent issue of the European Weekly ETF Market Review is now available. The report includes key statistics on the European ETF market as well as global ETF market highlights.
For more detailed coverage please refer to the monthly report, issued in the first week following the end of each month.
Axa IM extends smart beta push
February 27, 2013--Axa Investment Managers is extending its push into smart beta investing with the launch of a new low cost equity strategy that seeks to capture stock market returns while avoiding the problems inherent in conventional index tracking products.
Tim Gardener, global head of consultant relations at Axa IM, said most investors were now aware of the pitfalls of market cap weighted indices but none of the currently available alternative solutions addressed the problems of index tracking.
George Osborne under pressure as Britain loses AAA rating for first time
Chancellor vows to stick to course after downgrade by Moody's, which blamed subdued growth and rising debt burden
February 27, 2013--Britain was stripped of its AAA-rated debt status for the first time ever on Friday night in a move that puts pressure on George Osborne, who had pledged to use his austerity measures to protect the rating.
The chancellor, who had 12 hours' notice of the decision by Moody's ratings agency, insisted he would stick to his course and had "redoubled" his resolve to tackle Britain's financial problems. However, the downgrading will have major political implications for the coalition.
New indices calculated by Structured Solutions for ETF Global
February 26, 2013--Structured Solutions AG announces the calculation of a series of ETF indices for ETF Global, a leader in ETF investment decision support.
The first three in the series of ETF indices are the Benchmark ETFG℠ 500 Index and two Dynamic Indices based on the proprietary ETFG(TM) Quant Model.
ETFG(TM) 500 (Symbol: ETFG500 Index): The ETFG(TM) 500 is a market capitalization weighted index comprised of the 500 largest US Listed ETPs, as ranked by market capitalization, excluding all levered and inverse products. The ETFG 500 representing the universe of ETPs crosses assets classes and regions and is rebalanced quarterly and reconstituted annually.
STOXX-Q1/2013 Quarterly Review
Results of the First Regular Quarterly Review to be Effective on March 18, 2013
February 26, 2013--STOXX Limited, the market-moving provider of innovative, tradable and global index concepts, today announced the new composition of the STOXX Benchmark and their sub-and sector indices, among them the STOXX Europe 600 Index, STOXX North America 600 Index and STOXX Asia/Pacific 600 Index.
Effective as of the open of European markets on March 18, 2013, the following stocks will be added to and deleted from the STOXX Europe 600 Index and its respective size and sector indices:
New Amundi ETF launched in the XTF segment on Xetra
ETF tracks TOPIX Index with currency hedging
February 26, 2013--A new exchange-traded equity index fund issued by Amundi has been tradable in Deutsche Boerse's XTF segment since Tuesday.
ETF name: Amundi ETF TOPIX EUR Hedged Daily
Asset class: equity index ETF
ISIN: FR0011314277
Total expense ratio: 0.48 percent
Distribution policy: distributing
Benchmark: TOPIX Euro Daily Hedged Index
The Amundi ETF TOPIX EUR Hedged Daily enables investors to participate in the performance of all Japanese equities admitted for official trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, while remaining hedged against daily exchange rate fluctuations between the euro and the Japanese yen.
