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Ucits sales up in first quarter of 2012

May 28, 2012--Net sales of Ucits leapt to €91bn in the first quarter of 2012, up from net outflows of €50bn in the last quarter of 2011, due to increased investor confidence, according to the European Fund and Asset Management Association's (EFAMA) latest Quarterly Statistical Release.

Long-term Ucits recorded net inflows of €70bn, compared to €61bn of new outflows in the previous quarter. All asset classes recorded net inflows in the first quarter, with bond funds taking the lead with net sales of €49bn, although the relatively low net sales of equity funds of €9bn highlights an element of investor caution.

Net inflows into money market funds were up from €11bn in the last quarter of 2011 to €22bn in the first quarter of 2012. Total net assets of Ucits increased by 5.8 per cent in the first quarter to €5,961bn at the end of March 2012. Net assets of equity funds increased by 8.5 per cent, while bond funds and balanced funds saw a growth of 5.6 per cent and 4.7 per cent, respectively. Money market funds registered a modest increase in net assets of 1.3 per cent.

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Source: European Pensions


Efama: Bank stimulus helps Europe fund inflows

May 28, 2012--The European Central Bank's LTRO (long term refinancing operation) is credited with helping reverse the surge in outflows Ucits funds reported towards the end of 2011.

Long-term funds took €70 billion in inflows having witnessed outflows of €61 billion in the prior quarter.

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Source: Fund Web


iShares and Bloomberg offer consolidated tape for ETFs

May 28, 2012--iShares, the exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider owned by Blackrock, and Bloomberg have teamed up to offer a consolidated tape for ETFs designed to improve transparency and limit the impact of market fragmentation.

The aggregated data offering will initially include European iShares ETFs and allow investors to see the best bid and offer prices and where liquidity exists.

Bloomberg will use its European composite tickets to aggregate volumes and trading data for reported OTC and exchange trades in iShares ETFs. The data includes information from 22 venues in Europe where ETFs are traded.

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Source: The Trade News


REMINDER: As of June 4th, 2012 Baltic exchanges change tick size table in equity markets

NASDAQ OMX Riga Announcement from the exchange
May 28, 2012-- NASDAQ OMX Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius exchanges together with market participants decided to change current 0.001 tick size.

New tick size table will be implemented as of June 4th, 2012 and it will be as follows:

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Source: Cision


Fees debate may start a price war

May 27, 2012--The European fund management industry is coming of age, despite seeming to be suffering the turbulent throes of teenage angst. There are still some tantrums to come but there are also some glimmers of developing maturity.

Mifid II was the catalyst that put fund charging structures to the top of the European industry agenda but even as regulators discuss a dilution of the original fee-based regime to one of simple transparency, fund selectors have caught the fee bug and are placing more focus than ever before on the “value for money” proposition. With or without Mifid, the focus on fees is set to grow, putting pressure on fund managers to prove that their particular strategies, whether passive or active, are worth the cost.

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Source: FT.com


State Street lists fixed income ETFs on London Stock Exchange

May 25, 2012--SPDR ETFs, the exchange traded funds platform of State Street Global Advisors, has listed four new physically backed UK fixed-income ETFs on the London Stock Exchange.

The new SPDR ETFs, which were also listed in Germany last week, are: SPDR Barclays Capital Sterling Corporate Bond ETF, SPDR Barclays Capital UK Gilt ETF, SPDR Barclays Capital 1-5 Year Gilt ETF and SPDR Barclays Capital 15+ Year Gilt ETF.

SPDR ETFs has brought 28 new ETFs to Europe over the last 12 months. The Sterling Fixed Income SPDR ETFs are key UK benchmarks that investors can use as building blocks for a diversified fixed-income portfolio.

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Source: Investment Europe


AMF completes the incorporation of ESMA guidelines on risk measurement and the calculation of global exposure for certain types of structured UCITS

May 25, 2012--Having already incorporated virtually all ESMA guidelines on this subject, the AMF has supplemented the provisions of AMF Instruction 2011-15 so as to achieve full compliance.

The AMF is compliant with the guidelines on risk measurement and the calculation of global exposure for certain types of structured UCITS (ESMA/2012/197). These guidelines – which continue on from work published by the CESR in July 2010 (CESR/10-788) and ESMA’s final report (ESMA/2011/112)-supplement the requirements on the calculation of global risk associated with derivatives.

The AMF had already incorporated virtually all of these guidelines into its monitoring practices in Articles 411-80 and 411-81 of its General Regulation1 and Article 11 of AMF Instruction 2011-152.

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Source: AMF


Increased investor confidence sees UCITS sales up in first quarter of 2012

May 25, 2012--The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has today published its latest Quarterly Statistical Release for the first quarter of 2012. These first quarter statistics describe the trends in the European investment fund industry from January to March 2012

The main highlights of the report can be summarized as follows:

Net sales of UCITS leapt to EUR 91 billion in the first quarter of 2012, up from net outflows of EUR 50 billion recorded in the last quarter of 2011. This was the result of increased investor confidence after the launch of the ECB’s longer-term liquidity operations, which helped alleviate tensions in financial markets.

Long-term UCITS, i.e. UCITS excluding money market funds, recorded net inflows of EUR 70 billion, marking a significant turnaround compared to the previous quarter when net outflows of EUR 61 billion were registered. All asset classes recorded net inflows in the first quarter, led by bond funds with net sales of EUR 49 billion. However, the relatively low net sales of equity funds (EUR 9 billion) highlights an element of investor caution.

Money market funds attracted net inflows for the second consecutive quarter amounting to EUR 22 billion, up from EUR 11 billion in the previous quarter. This increase of net sales into money market funds contrasted with remaining uncertainties regarding the economic outlook and financial stability.

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view the EFAMA Trends in the European Investment Fund Industry in the First Quarter of 2012-report

Source: European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA)


'Turkey Exciting Market For British Companies' : TheCityUK Launches Turkey Advisory Group

May 25, 2012--TheCityUK is launching a new market advisory group for Turkey. The Turkey Advisory Group will be chaired by Dr Robert Barnes, CEO of UBS MTF and Managing Director, Equities, UBS.

The Group has been established to develop and build closer business links between the financial and related professional services sector in the UK and Europe's fastest growing economy. Regionally, Turkey continues to lead as an economic and political powerhouse. During his visit to Turkey in 2010, Prime Minister David Cameron set a goal to double bilateral trade to £18 billion by 2015.

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Source: Mondovisione


EU watchdog says will meet G20 derivatives target

May 24, 2012--The European Union will meet a global end-of-year deadline for tougher supervision of the multi-trillion dollar derivatives market, the bloc's market regulator said on Thursday, quelling industry concern of a delay.

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) will publish draft rules by the end of June to implement a law the bloc has already adopted, ESMA Executive Director Verena Ross told a financial conference

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Source: Reuters


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