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Can Europe make its space launch industry competitive?
July 5, 2023--Europe is falling behind in the global commercial space launch sector; a new programme may not be enough to fix the shortcomings
Pressure on the European space sector from foreign competitors, primarily the United States and China, has led to a rethinking of Europe's space policy.
As part of this, the European Space Agency (ESA), with a membership made up largely of European Union countries, announced in May 2023 the Commercial Cargo Transportation Initiative (CCTI), a call for European companies to develop commercially-sound cargo transportation systems.
European satellite infrastructure, Europe's presence in the International Space Station (ISS) and all exploration and scientific missions depend on transportation into orbit, on which ESA will spend 12.6 percent of its €7 billion budget in 2023.
The hope is that CCTI will stimulate companies to do something Europe has not yet done: develop its own cheap, reusable rocket. In doing this, CCTI is a bid to replicate in Europe the success of NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) programme, which ran from 2006 to 2013 and succeeded in substantially lowering the costs for NASA of getting into orbit by engaging private companies in the development and operation of space transportation systems.
Research: UK official holdings of international reserves: June 2023
July 5, 2023--This release details movements in the international reserves of gold and assets held by the UK Government.
New Equity ETF by HANetf on Xetra: Access to the global defence sector for NATO and associated countries
July 4, 2023--Since Tuesday a new Exchange Traded Fund by HANetf is tradable on Xetra and via the Börse Frankfurt trading venue.
The Future of Defence UCITS ETF offers investors direct access to a globally diversified portfolio of 41 companies based in a NATO or an associated country and generating their revenues in the defence sector.
All companies must generate at least 50 per cent of their revenues through the development and production of military planes, military equipment or cyber security contracs with a Nato member or an associated state.
The weighting of each asset is limited to 5 per cent for each company and 50 per cent for each country.
Name: Name
ISIN: IE000OJ5TQP4
ESMA publishes second overview of national rules governing fund marketing
July 3, 2023--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU securities markets regulator and supervisor, has submitted to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission its second report on national rules governing the marketing of investment funds under the Regulation on cross-border distribution of funds.
The key findings are the following:
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.
Pressure from ETFs forecast to lead to more active fund fee cuts
July 1, 2030--Average charges for European passive funds have declined faster than their active counterparts
Active funds in Europe are forecast to further lower their fees as they try to "secure their future" in the face of rising demand for low-cost passive funds, experts say.
Fabrizio Zumbo, director of European asset and wealth management research at Cerulli, said active funds had been suffering "downward pressure" on costs as they struggled to outperform their benchmarks.
New ETNs from Leverage Shares on Xetra: access to equity companies, US government bonds and tech stocks with vola hedge component
June 30, 2023--Since Friday, 14 exchange-traded notes issued by Leverage Shares are tradable on Xetra and via the trading venue B*ouml;rse Frankfurt.
Leverage Shares complements its existing range of collateralised exchange traded notes (ETNs) and offers investors access to the long and short performance of equity companies, US government bonds as well as an active investment strategy of tech stocks in combination with a hedge component with up to a 5x leverage factor.
The LS FAANG+ ETP tracks the performance of a basket of ten equally weighted, highly liquid, globally known US technology companies. These include, for example, Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Netflix and Tesla. Access to the Indian equity market in the triple long and short variant is offered by the Leverage Shares India ETP.
ESMA finds adequate setup of measures to reduce volatility in trading of energy derivatives
June 30, 2023--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's financial markets regulator and supervisor, has today published its Report on the implementation and functioning of the Intra-day Volatility Management Mechanism (IVM).
Following an assessment of the IVMs introduced by trading venues and identification of differences in the approaches taken in their implementation and calibration, ESMA finds that they have been adequately set up. ESMA however also highlights some practical challenges.
The IVM aims at limiting extreme volatility of prices in energy derivatives markets within one day. ESMA finds them adequately calibrated, with the caveat of the assessment having been done in a period with no evidence of protracted volatility episodes affecting energy commodity derivatives trading.
Euro zone inflation falls again in June as energy prices tumble
June 30, 2023-- Inflation in the euro zone extended its decline in June as the cost of fuel tumbled, more than offsetting an acceleration in prices for services, a preliminary reading showed on Friday.
The data, pointing to only the smallest drop in underlying inflation, was unlikely to sway the European Central Bank, which has pencilled in a ninth consecutive rate hike for July and is eyeing one in September too.
ESMA finds adequate setup of measures to reduce volatility in trading of energy derivatives
June 30, 2023--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's financial markets regulator and supervisor, has today published its Report on the implementation and functioning of the Intra-day Volatility Management Mechanism (IVM).
Following an assessment of the IVMs introduced by trading venues and identification of differences in the approaches taken in their implementation and calibration, ESMA finds that they have been adequately set up. ESMA however also highlights some practical challenges.
The IVM aims at limiting extreme volatility of prices in energy derivatives markets within one day. ESMA finds them adequately calibrated, with the caveat of the assessment having been done in a period with no evidence of protracted volatility episodes affecting energy commodity derivatives trading.
IMF Working Paper-The Impact of Climate Policy on Oil and Gas Investment: Evidence from Firm-Level Data
June 30, 2023--Summary:
Using a text-based firm-level measure of climate policy exposure, we show that climate policies have led to a global decline of 6.5 percent in investment among publicly traded oil and gas companies between 2015 and 2019, with European companies experiencing the most significant impact.
Similarly, climate policy uncertainty has also had a negative impact. Results support the Neoclassical investment model, which predicts a pre-emptive cut in investment in reaction to downward shifts in prospective demand, in contrast with the "green paradox" that predicts an increase in current investment to shift production toward the present.
