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Lyxor celebrates 10th anniversary of first ETF launch on the Paris stock exchange
January 27, 2011--Lyxor Asset Management, a subsidiary of Société Générale, launched it's first ETF – linked to the CAC40 Index – on the Paris stock exchange back in January 2001. Ten years later, the firm's exchange listed index funds have enjoyed considerable growth in France and Europe for both institutional and retail investor clients, with more than two million transactions and nearly EUR95 billion traded on NYSE Euronext in 2010, representing some 5.81% of total trades.
A leading player in the ETF industry since 2001, Lyxor AM targets the best investment opportunities matching its clients’ needs and has extended its ETF offering in all asset classes. In 2010, Lyxor AM was the first issuer to launch an ETF on European dividends as well as the first ETF in the S&P 500 index on the Paris Stock Exchange, and offers the widest range of ETFs on sector indexes.
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Source: ETF Express
European SRI fund sales jump €1.3bn in a month - green fund sales drop
Green themed and norms-based retail funds lose €382m in same period.
January 27, 2011--Sales of European SRI retail funds jumped by a healthy €1.3bn during November, 2010, significantly boosted by inflows into a trio of SRI-labelled, French-domiciled cash funds, according to the latest available figures compiled for Responsible Investor by Lipper FMI, the investment data group.
‘RI screened’ funds, as they are labelled by Lipper FMI, have undergone an ‘extra-financial’ ESG (environment, social and governance) screen in their stock selection process.
The biggest seller for the month was French fund manager Amundi’s Tréso ISR fund with estimated net sales of €1.2bn. In second place was French manager Natixis’ Fonsicav with new assets of €335.3m. Third was Aviva’s French-domiciled ISR Court Terme (SRI short-term) fund with receipts of €322.2m.
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Source: Responsible Imvestor
ETF Landscape: European STOXX 600 Sector ETF Net Flows for Week Ending Week Ending 21-Jan-2011
January 26, 2011--For the week ending 21 January 2011, there were US$808.4 Mn net inflows to STOXX Europe 600 sector ETFs. The largest sector ETF net inflows last week were in banks with US$166.7 Mn followed by automobiles and parts with US$132.3 Mn net inflows while chemicals experienced net outflows of US$16.7 Mn.
Year to date, STOXX Europe 600 sector ETFs have seen US$976.9 Mn net inflows. Banks has seen the largest net inflows with US$227.9 Mn, followed by technology with US$110.5 Mn net inflows while chemicals experienced the largest net outflows with US$34.8 Mn.
As of 21 January 2011, there is US$10.9 Bn AUM invested in the STOXX sector ETFs which is more than double the US$5.1 Bn open interest in the sector futures. The ETF AUM is greater than the open interest in the corresponding futures contract in 18 out of 19 sectors.
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Source: Global ETF Research & Implementation Strategy Team, BlackRock
Clearstream’s BRIC strategy strengthens with settlement access to Brazil
January 26, 2011--Settlement link to Brazil is already fully operational
Partnership with Itaú Unibanco ensures best understanding of local market requirements
Clearstream network of 50 domestic markets worldwide is the largest amongst international central securities depositories
Settlement link to India being assessed to complete BRIC coverage
Clearstream, the post-trade service and global liquidity provider within Deutsche Börse Group, is the first international central securities depository (ICSD) to include Brazil in its cross-border settlement network. The company now offers settlement and custody services for all asset classes denominated in Brazilian Real. The link, which went live on 21 January, gives Clearstream customers the opportunity to develop post-trade solutions for the Brazilian market using Clearstream as their single point of access. Itaú Unibanco is Clearstream’s local partner and will act as sub-custodian.
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Source: Clearstream
Confusion over spot carbon trading restart
January 26, 2011--The future of Europe’s physical carbon trading market has been thrown into doubt, with a planned return to business following a hacker attack now delayed, possibly for weeks.
Emissions trading exchanges across the European Union pushed back reopening dates and carbon registries remained closed on Wednesday.
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Source: FT.com
HSBC launch BRIC ETF in Europe
January 26, 2011--HSBC continues to expand its range of exchange traded funds (ETFs) with the launch in Europe of the HSBC S&P BRIC 40 ETF, which carries a market leading total expense ratio (TER) of just 0.60%.*
The HSBC S&P BRIC 40 ETF is listed on the London Stock Exchange in sterling and US dollar trading currencies (Bloomberg ticker: HSPB LN for sterling / HSBR LN for US dollar). Further registrations and cross-listings in Europe are planned.
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Source: Commodities now
Deutsche Bank launches second hedge fund ETF
January 25, 2011--Deutsche Bank has launched a second hedge fund exchange traded fund aimed at combining the skills of top equity hedge fund managers with the liquidity of an ETF
The db x-trackers db Strategies Hedge Fund Index ETF provides investors with access to equity long-short and equity market neutral hedge fund strategies.
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Source: FT.com
db X-trackers listet ersten währungsgesicherten ETF auf S&P 500-Index an der Deutschen Börse
January 25, 2011--db X-trackers, die Plattform der Deutschen Bank für Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs),
hat den ersten währungsgesicherten ETF auf den S&P-500-Aktienindex an der
Deutschen Börse gelistet. Mit dem db x-trackers S&P 500 ETF (EUR) können sich
Anleger somit an der am stärksten beachteten Benchmark für den US-Aktienmarkt bei reduziertem Währungsrisiko beteiligen. „Wir wissen, dass viele Anleger in Europa
währungsgesicherte Investments suchen, um das Wechselkursrisiko in ihrem
Portfolio zu reduzieren. Dazu bieten wir jetzt eine weitere Alternative“, sagt Thorsten Michalik, verantwortlich für db X-trackers. Die Währungssicherung wird auf
monatlicher Basis durchgeführt.
Die Deutsche Bank hat bereits erfolgreich börsennotierte Anlageprodukte mit Währungsabsicherung in den Markt eingeführt. db ETC, die Plattform der Deutschen Bank für börsengehandelte Rohstoffprodukte (Exchange Traded Commodities –
ETC) hat im Juli 2010 zwei währungsgeschützte Edelmetall-ETCs auf Gold und Silber an der Deutschen Börse gelistet. Anleger haben mehr als 400 Millionen Euro in diese Anlageprodukte mit Währungsabsicherung investiert.
Der zugrunde liegende S&P-500-Index bildet die Wertentwicklung der Stammaktien von 500 Aktiengesellschaften mit hoher Marktkapitalisierung ab, die an den wichtigsten US-amerikanischen Börsen gehandelt werden. Dabei richtet sich der ETF nach der Total-Return-Version des S&P-500-Index. Seit Mai 2010 bietet db Xtrackers bereits einen ETF auf den S&P-500-Index ohne Währungsabsicherung an.
db x-trackers S&P 500 ETF (EUR): Auf einen Blick
Name: db x-trackers S&P 500 ETF (EUR)
Fondswährung: EUR
Bloomberg Ticker:XKSG GY
ISIN: LU0490619193
Jährliche
Pauschalgebühr: 0,30%
Index Bloomberg Ticker: SPXUXEN
Source: db X-trackers
db X-trackers listet ETF auf Equity Market Neutral- und Equity Hedge-Strategien im Aktiensegment
db X-trackers, die Plattform der Deutschen Bank für Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), hat an der Londoner Börse einen ETF gelistet, der die Wertentwicklung von führenden Hedgefonds mit Equity Market Neutral- und Equity Hedge-Strategien im
Aktiensegment abbilden soll. Der db x-trackers db Equity Strategies Hedge Fund Index ETF ist gekoppelt an die Wertentwicklung von anfänglich 17 Hedgefonds von 13 verschiedenen Investmentmanagern. Damit können Investoren an der Entwicklung realer Hedgefonds in einem regulierten, liquiden und börsennotierten
ETF partizipieren.
Anleger sollten beachten, dass Anlagen, die ein Exposure in Bezug auf die Wertentwicklung von Hedge-Fonds bieten, allgemein als besonders
risikoreich gelten.
„Während viele Produkte versuchen, Investoren an der statistischen Wertentwicklung von Hedgefonds zu beteiligen, spiegelt der db Equity Strategies Hedge Fund ETF die Wertentwicklung realer Hedgefonds wieder. Der ETF ermöglicht Zugang zu Hedgefonds in einem liquide gehandelten Anlageprodukt“, sagt Tarun Nagpal, Head of Fund Derivatives bei der Deutschen Bank. Der db Equity Strategies Hedge Fund Index setzt sich zusammen aus entsprechenden Fonds auf der Deutsche Bank Hedgefonds-Plattform, die Equity Market Neutral- und Equity Hedge-Strategien im Aktiensegment anwenden.
Der db Equity Strategies Hedge Fund Index ETF ist an der Londoner Börse gelistet. Der ETF ergänzt den im Januar 2009 aufgelegten db X-trackers db Hedge Fund Index ETF, der die Wertentwicklung von sechs Hedgefondsstrategien abbildet und bis heute 1,5 Milliarden US-Dollar verwaltet. Die Deutsche Bank Hedge Fund Plattform zeichnet sich durch Liquidität, Transparenz,Risikokontrolle und unabhängige Bewertung der betreffenden Fonds aus. Wie alle db x-trackers ETFs entspricht auch der db Equity Strategies Hedge Fund Index ETF den UCITS-III-Regeln. Die jährliche Pauschalgebühr für den db Equity Strategies Hedge Fund Index ETF beträgt 0,9 Prozent p.a. Dazu kommen Indexgebühren, Management Fees und erfolgsabhängige Gebühren der einzelnen im Index enthaltenen Fonds.
db x-trackers db Equity Strategies Hedge Fund Index ETF : Auf einen Blick
Name: db x-trackers db Equity Strategies
Hedge Fund Index ETF
Fonds währung: USD
Bloomberg Ticker:XHFE LN
ISIN:LU0519153562
Jährliche: 0,90%
Pauschalgebühr
Source: db X-trackers
UK economic recovery comes to surprise halt
January 25, 2011--Britain’s economy contracted by half a percent in the last three months of 2010, official data showed Tuesday, shocking markets which had expected a continued recovery and causing the pound to slump against other currencies.
Severe winter weather in December had a strong impact, particularly on the construction sector, the Office for National Statistics said. If not for snow which snarled transport and kept people away from shops just before Christmas, it estimated that GDP would have been flat for the period. “
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Source: Todays Zaman
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