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Investors flee active funds at highest rate in 3 years

July 7, 2019--Investors in the US and Europe have fled active mutual funds at the highest rate in at least three years, pulling more than $30bn so far in 2019 as stockpicking comes under intense scrutiny.

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Source: FT.com


Deutsche Bank to Exit Global Equities, Trading Business

July 7, 2019--German bank will cut 18,000 jobs by 2022 and will focus on serving European companies and retail-banking customers, including wealthy clients

Deutsche Bank AG moved Sunday to gut its global ambitions as a trading powerhouse, cutting 18,000 jobs and retreating to its German banking roots in a radical overhaul to try to save itself after years of decline.

Deutsche Bank's restructuring plan reorders the bank's executive ranks under Chief Executive Christian Sewing, with several senior officials leaving and business lines redrawn for the third time in four years.

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Source: Wall Street Journal


The Biggest Cybersecurity Crises of 2019

July 5, 2019--Six months of 2019 are on the books already, and certainly there have been six months' worth of data breaches, supply chain manipulations, state-backed hacking campaigns, and harbingers of cyberwar to show for it. But the hallmark of 2019, perhaps, is feeling like the worst is yet to come.

Ransomware is an ever-growing threat, corporate and US government security is still a mess, and geopolitical tensions are rising worldwide.

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Source: wired.com


'Oil' and 'gas' become dirty words in FTSE rebranding

July 2, 2019--Oil has long been known as a dirty fuel. For investors, it is now a dirty word.

The London Stock Exchange caught many by surprise this week when a little-known rule tweak relabelled a group of oil and gas producers as "non-renewable energy".

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Source: FT.com


IMF Working Paper-Long-Term Returns in Distressed Sovereign Bond Markets: How Did Investors Fare?

July 1, 2019--Summary:
Sovereign debt restructurings are perceived as inflicting large losses to bondholders. However, many bonds feature high coupons and often exhibit strong post-crisis recoveries.

To account for these aspects, we analyze the long-term returns of sovereign bonds during 32 crises since 1998, taking into account losses from bond exchanges as well as profits before and after such events. We show that the average excess return over risk-free rates in crises with debt restructuring is not significantly lower than the return on bonds in crises without restructuring. Returns differ considerably depending on the investment strategy: Investors who sell during crises fare much worse than buy-and-hold investors or investors entering the market upon signs of distress.

view the IMF Working PaperLong-Term Returns in Distressed Sovereign Bond Markets: How Did Investors Fare?

Source: IMF


Alternative assets under administration jump 18.8% in 2018-eVestment

July 1, 2019--Alternative assets under administration as of Dec. 31 totaled $10 trillion, up 18.8% from the prior year, according to a new survey from eVestment.
SS&C Technologies ranked first among firms with total alternative assets under administration of $1.69 trillion as of Dec. 31.

State Street Alternative Investment Solutions was second with $1.202 trillion, followed by Citco Fund Services at $1.2 trillion, and Bank of New York Mellon's alternative investment services business at $963.2 billion.

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Source: pionline.com


Time to ignite all engines, BIS says in its Annual Economic Report

Monetary policy can no longer be the main engine of economic growth, and other policy drivers need to kick in to ensure the global economy achieves sustainable momentum, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) writes in its Annual Economic Report.

In its flagship economic report, the BIS calls for a better balance between monetary policy, structural reforms, fiscal policy and macroprudential measures. This would allow the global economy to move away from the debt-fuelled growth model that risks turbulence ahead.

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view the BIS Annual Economic Report 2019

Source: BIS


Deutsche Bank Considers Up to 20,000 Job Cuts

June 28, 2019--Job losses would likely take place over more than a year, with the pain and costs spread across regions and businesses.

Deutsche Bank AG is weighing whether to cut 15,000 to 20,000 jobs, or more than one in six full-time positions globally, according to a person familiar with high-level discussions about the latest attempts to turn around the struggling financial giant.

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Source: Wall Street Journal


Five Facts on Fintech

June 27, 2019--June 27, 2019--From artificial intelligence to mobile applications, technology helps to increase your access to secure and efficient financial products and services.
Since fintech offers the chance to boost economic growth and expand financial inclusion in all countries, the IMF and World Bank surveyed central banks, finance ministries, and other relevant agencies in 189 countries on a range of topics and received 96 responses.

A new paper details the results of the survey alongside findings from other regional studies, and also identifies areas for international cooperation-including roles for the IMF and World Bank-and in which further work is needed by governments, international organizations, and standard-setting bodies.

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view the IMF Policy Paper-Fintech : The Experience So Far

Source: IMF


Basel Committee finalises revisions to leverage ratio treatment of client cleared derivatives and disclosure requirements to address window-dressing

June 26, 2019--The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision today released a revised treatment of client cleared derivatives for purposes of the leverage ratio. The Basel Committee also issued a revision to the leverage ratio disclosure requirements with the aim of reducing excessive volatility in banks' exposures around key reference dates.

The publication Leverage ratio treatment of client cleared derivatives sets out a targeted revision of the leverage ratio measurement of client cleared derivatives to align it with the standardised approach to measuring counterparty credit risk exposures (SA-CCR). This treatment permits both cash and non-cash forms of segregated initial margin and cash and non-cash variation margin received from a client to offset the replacement cost and potential future exposure for client cleared derivatives only.

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Source: BIS


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June 30, 2025 Allspring Exchange-Traded Funds Trust files with the SEC
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Europe ETF News


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Asia ETF News


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June 13, 2025 US trading firm Virtu weighs foray into China market-making business

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Middle East ETP News


June 19, 2025 GCC: Growth on the Rise, but Smart Spending Will Shape a Thriving Future
June 16, 2025 Saudi Exchange leads market losses across the GCC

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Africa ETF News


June 24, 2025 East Africa's regional 20 share index
June 16, 2025 African Credit Rating Agency to Launch September 2025
May 27, 2025 African Economic Outlook 2025-Africa's short-term outlook resilient despite global economic and political headwinds

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ESG and Of Interest News


June 18, 2025 Global Energy Transition Gains Ground, but Security and Capital Challenges Persist
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White Papers


May 30, 2025 IMF Working Paper-Interest Rate Sensitivity Scenarios to Guide Monetary Policy

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