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China and EU seek common ground on environmentally friendly green bonds
March 21, 2019--Agreement on standards would be rare deal as relations between the trading partners fray on other fronts
US under President Donald Trump have turned a cold shoulder to environmental concerns, withdrawing from the Paris Agreement to combat climate change
Even as disputes in their bilateral relationship pile up, officials from China and the European Union hope to find common ground on one key global issue: issuance standards for "green" bonds dedicated to financing environmentally friendly projects.
Officials from China and the EU-the second and third-biggest issuers of green bonds after the United States-are due to start talks in Brussels on Thursday to decide on standards for the increasingly popular investment vehicle.
Basel III monitoring results published by the Basel Committee
March 20, 2019--Changes in minimum required capital from fully phased-in final Basel III remain stable for large internationally active banks compared with end-2017
All banks continue to meet initial Basel III minimum and target CET1 capital requirements
All banks in the sample reported Liquidity Coverage Ratios (LCRs) that met or exceeded the final 100% minimum requirement
The Basel Committee today published the results of its latest Basel III monitoring exercise, based on data as of 30 June 2018. Through a rigorous reporting process, the Committee regularly reviews the implications of the Basel III standards for banks, and has been publishing the results of such exercises since 2012. The report sets out the impact of the Basel III framework that was initially agreed in 2010 as well as the effects of the Committee's December 2017 finalisation of the Basel III reforms. However, it does not yet reflect the finalisation of the market risk framework published in January 2019.
First Bridge Data-ETF Worldwide Snapshot-Mar 2019 Vanguard has designated 13 of its ETFs as 'select' ETFs that it recommends as core ETFs for portfolio construction. It is a response to similar moves by Blackrock and State Street in recent years.
There were only 9 new ETF listings in the US and 124 outside the US (including cross-listings and share class variants) in February 2019.
Marijuana, China 'A share' small caps and genomics stocks were among the best performing ETF categories this year to date through March 18, 2019. VIX, shipping and agriculture futures were the worst performing categories in the same period. CryptoCompare Publishes Exchange Review for February 2019
New factor research-Factor valuation considerations view the FTSE Russell Factor valuation
considerations paper The Eurekahedge Report March 2019 IMF Working Paper-Fundamental and Speculative Demands for Housing
By analyzing internet traffic on the top 100 crypto exchanges' websites, the Tie determined that 75 percent of the exchanges reported trading volumes that were more than double expected. Nearly 90 percent of the exchanges' volume was suspect. The eight-person New York-based firm, founded in late 2017, provides sentiment analytics, data and other tools to crypto traders.
March 20, 2019--Key Highlights
Our monthly 'ETF 20/20' report briefly summarizes recent Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) trends globally. It uses data from the First Bridge ETF database that includes all global ETPs.
Global ETP assets increased in February 2019 to $5.42T.
Salt Financial, a small ETF manager, filed an amendment with the US SEC to pay investors 0.05% on an ETF it launched recently ('LSLT') till the fund reaches $100M in assets.
It is the first time an ETF manager has proposed a 'negative' fee and is pending review by the SEC.
March 19, 2019-- CryptoCompare today published its February 2019 Exchange Review, offering institutional and retail investors insights into the cryptocurrency exchange industry.
The February Monthly Review provides the latest exchange rankings; an evaluation of spot vs futures volumes including both crypto exchanges (BitMEX and BitflyerFX) and traditional exchanges (CBOE and CME); and an evaluation of volumes for the top trans-fee mining and decentralised exchanges.
New charts include an overview of derivatives exchanges with volume data from OKEx, CryptoFacilities and Deribit. In addition, a short trade data analysis for the end of February covers a selection of exchanges that trade either BTC to USD or USDT.
In our view, the combination of rangebound US interest rates, a slowdown in the appreciation of the US dollar and continued market risks will continue to make gold attractive to investors.
March 19, 2019--In our latest factor research paper we examine how the increasing popularity of factor investing has raised questions about the valuation of factors. As with individual stocks, there is no definitive valuation metric that provides a clear answer, and different valuation metrics may well result in different conclusions.
The situation is even more intricate in the case of factor indexes. The way factor indexes are constructed may introduce time-varying exposures to other factors, further muddying the valuation picture.
March 19, 2019--Highlights from this month's report
The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index gained 0.89% in February, bringing its year-to-date return to 3.26%. The risk-on sentiment among investors driven by the Fed's patient stance and optimism over the potential resolution of the US-China trade tension persisted through the month, sending global equity markets on a rally through February.
The global hedge fund industry saw performance growth totalling US$39.5 billion over the first two months of 2019, supported by the global equity market performance since the beginning of the year. Despite the positive performance figures, net investor redemptions stood at US$15.1 billion over the same period.
March 19, 2019--Summary:
This paper separates the roles of demand for housing services and belief about future house prices in a house price cycle, by utilizing a feature of user-cost-of-housing that it is sensitive to demand for housing services only.
Optimality conditions of producing housing services determine user-cost-of-housing and the elasticity of substitution between land and structures in producing housing services. I find that the impact of demand for housing services on house prices is amplified by a small elasticity of substitution, and demand explained four fifths of the U.S. house price boom in the 2000s.
