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UPDATE 1-China aims to get more cross-border transactions done in yuan

January 5, 2018--C.bank:Encourage firms to use the yuan in cross-border trade
To support yuan usage by foreigners' for direct investment
Banks told to let foreign firms freely remit profits, dividends (Adds details)

China will encourage companies to increase their use of yuan for settling cross-border trade deals and support foreigners' use of the currency for direct investments in the country, the central bank said on Friday.

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Source: Reuters


All Wirehouses Forbid Cryptocurrency Trading, Not Just Merrill Lynch

January 4, 2018--Wells Fargo, UBS and Morgan Stanley also bar advisors to purchase bitcoin or derivative products on behalf of clients.

Merrill Lynch is not the only wirehouse that forbids its financial advisors from trading cryptocurrencies and their derivatives.

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Source: Wealth Management


White paper-The Rate of Return on Everything, 1870-2015?

January 4, 2018--This paper answers fundamental questions that have preoccupied modern economic thought since the 18th century. What is the aggregate real rate of return in the economy?
Is it higher than the growth rate of the economy and, if so, by how much?

Is there a tendency for returns to fall in the long-run? Which particular assets have the highest long-run returns? We answer these questions on the basis of a new and comprehensive dataset for all major asset classes, including-for the first time-total returns to the largest, but oft ignored, component of household wealth, housing. The annual data on total returns for equity, housing, bonds, and bills cover 16 advanced economies from 1870 to 2015, and our new evidence reveals many new insights and puzzles.

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Source: &‌Ograve;scar Jord&‌agrave;, Katharina Knoll, Dmitry Kuvshinov, Moritz Schularick, Alan M. Taylor


Insurers faced record $135bn in costs from natural disasters in 2017-Munich Re

January 4, 2018--Insurers faced record $135bn in costs from natural disasters in 2017-Munich Re. German reinsurer Munich Re says that natural disasters in 2017 exposed the global insurance industry to a record level of costs which give "a foretaste of what is to come".

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Source: FT.com


Record year for BlackRock's ETF business in 2017

January 4, 2018--Record year for BlackRock's ETF business in 2017..

It predicted that ETF assets globally would double by 2022 from the current level of $4.5tn. The ETF industry is expected to announce within days that it enjoyed a third consecutive year of record-breaking growth with net new inflows of more than $600bn in 2017.

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Source: FT.com


Binance is now the Largest Cryptocurrency Exchange and Fastest Ever 'Unicorn'

January 4, 2018--Six months back when bitcoin was trading in the $2000-$3000 range, a new cryptocurrency exchange Binance was launched; in a short space of time, it has become the top crypto-exchange by volume.

The firm was nowhere to be found on Google six months ago and now stands with trading volume of almost $10 billion as per data from Coinmarketcap. Binance was founded in July 2017 and has reached an incredible crowd, counting 2.9 million users across the platform.

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Source: btcmanager.com


ETF Securities Weekly Flows Analysis-Gold inflows rebound towards the end of the year

January 3, 2018--Gold ETPs saw inflows of US$32mn for the final week in December.
Crude oil ETPs saw further outflows of US$28mn last week, we have seen 22 consecutive weeks of outflows highlighting pessimism amongst investors.
In Currency ETPs we saw US$10mn and US$11mn respectively for the US dollar and Euro short positions.

The flows for the final week in December were understandably low for most commodities with the exception of gold and oil. Gold ETPs saw inflows of US$32mn for the final week in December which we believe is a rebound following the December 14th US Federal Reserve interest rate hike coupled with the escalating worries in North Korea and Iran.

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Source: etfsecurities.com


OCC 2017 Total Cleared Contract Volume Up Four Percent, Third Highest Volume Year Ever

January 2, 2018--Total cleared futures volume sets record with 32 percent annual growth
Total securities lending CCP activity up 16 percent in December and up 22 percent from 2016
Equity index options volume up 11 percent in December and up 15 percent from 2016

OCC, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, today announced 2017 volume reached the third highest total cleared contract volume ever with 4,327,576,930 contracts, a four percent increase from the 4,167,747,777 cleared contracts in 2016. December cleared volume was 346,006,092 contracts, up three percent from December 2016. OCC also reported record-breaking 2017 volume for cleared futures with 138,029,762 cleared contracts; a 32 percent increase from 2016.

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Source: The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC)


Stockpickers' fees set to suffer from ETF price war

January 1, 2018--Asset managers are bracing themselves for an even tighter squeeze on fees this year, as an intensifying price war between exchange-traded fund providers raises the pressure on those who promise to beat the market.

Traditional stockpickers enjoyed a renaissance in 2017, managing on average to...

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Source: FT.com


ETFs: uncover the cracks

December 27, 2017--Individually sensible protections can increase pressure on traders to sell in a hurry.

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Source: FT.com


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