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Assets in ETFs/ETPs globally reached a new record 2.998 trillion US dollars but fell short of breaking through the 3 trillion milestone at the end of April according to ETFGI
May 8, 2015--Assets in ETFs/ETPs globally reached a new record 2.998 trillion US dollars but fell short of breaking through the 3 trillion milestone at the end of April according to ETFGI's preliminary monthly ETF and ETP global insight report for April 2015.
Our forecast was that assets will break through 3 trillion by the middle of 2015.
Source: ETFGI
UN predicts world food import bill to fall to five-year low, amid hefty commodity supply
May 7, 2015-- A report on agricultural commodity prices released today by the United Nations agricultural agency says that hefty supply levels mean rates will continue to decline despite pressure from a slight reduction in global harvests.
"The world food import bill is forecast to reach a five-year low in 2015,” says Food Outlook, a biannual publication by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) focusing on developments affecting global food and feed markets. "Currency movements and macroeconomic developments may have important implications for markets again in 2015-16."
Source: UN
STOXX signs MOU to license smart-beta indices to Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking (MUTB)
May 7, 2015--STOXX Limited, the market-moving provider of innovative, tradable and global index concepts, today announced that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corp. (MUTB), the leading Japanese trust bank, to create and market new smart-beta indices.
Under the terms of the agreement, MUTB plans to license a wide variety of STOXX indices-in particular, from STOXX's smart-beta suite- to create investment products to increase its smart-beta offering to retail and institutional clients. STOXX also plans to develop smart-beta indices with support from MUTB.
Source: STOXX
Upcoming Launch of MSCI Saudi Arabia Indexes
May 7, 2015--MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of research‐based indexes and analytics, is pleased to announce that it plans to launch MSCI Saudi Arabia Indexes as Standalone Market Indexes effective June 1, 2015, coinciding with the expected opening of the Saudi Arabia equity market to foreign direct
investments.
On May 4, 2015, the Saudi Arabia Capital Market Authority (CMA) adopted the "Rules for Qualified Foreign Financial Institutions Investment in Listed Shares" which are expected to become effective on June 1, 2015.
Source: MSCI
BATS Sets Monthly Records in U.S. Options, Europe Trade Reporting;
May 7, 2015--BATS Global Markets (BATS) today reported April volume, market share, and monthly highlights including its best month on record for U.S. Options market share, 9.9%, and second-best month on record for U.S. equities market share, 21.2%.
BATS Options' April 2015 market share rose from 4.2% one year ago and surpassed the previous monthly market share record of 9.4% set in March 2015. Also in the U.S., BATS remained the #1 U.S. market for ETF trading in executing 26.3% of all ETF trading volume.
Why robo-advisors look set for malfunction
May 7, 2015--There has been a lot of noise about the provision of low-cost, automated strategic asset allocation portfolios to retail clients
But the economics doesn't add up, says Morningstar.
-the growing attraction of low-cost index tracking funds and the management troubles at Pimco.
Source: FT.com
Pimco vs Vanguard: numbers tell the story
-the growing attraction of low-cost index tracking funds and the management troubles at Pimco.
Source: FT.com
May 5, 2015--The changing of the guard among bond funds, as Vanguard surpasses Pimco as the manager of the world's largest fund, has its roots in two places
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