Global ETF News Older than One Year
New activist investor takes aim at MSCI
January 13, 2015--MSCI, the stock market indices provider, is facing new public pressure from one of its leading shareholders, days after activist hedge fund ValueAct demanded a seat on the board.
Naya Management, a London-based value investment firm led by Masroor Siddiqui, has written to MSCI to urge the company to break itself up or put itself up for sale.
Source: FT.com
UAE says Opec will no longer shore up oil price
January 13, 2015--The United Arab Emirates says that Opec will no longer move to shore up crude prices,
arguing that rising North American shale oil output needed to be curbed.
Source: FIN24
Global Economic Prospects to Improve in 2015, But Divergent Trends Pose Downside Risks, Says WB
January 13, 2015--Following another disappointing year in 2014, developing countries should see an uptick in growth this year, boosted in part by soft oil prices, a stronger U.S. economy, continued low global interest rates, and receding domestic headwinds in several large emerging markets, says the World Bank Group's Global Economic Prospects (GEP) report, released today.
After growing by an estimated 2.6 percent in 2014, the global economy is projected to expand by 3 percent this year, 3.3 percent in 2016 and 3.2 percent in 2017 [1], predicts the Bank’s twice-yearly flagship. Developing countries grew by 4.4 percent in 2014 and are expected to edge up to 4.8 percent in 2015, strengthening to 5.3 and 5.4 percent in 2016 and 2017, respectively.
view the Global Economic Prospects-January 2015 Having Fiscal Space and Using It report
Source: World Bank
ETFGI Press Release December 2014: Global
January 12, 2015--ETFs/ETPs end 2014 gathering 338.3 billion US dollars a record level of net new assets and reached a new record of 2.79 trillion US dollars in assets according to research by ETFGI
ETFGI's research finds 2014 was a very good year for the global ETF/ETP industry. Some highlights are below:
ETFs/ETPs listed globally:
The global ETF/ETP industry has reached a new record level of US$2.79 trillion in assets invested in 5,580 ETFs/ETPs, with 10,770 listings, from 239 providers listed on 62 exchanges in 49 countries.
Source: ETFGI
ETF Securities Research-Gold and the Precious Metals Begin 2015 with Resilience
January 12, 2015--Gold leads precious metals gainers as global volatility picks up. Gold was the best performing precious metal in the first full week of the New Year gaining 3.9% as geopolitical fears supported defensive assets like bonds and precious metals.
Geopolitical concerns have increased along with volatility led by questions surrounding the future of Greece in the Eurozone and terrorist attacks in France. Investors ignored a largely positive labour report on Friday, while focusing on the lack of wage pressure. The report showed that average hourly earnings dropped 0.2% in December, the largest monthly decline since the comparable data series has been tracked (since April 2006), prompting a weakening of the Dollar and some support to precious metals prices.
Source: ETF Securities Research
BlackRock ETP Landscape ETP Landscape: Record month closes record year
January 12, 2015--GLOBAL ETPs FINISH RECORD YEAR WITH BEST MONTHLY FLOWS EVER
Global inflows surged to $61.5bn in December, extending the 2014 record to $330.6bn, with encouraging news on the US economic outlook, a strong dollar and a further drop in the price of oil sparking a late-month equity rally
U.S.-listed ETP flows reached $52.6bn, surpassing $40bn in consecutive months for the first time, as the Fed remained unexpectedly accommodative and the final reading on Q3 GDP growth hit an eleven-year high of 5.0%
Following the Fed announcement, fixed income flows accelerated to finish December at $5.7bn, led by broad-market U.S. funds as well as European and U.S. investment grade corporate debt
Japanese equity gathered $5.6bn, all from Japan-listed funds, as Prime Minister Abe secured support for his economic policies in early elections, sending stocks higher.
Source: BlackRock- ETP Research
NYSE Group and MYRA Capital Launch NYSE Dynamic Allocation Indices Family
January 12, 2015-Indices aim to provide investors and institutional asset managers performance advantage coupled with award-winning dynamic asset allocation index solutions
The New York Stock Exchange, part of the Intercontinental Exchange ICE, -2.93% global network of exchanges, and MYRA Capital announced today the launch of the new NYSE Dynamic Allocation Indices family to fulfill the increasing demand for innovative index solutions combined with an intelligent risk management and dynamic beta-management. Together, MYRA Capital's experience and specialization in dynamic, forecast-free and risk-controlled quantitative asset allocation strategies, along with the industry-leading indexing capabilities and deep experience of the NYSE Global Index Group, form a unique combination suited to offer solutions for both retail and institutional investors.
Source:NYSE
ETP investors still gunshy on gold
January 12, 2015--Exchange traded products backed by physical gold have seen eight consecutive quarterly reductions.
Gold touched a one-month high in Asia this Monday; when priced in euros, in fact, it rose to the highest level seen since September 2013.
Source: MineWeb
ETF industry booms in record-breaking year
January 11, 2015--Investors ploughed record amounts of cash into exchange traded funds last year as the expansion of the ETF industry accelerated worldwide.
Numerous records for ETF inflows were set in 2014 by providers, and across asset classes and geographies. This was helped by a massive surge in December, when investors allocated $61.5bn of new cash, a monthly record.
Source: FT.com
A bitcoin believer on its perils and its potential
January 9, 2015--Bitcoin is dangerous and people should steer away from using it.
This is a bearish opinion held by many traditional investors, but not one you would expect from the man responsible for turning the virtual currency into a commodity worth billions.
Source: FT.com
