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Institutional Use of ETFs Continues Rising, Says BlackRock
December 2, 2014-Investors allocated another $42 billion to exchange traded funds last month, bringing year-to-date ETF inflows to $192 billion as the U.S. ETF industry.
is now within striking distance of the lofty $2 trillion in assets under management mark.
Source: Yahoo Finance
Unscheduled component changes in MDAX and SDAX
December 1, 2014--Deutsche Börse has announced that Sky Deutschland AG will drop out of MDAX. Jungheinrich AG will be included in MDAX instead.
Due to the takeover of Sky Deutschland AG by Sky plc, the free float of Sky Deutschland AG has dropped to 9.96 percent, making it ineligible for index inclusion.
Source: Deutsche Börse
Average daily volume of 7.4 million contracts at Eurex Group in November
December 1, 2014--December 1, 2014--In November 2014, the international derivatives markets of Eurex Group recorded an average daily volume of 7.4 million contracts (November 2013: 7.5 million). Of those, 5.3 million were Eurex Exchange contracts (November 2013: 5.0 million), and 2.1 million contracts (November 2013: 2.5 million) were traded at the U.S.-based International Securities Exchange (ISE).
In total, 107.0 million contracts were traded at Eurex Exchange and 39.0 million at ISE.
Source: Eurex
China holds the gold price key
If China wants the gold price to turn around, it has all the ammunition available to bring this about.
December 1, 2014-- Those gold bug optimists who reckoned the likely Swiss Gold referendum 'No' vote had already been discounted by the markets were initially proven wrong.
With some forlorn gold hopes hanging on for a surprise 'Yes' vote, the result was going to produce a knee-jerk reaction downwards as it will have perhaps prompted more selling from exasperated gold investors.
Source: MineWeb
Pimco suffers $100bn in redemptions from top funds
November 30, 2014--Pimco has accounted for half of the 10 funds with the biggest outflows so far this year- bleeding more than $100bn-as rivals snatched market share from the world's largest bond manager
while it struggled to contain management infighting...
Source: FT.com
Deutsche Bank shuts down physical precious metals desk
The bank decided to cease operations in base metals, energy and dry bulk physicals in Dec 2013.
November 28, 2014--Deutsche Bank is shutting down its physical precious metals trading desk, it said, in line with last year's decision to pull out of most physical commodities.
The bank decided to cease operations in base metals, energy and dry bulk physicals in December 2013.
Source: MineWeb
Platinum, Palladium Price Fixings Make Way for Electronic System
The London Metal Exchange will start a new electronic procedure next week that can viewed online. The twice-a-day system replaces one that's been in place since 1989 where BASF Metals Ltd., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., HSBC Holdings Plc and Standard Bank Plc discuss client orders and market demand to agree on a price.
Source: Bloomberg
Poor performance catching up with active stock fund managers
With bad bets on financial shares, missed opportunities in technology stocks and too much cash on the sidelines, roughly 85 percent of active large-cap stock funds have lagged their benchmark indexes through Nov. 25 this year, according to an analysis by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters research unit. It is likely their worst comparative showing in 30 years, Lipper said.
Source: Reuters
Shared Prosperity across the Generations: Employment, Demographic Change, and Well-Being
New research on formal pension systems highlights their potential for reducing poverty, but challenges remain in designing sustainable systems
Source: World Bank
Emerging Markets: What Can Expats Tell Us About Investing?
Among the features that makes expats happy is a country's ability to develop an infrastructure that can support a growing middle class, my key metric for evaluating the investment potential of almost any developing market.
Source: Peter Kohli, DMS Funds for NASDAQ.com
November 28, 2014--Platinum and palladium prices will be set by phone for the last time today.
November 28, 2014--Stock-picking fund managers are testing their investors' patience with some of the worst investment returns in decades.
November 26, 2014--Aging populations present growing challenges for families and policy makers around the world
In countries across the East Asia and Pacific region, private transfers to the elderly continue to be an important source of protection in old age
November 26, 2014--In the same way you can follow Coca-Cola (KO) and McDonalds (MCD) to gain investing insight into developing markets, following the tide of expats can be productive too. Why?
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