Global ETF News Older than One Year
T. Rowe Price Says Dubai, Qatar Deserve MSCI Upgrade to Emerging
May 22, 2013--Dubai and Qatar deserve to be upgraded to emerging-market status at MSCI Inc. (MSCI) next month, T. Rowe Price (TROW) Group Inc. said, after the emirates failed to satisfy the index provider's requirements for four years.
“I see no reason why they shouldn’t be upgraded and don’t understand why they haven’t been previously,” Oliver Bell, London-based money manager at T. Rowe Price’s Africa & Middle East Fund, (TRAMX) said by e-mail yesterday. “Both Dubai and Qatar are in a better position and meet more of the criteria than other countries that have been upgraded before.”
Source: Bloomberg
Short & Leverage ETP assets up 10% year to date to $48.5bn
Global S&L AUM up more than 70% since Dec 2008 as Global ETF assets reach record highs
S&L monthly volumes increase by 40% since Dec 12, to $160 bn per month
Investors mixed on equities, commodities and bearish on fixed income
S&L usage up as investors increase demand for transparent Exchange Traded Products (ETPs)
May 21, 2013--Global Short and Leveraged ETP assets rose by $4.4bn (10%) in the first four months of 2013 to $48.5bn and 70% since Dec 2008, as investors continue to increase their usage of Short and Leveraged (S&L) ETPs.
The increase in S&L ETPs is due to a number of factors including:
an increase in the number of providers offering S&L ETPs
an increase in the asset classes and indices available in S&L
improved education and client understanding of how S&L ETPs
Source: Boost ETP
SPDR University Latest Commentary -Weekly Market Report- 5/17/2013
May 21, 2013--ECONOMIES: Retail sales rise but industrial production and housing starts fall in the US. Manufacturing sales fall in Canada. Unemployment claims drift lower in the UK. GDP falls in the eurozone but rises robustly in Japan. Wage inflation slows in Australia.
MARKETS: Equities are mostly higher. Yields on JGBs rise sharply. USD remains well bid. JPY continues to weaken and AUD falls below parity. Gold falls. Oil is mixed.
NEXT WEEK PREVIEWED SPOTLIGHT:
The Bank of Japan will likely leave its monetary policy stance unchanged. Expenditure details will become available for Q1 GDP
in the UK and Germany.
THE WEEK IN REVIEW
US
Consumer spending remains resilient. When RETAIL SALES fell0.5% in March, analysts jumped on the idea that January’s payroll tax hike was beginning to affect spending, and that the impact would last for a while. Given a 0.1% increase in April that analysis appeared prescient. But the print was much stronger than the headline suggested, because the weakness at least partially reflected a 4.7% price-related decline at gasoline stations. Moreover, the other source of weakness was in food and beverage stores, which may also have been price related.
All but two of the other major categories rose. Electronics and eating out jumped 0.8%, motor vehicles 1.0%, clothing 1.2%,and building materials 1.5%.
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Source: SPDR University
ETF Securities-Precious Metals Weekly: Palladium Price Boosted by Continued Deficit Fears
May 20, 2013--Precious metals remained under pressure last week as a narrowing US deficit helped the US dollar appreciate and sent most precious metals (in dollar terms) lower.
Many investors in gold and silver ETPs continued to rotate into equities despite mixed cyclical signals. Meanwhile the Reserve Bank of India added a further obstacle to gold-hungry Indian consumers by restricting the ability of banks to import gold on consignment (meaning that they will only be able to import gold to fulfil a specific customer order from now on). The only bright spot in precious metals came from palladium which continued to rally on growing supply deficit expectations. As market participants from around the globe gathered in London for Platinum and Palladium Week, there is a growing consensus that the palladium deficit in 2013 will be meaningful.
Johnson Matthey confirms the platinum and palladium deficit of 2012 and points to a further deficit in palladium in 2013. Palladium is set to see supplies tighten this year as gasoline autocatalyst demand from the US and China continues to grow and Russian state stocks diminish further. JM's outlook for platinum is strained by still poor diesel autocatalyst sales in Europe and weaker jewellery demand, while recycling activity could pick up. European auto sales may have reached a bottom however, with April sales showing the first increase in 18 months. Sales are currently hovering near a 17 year low and austerity-fatigued consumers of Europe will probably need to see more balance-sheet restructuring before they quicken their pace of car purchases.
Source: ETF Securities
Semi-Annual Changes To The NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability Index
May 20, 2013--The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and CRD Analytics announced today the results of the semi-annual re-ranking of the NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability Index (Nasdaq:QCRD), which will become effective prior to market open on Monday, May 20, 2013.
The following six securities will be added to the Index: Albemarle Corporation (NYSE:ALB), Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD), CRH public limited company (NYSE:CRH), Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (NYSE:POT), Praxair, Inc. (NYSE:PX) and Vale S.A. (NYSE:VALE).
Source: NASDAQ OMX
FTSE EPRA/NAREIT real estate indices surpass $10Bn in ETF-linked AUM
May 17, 2013--Leading global real estate indices hit landmark AuM
Continuous innovation to the index series
Successful 8 year partnership between FTSE and EPRA/NAREIT
May 17, 2013--FTSE Group ("FTSE"), the global index provider, is pleased to announce that the ETF assets linked to the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate Index Series, reached $US10.5 billion in assets under management, as of 30 April 2013. In total, more than US$176 billion of ETF assets are currently benchmarked to FTSE indices worldwide.
Launched in 2005, the index has expanded from the original Developed index to include a wide range of indices covering developed and emerging markets, Dividend+ and sector indices.
In May 2013 FTSE launched the latest in the Series – the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Super Liquid Index. Constituents are chosen from the most highly liquid constituents of the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed index, while retaining the characteristics of the underlying index. All FTSE’s Super Liquid indices are easier to replicate than their underlying indices.
Source: FTSE
Bulls take on Japanese characteristics as Equity Fund flows hit three month high
May 17, 2013--The second week of May saw flows into Japan Equity Funds hit a record high in both dollar and percentage of assets under management terms as an market long associated with kuma (bears) saw the oushi (bulls) arrive in force.
That helped lift flows into all EPFR Global-tracked Equity Funds to their highest level in 14 weeks and allowed them to outgain Bond Funds by a 4-to-1 margin despite another week of net redemptions by retail investors.
Overall flows into Equity Funds during the week ending May 15 totaled $14.16 billion versus net inflows of $3.4 billion Bond Funds while Money Market Funds saw $15.7 pulled out with Europe Money Market Funds seeing the biggest redemptions. Year to date Equity Funds have absorbed $176.36 billion and Bond Funds $165.1 billion.
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Source: EPFR
IMF Working paper-"Near-Coincident" Indicators of Systemic Stress
May 17, 2013--Summary: The G-20 Data Gaps Initiative has called for the IMF to develop standard measures of tail risk, which we identify in this paper with systemic risk. To understand the conditions under which tail risk is present, it is first necessary to develop a measure of what constitutes a systemic stress, or tail, event.
We develop such a measure and uses it to assess the performance of eleven near-term systemic risk indicators as ‘early’ warning of distress among top financial institutions in the United States and the euro area. Two indicators perform particularly well in both regions, and a couple of other simple indicators do well across a number of criteria. We also find that the sizes of institutions do not necessarily correspond with their contribution to spillover risk. Some practical guidance for policies is provided.
view the IMF Working paper-"Near-Coincident" Indicators of Systemic Stress
Source: IMF
NYSE and Credit Suisse inch closer to "trade-at" rule
May 16, 2013--NYSE Euronext and the Credit Suisse Group have agreed on a proposal to test a "trade-at" rule that would require orders be sold at the best price.
They will need the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to reactivate the alternative display facility to allow alternative trading venues to post bids.
Source: SmartBrief
World Gold Council Gold Demand Trends Q1 2013
May 16, 2013--Executive summary:
Key findings for first quarter 2013 examined by sector and region.
Global Gold Market: First quarter 2013 review
Jewellery: Fourth quarter recovery in the jewellery sector continued into the first quarter of this year.
Investment: The decline in investment demand relative to Q1 2012 was solely attributable to the net outflows from ETFs, which obscured the strong rise in investment for gold bars and coins at the retail level.
Technology: Technology demand has been broadly stable, holding around 100 tonnes, over the last six quarters.
Central Banks: Central banks added 109.2t of gold to their reserves in Q1 2013, the ninth consecutive quarter of net purchases.
Supply: At 1,051.6t, total gold supply was little changed from first quarter of 2012
Source: WOrld Gold Council
