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ETFGI reports assets invested in actively managed ETFs and ETPs reached a new record high of 182.72 billion US Dollars at the end of June 2020

July 24, 2020--ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, reported today that actively managed ETFs and ETPs saw net inflows of US$7.04 billion during June, bringing year-to-date net inflows to US$26.69 billion which is significantly more than the US$16.41 billion gathered at this point in 2019.

Assets invested in actively managed ETFs/ETPs finished the month up to 8.1%, from US$168.98 billion at the end of May to US$182.72 billion a new record, according to ETFGI''s June 2020 Active ETF and ETP industry landscape insights report, an annual paid-for research subscription service. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)

Highlights
Assets in actively managed ETFs/ETPs reached a new record high of $182.72 Bn at the end of June.
YTD net inflows of $26.69 Bn are significantly more than the $16.41 Bn gathered at this point in 2019
Actively managed fixed Income ETFs/ETPs account for 67.4% of overall assets followed by 27.1% in equity products.

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Source: ETFGI


Unemployment in Today's Recession Compared to the Global Financial Crisis

July 23, 2020--There has been much discussion in recent months about how workers who transitioned to working from home-and those who were deemed "essential"-are less affected by the layoffs and job losses brought on by lockdowns than are workers in "social" jobs that require closer human interaction, like restaurant workers. However, our new IMF staff research suggests that this does not tell the full story.

In particular, we find that while teleworkable jobs are indeed more secure than non-teleworkable occupations during the current pandemic-related recession, this pattern has also been observed during the global financial crisis of 2007-09-meaning that something more than pandemic-related restrictions is at play.

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Source: IMF


Inflation at risk from Covid-19

July 23, 2020--Key takeaways
The pandemic has increased downside tail risks in advanced economies (AEs), while it has increased both downside and upside tail risks in emerging market economies (EMEs).
The collapse in output and oil prices, on balance, increases downside inflation risks.

Recent exchange rate depreciations increase upside risks to inflation in EMEs.

Tighter financial conditions raise both downside and upside risks. In AEs, the increase in downside risks is more prominent.

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Source: BIS


BIS: Effects Of Fed Policy Rate Forecasts On Real Yields And Inflation Expectations At The Zero Lower Bound

July 21, 2020--Focus
Long-term real interest rates play an important part in the transmission of monetary policy measures to aggregate demand. But there are concerns that the unconventional monetary policy tool of forward guidance may not be effective when policy rates fall to zero, ie reach their zero lower bound (ZLB). A further concern is that the publication of policy rate forecasts at the ZLB may be perceived as an unconditional commitment, thus undermining the credibility of monetary policy.

We investigate both these concerns for the policy rate forecasts made by the Federal Reserve in its Summary of Economic Projections (SEP).

Contribution
We study how surprises in the Fed's SEP policy rate forecasts made at the ZLB affect real yields and breakeven inflation rates across the yield curve. We use forward rates with horizons from two to 10 years ahead derived from nominal and index-linked US government bonds.

Findings
We find that surprises in the SEP policy rate forecasts significantly affect real yields in the expected direction across the yield curve. By contrast, breakeven inflation rates are little affected, including five-year breakeven inflation rates five years ahead, a common measure of monetary policy credibility. This suggests that policy rate forecasts by the Fed at the ZLB managed to affect real yields without adversely affecting monetary policy credibility.

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Source: BIS


Dominant Currencies and the Limits of Exchange Rate Flexibility

July 20, 2020--Faced with an unprecedented shock of collapsing global demand and commodity prices, capital outflows, major supply chain disruptions and a generalized drop in global trade, many emerging markets and developing economies' (EMDEs) currencies have weakened sharply. Will these currency movements support the recovery of these economies?

Building on a new dataset, research laid out in a new IMF Staff Discussion Note indicates that the short-term gains from weaker currencies may be limited. This is especially true for EMDEs where firms price their international sales and finance themselves in a few foreign currencies, notably the US dollar-so-called Dominant Currency Pricing and Dominant Currency Financing.

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Source: IMF


Big banks look to the cloud to accelerate digital shift

July 20, 2020--Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and HSBC sign partnership deals in tech awakening
As their booming share prices testify, technology companies have been brimming over with new business during the coronavirus pandemic.For banks, there has been a special tech awakening: to the merits of cloud computing.

After years of foot-dragging, many have been abandoning their cautious approach to cloud-based services and signing up with gusto to outsource their storage of data and other activities that demand high-intensity computing power.

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Source: FT.com


IMF Working Paper-COVID-19 and Emerging Markets: An Epidemiological Model with International Production Networks and Capital Flows

July 17, 2020--Summary:
We quantify the macroeconomic effects of COVID-19 for a small open economy by calibrating a SIR-multi-sector-macro model. We measure sectoral supply shocks utilizing teleworking and physical job proximity, and demand shocks with credit card purchases.

Both shocks are also affected from changing infection rates under different lockdown scenarios. Being an open economy amplifies the economic costs through two main channels. First, the demand shock has domestic and external components. Second, the initial shock is magnified due to domestic and international input-output linkages.

view the IMF Working Paper-COVID-19 and Emerging Markets: An Epidemiological Model with International Production Networks and Capital Flows

Source: IMF


Fixed-income ETFs AUM surged to US$1.3tn in June

July 16, 2020--During the worst fits of coronavirus-driven turbulence that hit financial markets earlier this year, critics were quick to lambast fixed-income ETFs, seizing on the large differentials between the funds and their underlying holdings as evidence of their failure.

But according to new figures from BlackRock, the ETFs have emerged from the crisis with more appeal than ever.

In its latest global survey of fixed-income ETFs, the global asset manager found that global fixed income ETFs grew 30% in the past 12 months ended in June, with a final AUM record of US$1.3 trillion. More than four fifths of the growth (84%) came from inflows, with record amounts of investor capital flowing in during the most recent quarter.

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Source: wealthprofessional.ca


FSB sets out action to maintain financial stability during COVID

July 15, 2020--The Financial Stability Board (FSB) today published a letter from the FSB Chair, Randal K. Quarles, to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, ahead of their virtual meeting on 18 July 2020. The FSB also delivered to the G20 a report on the financial stability implications of, and policy measures taken in response to, the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Chair's letter sets out a number of areas of focus for the FSB during the COVID Event:

Assessing vulnerabilities during the current crisis. Volatility in markets has decreased but may well return. The FSB has identified a number of priority areas that require further analysis, including, among others, risks related to liquidity stress; the debt burden of non-financial corporates; and effects of credit rating downgrades. The FSB's monitoring provides essential and near real-time input for policymakers to anticipate and address developing risks in the financial system.

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Source: FSB


New ETF launches show resilience in face of pandemic

July 15, 2020--Analysts disagree over whether sector is due for a setback as Covid-19 effects are felt more deeply
Covid-19 has paralysed business activity across the globe, but the ETF industry appears to be made of sterner stuff. The pandemic has, so far at least, had a limited impact on the pace of listings of shiny new exchange traded funds.

A lively debate is afoot, however, as to whether the sector has delayed its day of reckoning or whether or not even the worst pandemic for a century can meaningfully disrupt the seemingly endless conveyor belt of new products dreamt up by the industry.

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Source: FT.com


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