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you are currently viewing:Geopolitical and macroeconomic developments driving market uncertaintyFebruary 13, 2025--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's financial markets regulator and supervisor, today publishes its first risk monitoring report of 2025, setting out the key risk drivers currently facing EU financial markets. ESMA finds that overall risks in EU securities markets are high, and market participants should be wary of potential market corrections. Structural developments Market-based finance: The financing of European corporates lost momentum in 2024. The market environment remains challenging, and equity issuance stayed weak overall. Corporate bond issuance fell slightly in 2H24 but remained close to historically high levels. Given the upcoming corporate bond maturity wall from 2025 to 2028, with 47% of debt maturing in this period, debt sustainability remains a risk. Source: esma.europa.eu |
The critical role of ETFs in providing liquidity and facilitating price discovery amid market stress
April 28, 2025--
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Net positive inflows into Core ETFs in the days following 'Liberation Day' demonstrate broad investor demand for trading solutions offering good liquidity
There was wide dispersion within the ETF industry, however, as the flight to safety saw investors allocate in favour of low-risk credit and government bond ETFs
Goldman Sachs AM launches active equity ETF range in Europe
April 28, 2025--The US giant brings its quantitative equity range to the continent's ETF market.
Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) is adding to its European Ucits ETF offering with the launch of a five-strong quantitative active equity range.
ETF and ETP listings on 24 April 2025: new on Xetra and Boerse Frankfurt
April 25, 2025--The iShares Global Aerospace & Defence UCITS ETF invests in stocks of companies from developed markets that belong to the aerospace and defense sector. The commitment includes manufacturers of civil or military aerospace and defense equipment, related spare parts or products, defense electronics and space equipment.
ESMA assesses the risks posed by the use of leverage in the fund sector
April 24, 2025-The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's financial markets regulator and supervisor, today publishes its annual risk assessment of leveraged alternative investment funds (AIFs) and its first analysis on risks in UCITS using the absolute Value-at-Risk (VaR) approach.
Europe and Central Asia: Accelerate Growth through Entrepreneurship, Technology Adoption, and Innovation
April 23, 2025—Economic growth in the developing economies of the Europe and Central Asia region is likely to slow, says the World Bank's Economic Update for the region, released today. Regional growth is now expected at 2.5% in 2025-26 owing to weaker external demand and a slowdown in Russia.
ETF and ETP listings on 23 April 2025: new on Xetra and Boerse Frankfurt
April 23, 2025-The Robeco 3D EM Equity UCITS ETF is actively managed and invests in equities of companies from emerging markets. The goal is to achieve above-average returns through quantitative optimisation in the form of a 3D strategy based on risk, return, and sustainability.
First Trust expands Ucits 'buffer' range with US equity ETF
April 23, 2023--First Trust has further expanded its 'buffer' range of Ucits-compliant ETFs, with a new strategy designed to capture the upside of the US equity market while mitigating some of the volatility.
WisdomTree partners with Marex to offer structured products linked to ETFs
April 23, 2025--Marex Group today announces its collaboration with WisdomTree, an ETF (exchange- traded fund) and ETP (exchange- traded product) issuer, to provide institutional investors tailored exposure to WisdomTree's ETPs, in particular in the cryptocurrency space via Marex-issued structured products.
ETF and ETP listings on 17 April 2025: new on Xetra and Borse Frankfurt
April 17, 2025--The Amundi Global Corporate Bond UCITS ETF invests globally in fixed-rate corporate bonds denominated in local currency and have an investment grade rating. They must have a minimum residual maturity of one year.
ETF and ETP listings on 16 April 2025: new on Xetra and Borse Frankfurt
April 16, 2025--The iShares S&P 500 3% Capped UCITS ETF invests in the 500 largest U.S. companies from the leading industries of the U.S. economy, with no single company accounting for more than 3 per cent of the index weighting.
The Franklin S&P 500 Screened UCITS ETF invests in the current 408 largest U.S. companies in the S&P 500 Index that are considered environmentally conscious and socially responsible.
