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Monday Morning Memo: European Fund-Flow Trends September 2018
October 22, 2018--European investors pulled further away from long-term mutual funds as the market environment and general sentiment stayed negative. As a consequence September was the fifth month in a row posting net outflows from long-term mutual funds after 16 consecutive months showing net inflows.
Real estate funds (+€0.8 bn) enjoyed net inflows, while all the other asset types in the segment of long-term mutual funds witnessed net outflows: bond funds (-€8.9 bn), alternative UCITS funds (-€8.0 bn), mixed-asset funds (-€1.9 bn), equity funds (-€1.3 bn), and ”other” funds (-€1.0 bn) as well as commodity funds (-€0.6 bn).
These fund flows added up to overall net outflows of €21.0 bn from long-term investment funds for September. ETFs contributed inflows of €5.6 bn to these flows.
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Source: Detlef Glow, Head of EMEA Research, Lipper
SMSG Advice-Own Initiative Report on Initial Coin Offerings and Crypto-Assets
October 19, 2018--I. Executive Summary
1. Goal. The goal of this report is to give advice to ESMA on steps it can take to contain the risks of ICO's and crypto assets, on top of existing regulation. Since there are no obvious stability risks yet in this respect, this report mainly focuses on risks for investors.
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Source: ESMA
More than 20 market participants sign on for retail investor platform Marketplace
October 18, 2018--Moscow Exchange today signed a memorandum of cooperation with a wide range of Russian financial market participants aimed at undertaking joint activities to grow the retail investor platform Marketplace. The memorandum was concluded at the Finopolis conference in Sochi.
The memorandum was signed by chief executives of Moscow Exchange, National Settlement Depository, Ak Bars Bank, Zenit Bank, Gazprombank, Otkritie Bank, Promsvyazbank, Rosbank, Russian Agricultural Bank, Svyaz Bank, SKB Bank, Sovcombank, Tinkoff Bank, Uralsib Bank, Bank Center-invest, Expobank, Banki.ru, Infinitum, Sravni.ru, Unicom and Fins.Money.
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Source: Moscow Exchange (MOEX)
STOXX(R) Global Fintech Index licensed to Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management
October 18, 2018--STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Boerse Group's index business and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, has licensed the STOXX Global Fintech Index to Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management as an underlying for an investment fund.
The index is comprised of companies associated with financial technology (fintech). These businesses use technology to change how financial services are offered to end customers. They also boost the competitive edge of traditional financial service providers by improving efficiencies and driving new products and solutions. Revere Business Industry Classification System (RBICS) data allow a detailed breakdown of the revenue sources of the eligible companies, helping this index to select companies with substantial fintech exposure.P>view more
Source: Deutsche Boerse Group
ESMA data analysis values EU derivatives market at 660euro trillion with central clearing increasing significantly
October 18, 2018--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) today publishes its first Annual Statistical Report (Report) on the European Union's (EU) derivatives markets. The Report, based on data submitted under the European Markets and Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), provides the first comprehensive market-level view of the EU's derivatives markets, which in 4Q17 amounted to €660tn of gross notional outstanding transactions.
The primary objective of this data analysis is to contribute to ESMA's risk assessment, to facilitate entity oversight by supervisory authorities, both national and European, and enhance supervisory convergence.
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Source: ESMA
New HSBC ETF on Xetra Tracks Chinese A Shares
October 16, 2018--The new equity ETF gives investors the opportunity to participate in the performance of listed companies from the People's Republic of China. The reference index consists of 235 Chinese A-shares which are included in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.
These are companies with a high market capitalisation that have their registered office in the People's Republic of China and are traded on the stock exchanges in Shanghai and Shenzhen.
Name: HSBC MSCI China A Inclusion UCITS ETF
Asset class: Equity ETF
ISIN: DE000A2N5QJ3
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Source: Deutsche Boerse Group
KASE Index ETF begins trading on Moscow Exchange
October 16, 2018--On 16 October 2018, Moscow Exchange (MOEX) started trading in the KASE Index Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) managed by FinEx Investment Management LLP.
The ETF is listed on MOEX's Level 1 under the ticker FXKZ. Investment Company Freedom Finance is acting as the market maker.
The ETF is traded in roubles and linked to the share price denominated in KZT, since the ETF’s assets value is calculated in KZT. In the first day of trading, the ETF's launch volume was RUB 320 mln (ca. USD 5 mln).
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Source: Moscow Exchange (MOEX)
Four new J. P. Morgan ETFs on Xetra
October 16, 2018--Since Tuesday, four new J. P. Morgan Exchange Traded Funds are tradable via Xetra and Börse Frankfurt: three active ETFs and one bond ETF.
The three active ETFs represent active investment strategies with equities of large and medium-sized companies that have a comparatively high ESG rating in their economic sector.
Companies whose products have negative social or environmental impacts are not considered. The active ETFs focus on Europe, the USA and worldwide.
The fourth index fund, JPMorgan ETFS (Ireland) ICAV-USD Emerging Markets Sovereign Bond UCITS ETF, gives investors the opportunity to participate in the performance of US dollar-denominated government bonds worldwide and quasi-government emerging market bonds.
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Source: Deutsche Börse Group
Monday Morning Memo: Review of the European ETF Market, September 2018
October 15, 2018-The promoters of ETFs in Europe enjoyed net inflows for September. These inflows, in combination with positive performance of the underlying markets, led to increased assets under management in the European ETF industry.
In more detail, the assets under management in the European ETF industry increased from €660.5 bn (as of August 31, 2018) to €683.9 bn at the end of September 2018.
The increase of €23.4 bn for September was driven by the performance of the underlying markets (+€17.8 bn), while net sales contributed €5.6 bn to the growth in assets under management in the European ETF segment.
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Source: Thomson Reuters
Deutsche Borse welcomes HANetf as new ETF issuer on Xetra
October 12, 2018--Since Thursday, three ETFs of the new issuer HANetf have been tradable on Xetra and örse Frankfurt for the first time.
HANetf has listed the first ETF in Europe via its white label platform and additionally two own products. HANetf's white label platform provides the infrastructure to launch and manage UCITS-regulated ETFs in Europe. This enables providers outside Europe or issuers without their own infrastructure to list their products cost-effectively on the trading venues of Deutsche örse. The first ETF launched via the white label platform is the EMQQ Emerging Markets Internet & E-commerce UCITS ETF.
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Source: Deutsche Börse Group
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