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Eurozone business activity slows sharply in January
January 24, 2016--Eurozone private sector business activity slowed sharply in January against a backdrop of volatile financial markets and uncertainty about the global outlook, a key survey showed Friday.
Data monitoring company Markit said its closely watched Composite Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) fell to 53.5 points in January from 54.3 in December, hitting an 11-month low.
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Source: EUbusiness
UK banks set to launch 'robo-advisers'
January 22, 2016--Barclays, RBS, Lloyds and Santander plan digital advice services
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Source: FT.com
IMF Working Paper-Risks of Stagnation in the Euro Area
January 22, 2016--Summary: This paper discusses the risks of stagnation over the medium term in the euro area.
It examines the consequences of longer-term growth trends that predate the crisis and the progress made in addressing the crisis legacies of high unemployment and debt. The paper illustrates in a downside scenario, how low potential growth and crisis legacies leave the euro area vulnerable to a negative shock that tips the economy into a prolonged slowdown.
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Source: IMF
WisdomTree Europe sees continued growth in Equity UCITS ETF (HEDJ)
January 22, 2016--Provides unique Eurozone export-oriented exposure to the same Index as the Company's flagship U.S.-listed ETF
WisdomTree Europe Equity UCITS ETF (HEDJ) gains momentum in Europe-gathers almost $100m in AUM in just over a month growing from $77m to close to $172m
Available in Europe with multiple share classes offering investors GBP (HEDP) and USD (HEDJ) currency hedged and EUR unhedged (HEDF) exposures
With a tilt on Eurozone exporters and WisdomTree's unique dividend weighting methodology, HEDF has outperformed traditional market capitalisation weighted index, the Euro STOXX 50 over the past 1 and 3 years
Growth in AUM emphasises the tradability and market access benefits of ETFs.
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Source: WisdomTree
New iShares equity index ETF launched on Xetra
ETF offers first-time access to Israel's capital market
January 21, 2016--A new iShares equity index ETF from BlackRock's product offering has been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Thursday, 21 January.
Name: iShares TA-25 Israel UCITS ETF
Asset class: equity index ETF
ISIN: IE00BP3QZG05
Total expense ratio: 0.6 percent
Distribution policy: accumulating
Benchmark: TA-25--Index
The "iShares TA-25 Israel UCITS ETF" enables investors to participate for the first time in the performance of stock corporations from Israel via Xetra.
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Source: Deutsche Börse Cash Market
Russian ruble keeps on falling, hits new record low
January 21, 2016--The Russian ruble has hit another historic low against the dollar as currencies slid across the former Soviet Union against the backdrop of low oil prices.
The ruble traded above 85 to the dollar for the first time in Moscow early Thursday afternoon, a fall of more than three percent, which beat the previous low of 82.4 to the dollar set in trading Wednesday evening. It later recovered slightly to trade around 84.2. Thursday's slip means the ruble is at its lower.
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Source: Todays Zaman
Official Statistics: Forecasts for the UK economy: January 2016
January 20, 2016--A comparison of independent forecasts for the UK economy in January 2016.
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Source: HM Treasury
Saxo Bank launches the first large-scale, truly digital, investment solution for retail investors in partnership with BlackRock
January 20, 2016--Saxo Bank launches the first large-scale, truly digital, investment solution for retail investors in partnership with BlackRock
SaxoSelect investment portfolios consisting of BlackRock exchange traded funds (ETFs) to launch in selected European markets, starting with Denmark, Finland, Italy, Norway, Netherlands and Sweden in Q1 2016.
The new SaxoSelect is a fully digital and automated portfolio management service that enables clients of Saxo Bank to invest in pre-selected strategies in a real-time, fully transparent environment directly on their Saxo platform.
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Source: SAXO Bank
January 20, 2016--BlackRock's iShares has launched an ETF for European investors that invest in the national Israeli index.
The iShares TA-25 Israel Ucits ETF (TASE) is said to be the first physically-replicating ETF in the world to access the 25 largest companies listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
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Source:investmenteurope.net
ESMA publishes letter from European Commission on AIFMD passport
January 19, 2016--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published the letter it received from the European Commission (EC) in respect of its advice on the
application of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) passport to non-EU AIFMs and AIFs, and ESMA's opinion on the functioning of the passport for EU AIFMs and on the national private placement regimes (NPPRs).
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Source: ESMA
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