Global ETF News Older than One Year
Emerging Markets: The Philippines
June 5, 2015--Once known as "the sick man of Asia," the Philippines is still being touted by many as the country in the ASEAN region in which to invest, even though the Philippine GDP dropped to 5.2% in the first quarter 2015 from 6.6% in the fourth quarter 2014.
The drop was due to a sharp decrease in exports and government spending on infrastructure projects.
The Philippines is the world's largest producer of coconuts and pineapples, and 42% of their exports are electronic goods sent mainly to Japan, the US and China, in that order.
Source: Peter Kohli of DMS for Nasdaq.com
FTSE SET Index Series Semi-Annual Review June 2015
June 5, 2015--FTSE announces the following semi-annual changes to the FTSE SET Index Series.
The changes will be applied after the close of business on Friday, 19 June 2015 and will be effective on Monday, 22 June 2015.
Source: FTSE
ETF Securities Precious Metals Monthly-Consolidation or Foundation?
June 5, 2015--Consolidating or forming a foundation?
Led by silver, divergent strength remains the 2015 story in the
precious metals (PMs) market. Divergent, because gold and silver
have remained resilient in an environment that many analysts would
consider bearish.
In terms of the Euro currency, year-to-date (YTD) gold ended May with a gain of 10.6%, emphasizing the currency influence effect of many central banks increasing liquidity. Gold and silver are likely building a foundation for recovery. The question most investors appear to be asking is what catalyst(s) might be necessary for the PMs to rally, or falter? The consensus is the Federal Reserve (Fed) will be tightening soon. If so, then the consensus should be expecting an improvement in US economic conditions, as the Fed is predicting.
Source: ETF Securities Research
Swiss, Scandinavian Exchanges Widen Access to Clearing Options
June 5, 2015--SIX Swiss Exchange and Nasdaq OMX Group Inc.'s Nordic exchanges are widening the clearing options available to their customers, a move proponents say will increase competition and lower prices.
SIX will allow European Central Counterparty NV to clear trades on the Swiss stock market, according to a statement on Thursday. Trading parties will be able to choose from EuroCCP and the existing clearing firms LCH.Clearnet Ltd. and SIX x-clear AG.
Source: Bloomberg
BATS Reports Continued Strong Market Share in May; Second-Best Month for U.S. Options Business, 21.2% U.S. Equities Market Share
Reports 24.4% European Equities Market Share, Hotspot Reports ADV of $26.8 Billion
June 4, 2015--BATS Global Markets (BATS) today reported May data and highlights including the company's best market share month since October 2013 in European equities and the second-best month in U.S. options.
BATS reported 9.7% market share in U.S. options, up from 3.8% one year ago. In U.S. equities, BATS reported market share of 21.2%, its third-best month on record, while BATS remained the #1 U.S. market for exchange-trade fund (ETF) trading in May, executing 26.1% of all ETF trading volume.
Source: BATS Global Markets
S&P 500 Benchmarked Assets Reach $7.8 Trillion; $3.05 Trillion Invested in Products Indexed to S&P DJI Indices
Explosive Year-over-Year AUM Growth in Products Based on S&P DJI Smart Beta Indices
June 4, 2015--S&P Dow Jones Indices ("S&P DJI"), one of the world's leading index providers, announced today that is has published its annual survey of indexed assets.
According to the survey, approximately $7.8 trillion is now benchmarked to the iconic S&P 500(R) with $2.16 trillion of that figure directly indexed via exchange traded funds (ETFs), mutual funds, and other investment product structures.
Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices
World's biggest gold ETF loses place in U.S. top 10
June 4, 2015--SPDR Gold Shares falls out of top 10 U.S. ETFs
Value of fund falls to $27.1 bln vs peak of $77.5 bln
The world's largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, New York-listed SPDR Gold Shares, is no longer one of the top 10 U.S.-listed ETFs by value, according to data from FactSet.
Source: Reuters
Russia May Soon Sell Its Debt In Yuan
June 4, 2015--Russia is considering issuing debt in Chinese yuan in the coming years, which will facilitate Russian corporate borrowers' access to the Chinese market, Russia's Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak said.
The Russian Ministry of Finance has a lot of issues to explore, like how to organize Russia's entrance into the Chinese market and its infrastructure, according to Storchak. It should also understand how to work with the agent banks and intermediaries, which could be potential investors.
Source emergingequity.org
EMERGING MARKETS-Qatar stocks fall 2 pct on World Cup fear; higher US, German yields worry EM
June 3, 2015--Qatari stocks slumped as much as 2.6 percent on Wednesday as the resignation of Sepp Blatter as head of soccer's governing body FIFA raised fears the Gulf state could lose the right to host the 2022 football World Cup.
The move come against a stormy backdrop of rising German and U.S. bond yields, though a retreat in the dollar provided some respite to emerging currencies.
Source: Reuters
IMF Paper-Housing Finance and Real-Estate Booms : A Cross-Country Perspective
June 3, 2015--Summary: The recent global crisis highlighted the risks stemming from real estate booms. This has generated a growing literature trying to better understand the sources and the risks associated with housing and credit booms.
This paper complements and supplements the previous work by (i) exploiting more disaggregated data on credit allowing us to dissociate between firm-credit and household (and in some cases mortgage) credit, and (ii) by taking into account the characteristics of the mortgage market, including institutional as well as other factors that vary across countries. This detailed cross-country analysis offers new valuable insights.
view the IMF Paper-Housing Finance and Real-Estate Booms : A Cross-Country Perspective
Source: IMF
