Global ETF News Older than One Year
Savers opt for secure retirement over luxuries
January 14, 2015--A new report has suggested that most people approaching retirement want to use their pension savings to secure a guaranteed income rather than spend it on cars and holidays.
Big changes to pension rules announced in last year's Budget will give savers with so-called "defined contribution" pensions new flexibility to avoid buying an annuity, which turns savings into a guaranteed income.
Source: FT.com
Qatar market lures German firms for dual listings
January 14, 2015--The Qatar Exchange 20 index fell by 0.50 per cent to 11,936.58 points on Wednesday, January 14.
Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) gained 0.94 per cent to reach for QAR107.
Source: AME Info
REPORT: U.S.-Listed ETPs Tracking Nasdaq Indexes
January 13, 2015--The Nasdaq Quarterly report encapsulating all U.S.-Listed Exchange-Traded Products (ETPs) that track Nasdaq Indexes is now available.
view the Detail pages-sorted by index family view the Index and Licensed Product Snapshot
Source: Nasdaq
DMS Deciphering Developing Markets-
I clearly remember the flat top mountain called Table Top Mountain and the white sands of Clifton Beach. I had left the shores of India for the first time and South Africa, to me, seemed like heaven. This was the time of apartheid though, and so not all was happy and joyful there, but as a tourist, I never got to see the seamy side of life.
Source: Nasdaq
New activist investor takes aim at MSCI
Naya Management, a London-based value investment firm led by Masroor Siddiqui, has written to MSCI to urge the company to break itself up or put itself up for sale.
Source: FT.com
UAE says Opec will no longer shore up oil price
arguing that rising North American shale oil output needed to be curbed.
Source: FIN24
Global Economic Prospects to Improve in 2015, But Divergent Trends Pose Downside Risks, Says WB
After growing by an estimated 2.6 percent in 2014, the global economy is projected to expand by 3 percent this year, 3.3 percent in 2016 and 3.2 percent in 2017 [1], predicts the Bank’s twice-yearly flagship. Developing countries grew by 4.4 percent in 2014 and are expected to edge up to 4.8 percent in 2015, strengthening to 5.3 and 5.4 percent in 2016 and 2017, respectively. view the Global Economic Prospects-January 2015
Having Fiscal Space and Using It report
Source: World Bank
ETFGI Press Release December 2014: Global
ETFGI's research finds 2014 was a very good year for the global ETF/ETP industry. Some highlights are below:
ETFs/ETPs listed globally:
Source: ETFGI
ETF Securities Research-Gold and the Precious Metals Begin 2015 with Resilience
Geopolitical concerns have increased along with volatility led by questions surrounding the future of Greece in the
Eurozone and terrorist attacks in France. Investors ignored a largely positive labour report on Friday, while focusing on the lack of wage pressure. The report showed that average
hourly earnings dropped 0.2% in December, the largest monthly decline since the comparable data series has been tracked (since April 2006), prompting a weakening of the
Dollar and some support to precious metals prices.
Source: ETF Securities Research
BlackRock ETP Landscape ETP Landscape: Record month closes record year
U.S.-listed ETP flows reached $52.6bn, surpassing $40bn in consecutive months for the first time, as the Fed remained unexpectedly accommodative and the final reading on Q3 GDP growth hit an eleven-year high of 5.0%
Following the Fed announcement, fixed income flows accelerated to finish December at $5.7bn, led by broad-market U.S. funds as well as European and U.S. investment grade corporate debt
Japanese equity gathered $5.6bn, all from Japan-listed funds, as Prime Minister Abe secured support for his economic policies in early elections, sending stocks higher.
Source: BlackRock- ETP Research
January 13, 2015--As I researched articles for this post, I was reminded of the time, many years ago, when I visited Cape Town in South Africa.
January 13, 2015--MSCI, the stock market indices provider, is facing new public pressure from one of its leading shareholders, days after activist hedge fund ValueAct demanded a seat on the board.
January 13, 2015--The United Arab Emirates says that Opec will no longer move to shore up crude prices,
January 13, 2015--Following another disappointing year in 2014, developing countries should see an uptick in growth this year, boosted in part by soft oil prices, a stronger U.S. economy, continued low global interest rates, and receding domestic headwinds in several large emerging markets, says the World Bank Group's Global Economic Prospects (GEP) report, released today.
January 12, 2015--ETFs/ETPs end 2014 gathering 338.3 billion US dollars a record level of net new assets and reached a new record of 2.79 trillion US dollars in assets according to research by ETFGI
The global ETF/ETP industry has reached a new record level of US$2.79 trillion in assets invested in 5,580 ETFs/ETPs, with 10,770 listings, from 239 providers listed on 62 exchanges in 49 countries.
January 12, 2015--Gold leads precious metals gainers as global volatility picks up. Gold was the best performing precious metal in the first full week of the New Year gaining 3.9% as geopolitical fears supported defensive assets like bonds and precious metals.
January 12, 2015--GLOBAL ETPs FINISH RECORD YEAR WITH BEST MONTHLY FLOWS EVER
Global inflows surged to $61.5bn in December, extending the 2014 record to $330.6bn, with encouraging news on the US economic outlook, a strong dollar and a further drop in the price of oil sparking a late-month equity rally
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