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Theresa May is said to face calls to quit after Brexit

February 23, 2019--Theresa May must resign as British prime minister and Conservative leader later this year after delivering Brexit, according to politicians at the highest levels of her own government.

B-Hive Europe launches a Fintech Landscape Report, B-Lens, together with Roland Berger and Sirris

February 22, 2019--B-Hive, the collaborative innovation platform, together with Roland Berger, one of the leading global consultancy firms, and Sirris, the collective center for and by the technological industry, has published B-Lens 2.0, a fintech landscape report that takes a look at the state of financial services and fintechs in Belgium and Europe.

New Vanguard ETFs on Xetra: Investment Grade Government and Corporate Bonds

February 21, 2019--Both bond ETFs include investment grade bonds with a maturity of more than one year.
Since Thursday two Vanguard ETFs are tradable via Xetra and Börse Frankfurt.
The two bond ETFs give investors access to euro-denominated government bonds within the eurozone and euro-denominated corporate bonds worldwide.

Account of the monetary policy meeting of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank

February 21, 2019--Held in Frankfurt am Main on Wednesday and Thursday, 23-24 January 2019
1. Review of financial, economic and monetary developments and policy options
Financial market developments
Mr Cœuré reviewed the latest financial market developments. In the first few weeks of 2019 volatility had remained elevated across different market segments, in particular in equity and commodity markets.

Deutsche Borse increases transparency in ETF trading

February 21, 2019--New key indicator provides information on trading costs over the course of the trading day
Deutsche Börse is providing ETF investors with a new key indicator: The iXLM (intraday Xetra liquidity measure) provides information on how trading costs of an ETF have developed over the course of a trading day. This allows investors to deduce the period in which the trading costs of an ETF were particularly low and to take this information into account for future decisions.

Forecasts for the UK economy: February 2019

February 20, 2019--A comparison of independent forecasts for the UK economy in February 2019.

EBA publishes Consumer Trends Report for 2018-19

February 20, 2019--The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its Consumer Trends Report for 2018 and 2019. The Report covers the trends and issues related to retail banking products and services that fall within the EBA's consumer protection mandate, such as mortgages, consumer credit, deposits, payment accounts, payment services and electronic money.

ETFGI reports ETFs and ETPs listed in Europe gather US$9.79 billion during January 2019

February 20, 2019--ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, reported today that ETFs and ETPs listed in Europe gathered net inflows of US$US$9.79 billion in January.

STOXX expands its thematic index offering

February 20, 2019--STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Boerse Group's index business and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, has launched seven new thematic indices. They cover a broad array of themes: housing construction, industry 4.0, millennials, sharing economy, silver economy, smart cities, and smart factory.

WisdomTree appoints director of Research Fixed Income

February 19, 2019--WisdomTree has expanded Fixed Income Research and Strategy team with the appointment of Lidia Treiber as director of Research in Europe.

BNP Paribas launches 'socially responsible" credit ETF

February 19, 2019--The index-tracking fund looks to exclude companies based on their ESG credentials
February 19, 2019--BNP Paribas Asset Management has launched a socially responsible credit exchange-traded fund.

Vienna Stock Exchange calculates new CEE Blue Chip Benchmark "Eastern Europe Traded Index"

February 19, 2019--With the "Eastern Europe Traded Index" (EETX) index family Vienna Stock Exchange today launches six new indices. The EETX focuses on the 40 largest blue chips of the Russian, Central, Eastern and Southeastern European markets.

ESMA supervision to focus on data, Brexit and cybersecurity in 2019

February 19, 2019--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today its 2019 Supervision Work Programme, which details the main areas of focus for the upcoming year for ESMA's supervision of Trade Repositories (TRs), Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs), and the monitoring of third-country market infrastructures such as third-country central clearing counterparties (TC-CCPs) and third-country Central Securities Depositories (TC-CSDs).

Retail investors at risk in Brexit dual-listing tussle

February 19, 2019--Brussels does not plan to recognise London venues if UK leaves EU abruptly next month
Brussels' plan to restrict trading in shares listed both in London and elsewhere in the EU in the event of a hard Brexit will deliver a blow to retail investors, asset management groups have warned.

Euro area investment fund statistics: fourth quarter of 2018

February 19, 2019--In the fourth quarter of 2018 the outstanding amount of shares/units issued by investment funds other than money market funds was €10,990 billion, €667 billion lower than in the third quarter of 2018.

Official Statistics: Database of forecasts for the UK economy

February 19, 2019--We've compiled independent forecasts for the UK economy since 1986. This database includes forecasts of key economic indicators from those publications

Big asset managers cut research costs at higher rate

February 18, 2019--Large asset managers have been more successful than smaller rivals at controlling costs in the wake of new European rules on research...

MiFID II research rules 'hitting sector coverage and quality'

February 18, 2019--A cut in spending on research by fund managers, caused by MiFID II rules, could be leading to poorer coverage of some sectors of the equity market, surveys of the industry have found.

ESMA to recognise three UK CCPs in the event of a no-deal Brexit

February 18, 2019--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today announced that in the event of a no-deal Brexit, three central counterparties (CCPs) established in the United Kingdom (UK)-LCH Limited, ICE Clear Europe Limited and LME Clear Limited-will be recognised to provide their services in the European Union (EU).