State Street Global Advisors Launches Four Advanced Beta Equity ETFs
State Street Global Advisors, the asset management arm of State Street Corporation, announced the launch of four advanced beta equity exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The SPDR MSCI Europe Value Weighted UCITS ETF, SPDR MSCI USA Value Weighted UCITS ETF, SPDR MSCI Europe Small (...)
Lyxor expands its Active Smart Beta offering to Fixed Income
Lyxor Asset Management continues to develop its Active Smart Beta offering with the launch of a new commingled bond product, the Lyxor EuroGovies Risk-Balanced Fund, a UCITS IV-fund, available for investors in various European (...)
Nomura Asset Management launches new bond fund to provide exposure to full range of global fixed income opportunities
Nomura Asset Management U.K. Ltd. (NAM) has launched the Global Dynamic Bond Fund, designed to provide investors with a more diversified approach to fixed income investing. Unconstrained by benchmark allocations, the fund seeks to generate attractive total returns by (...)
Lyxor launches currency-hedged ETF share class on JPX-Nikkei 400, the new benchmark for Japanese equities
Lyxor announces the launch of the first currency hedged ETF share class tracking the JPX-Nikkei 400 index, the LYXOR UCITS ETF JPX-Nikkei 400 Daily Hedged C-EUR, listed today on Euronext Paris.
Source and Goldman Sachs expand range of innovative Equity Factor ETF
Source is pleased to announce the launch of the Source Goldman Sachs Equity Factor Index Europe UCITS ETF. This is the second Source ETF to be launched that provides access to Goldman Sachs’ innovative series of multi-factor indices, following the success of the Source (...)
ETFs/ETP Assets Listed In Europe Reach Record Of $522 Billion End Of Q1 2016
Assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed in Europe reach a new record high of US$522 billion US at the end of Q1 2016, according to preliminary data from ETFGI’s March 2016 global ETF and ETP industry insights report. ETFs/ETPs listed in Europe gathered net inflows of US$5.11 Bn (...)
During the first quarter of 2016, hedge funds suffered a 2% drawdown according to the Lyxor Hedge Fund index. Across hedge fund strategies, CTAs and Merger Arbitrage have been the only segments of the industry being able to post returns in positive territory in (...)
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (Ontario Teachers’) announced a rate of return on investments of 13.0% for the year ended December 31, 2015, resulting in an increase in net assets to a record $171.4 billion from $154.5 billion at the end of (...)
A more dovish FOMC than expected on March 16 offered the equity rally another leg up. The Fed shaved off its growth and inflation forecasts and its median dot was revised two notches down. Bond yields weakened and the downward pressure on the dollar further supported oil (...)
Monthly European ETF Market Trends - March 2016 in brief
European ETF Market flows reached a one-year record low in February 2016. Outflows during this month amounted to EUR271M. Total Assets under Management are down 5% vs. the end of 2015, reaching EUR428.5bn, and including a negative market impact (...)