The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) welcomes the common approach announced today by the European Commission and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on the equivalence of CCP regimes.

Today, Robeco Groep N.V. (“Robeco”) announces its results for the full year ended 31 December 2015. In 2015, total assets under management increased by EUR 22.1 billion (+18%) to EUR 268.1 billion, of which 47% are institutional. The assets under management growth resulted in an all-time high for the seventh consecutive year.

The first few days of the year were particularly challenging for capital markets. Further incertitude regarding the strength of the US cycle and the possibility that the Chinese economy is weathering a heavy depression drove risky assets lower, bucking the traditional early-year trend.

Global liquidity conditions may have begun to tighten for emerging market economies (EMEs), according to updated data from the Bank for International Settlements. BIS General Manager Jaime Caruana detailed highlights from the latest global liquidity indicators, a measure of the ease of financing in global financial markets...

The European ETF Market started the year slowly with limited flows in January 2016. Net New Assets (NNA) during this month amounted to EUR1.9BN, 64% below the one year average of EUR5.2BN. Total Assets under Management are down 4% vs. the end of 2015...