The European Exchange Traded Product (ETP) industry took a big leap forward in 2014, having gathered $61.8 billion of net new assets (NNA) in 2014 and shatteringthe record for NNA over a full year...

In May 2014, ETF Securities partnered with E Fund, one of the largest asset managers in China, to launch a physical exchange-traded fund (ETF) that tracks physical A-shares listed in China. It is the first UCITS ETF to track the MSCI China A Index.

Shadow banking is being reduced, in favor of bonds issued on the financial markets. In fact, to avoid credit drying up, the government, for example, has allowed local governments to issue their own bonds, which should "increase transparency and improve investor confidence...

The sharp fall in oil prices during the second half of 2014 turned out to be one of the most significant themes of the year. In this piece, Salman Ahmed, Strategist Fixed Income at Lombard Odier IM discusses the economic transmission mechanism and asset market implications of the sharp reduction in oil prices.

Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) has appointed Christophe Baurand as Global Head of Commercial, Marketing and Liquidity Management. Based in Paris, he reports to Bruno Prigent, Head of SGSS, and joins the SGSS Executive Committee.