Following the successful launch of its low carbon equity index family, Solactive AG in collaboration with South Pole Group sets the bar for fixed income low-carbon index solutions with its new Solactive SPG Euro IG Low Carbon Bond Index.

Much heavy lifting has already been done to raise European banks' capital ratios, as a new analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence shows —data drawn from 30 European banks, both eurozone and non-eurozone, shows that these institutions reported at the end of 2015 fully loaded common equity Tier 1 ratios of at least 10% and most announced leverage ratios of 4.0% or higher.

Nomura announces the listing of four exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the SIX Swiss Exchange: the “Nomura JPX-Nikkei 400 Daily EUR-Hedged Index UCITS ETF”, the “Nomura JPX-Nikkei 400 Daily USD-Hedged Index UCITS ETF”, the “Nomura Nikkei 225 USD-Hedged UCITS ETF” and the “Nomura Nikkei 225 EUR-Hedged UCITS ETF”.

Euronext, the leading exchange in the Eurozone, announced trading volumes for February 2016. The average daily volume on equity index derivatives was significantly up at 249,664 contracts (+10.5% compared with February 2015) and the average daily volume on individual equity derivatives was also up at 281,497 contracts (+6.3% compared with February 2015).

Today, the first buy and sell orders of a crowdfunded security were placed on the Euronext Expert Market (Public Auction), an electronic trading platform for non-listed securities. These orders will lead to the first secondary transaction in a crowdfunding instrument on a transparent and secure trading platform in Europe, which will take place on Tuesday 1 March 2016...