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Retail investors to drive $1.5tn push towards bespoke index funds
July 28, 2021--Vanguard, JPMorgan, BlackRock and Morgan Stanley have all done deals to bolster their direct indexing offerings.
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Source: FT.com
BNY Mellon's first active ETF to invest in international equities
July 28, 2021--The Concentrated International ETF will be fully transparent disclosing its portfolio holdings each day
BNY Mellon Investment Management's first active exchange traded fund will be an international equity product, the group disclosed on Thursday.
The asset manager believes it can capitalise on strong demand and product gaps in global equities with one of its specialist managers, executives said.
The company plans to launch the Concentrated International ETF, which will be fully transparent and will invest in 25 to 30 companies in developed markets outside of the United States.
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Source: FT.com
Impact Shares Launches the Affordable Housing MBS ETF (NYSE: OWNS)
July 27, 2021--WNS Aims to Reduce the Racial Wealth Gap by Supporting Affordable Housing Options for Minority and Low-Income Families
Impact Shares announces the launch of the Impact Shares Affordable Housing MBS ETF (NYSE: OWNS), an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that invests in agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS) backed by pools of mortgage loans made to minority families, low- and moderate-income (LMI) families, and/or families that live in persistent poverty areas.
OWNS seeks to invest in the dignity of homeownership for these traditionally underserved communities.
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Source: Impact Shares
New ETF 'VSPY' Aims to Hedge Bearish Bond Markets
July 26, 2021--Last week ETF newcomer VectorShares launched their first fund, the VectorShares Min Vol ETF (VSPY), an actively managed fixed income ETF that seeks to provide market-like returns with greatly reduced volatility.
VSPY holds 90% of its portfolio in ultra-short duration fixed income securities and the remaining 10% in S&P 500 call and put options contracts, a position which is never net short the market.
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Source: etftrends.com
Fidelity International threatens tough stance on climate and gender
June 26, 2021--Global Asset Manager Fidelity International says it will punish directors of more than 1,000 companies worldwide next year if it fails to address the issues of climate change and the lack of gender diversity in the boardroom. increase.
While large investors have traditionally been reluctant to vote against the re-election of directors at the General Assembly, Fidelity has made inadequate progress on board diversity since 2022. If deemed to be, or global warming.
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Source: californianewstimes.com
Federal Debt and the Statutory Limit, July 2021
July 21, 2021--CBO projects that if the debt limit is not raised, the Treasury would probably run out of cash and be unable to make its usual payments starting sometime in the first quarter of the next fiscal year, most likely in October or November.
Summary
The debt limit-commonly called the debt ceiling-is the maximum amount of debt that the Department of the Treasury can issue to the public or to other federal agencies. The amount is set by law and has been increased over the years to finance the government's operations. Currently, there is no statutory limit on the issuance of new federal debt because the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-37), enacted in August 2019, suspended the limit through July 31, 2021. On August 1, 2021, the debt limit will be reset to the previous ceiling of $22.0 trillion, plus the cumulative borrowing that occurred during the period of suspension.
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Source: SEC.gov
New Female-Led ETFs Are Bringing 'Do More Good' Mantra to U.S.
July 21, 2021--The funds are backing the biggest carbon evaders and replicate the managers' U.K. clean energy offerings.
The latest clean energy ETFs to hit the market are looking to promote companies doing the most to avoid carbon emissions.
iClima, a female-led fintech, is launching the exchange-traded funds Wednesday, fresh off the debut of similar funds in the U.K. where the firm is based.
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Source: bloomberg.com
Nasdaq: private market exchange is the next frontier
July 20, 2021--New division would join forces with Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and SVB.
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Source: ft.com
Viridi Funds Launches $RIGZ, an NYSE-Listed Cleaner Energy Crypto-Mining & Semiconductor ETF
July 20, 2021--Actively Managed ETF Serves as the First Clean Energy Crypto Mining Product in the United States
Viridi Funds ("Viridi"), a registered investment advisor and emerging fund manager providing environmentally focused crypto investment products, today announced the launch of the Viridi Cleaner Energy Crypto-Mining & Semiconductor ETF (NYSE: RIGZ, "RIGZ" or "the Fund").
The Viridi Cleaner Energy Crypto-Mining & Semiconductor ETF is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that is focused on investments within the cryptocurrency mining and mining infrastructure industries.
RIGZ was created by Viridi to align profit with purpose- a growing number of investors are keen to gain exposure to the cryptocurrency sector through regulated investment vehicles, but also want to see active leadership and commitment to environmental sustainability. Bitcoin mining is a sector that is particularly well suited to such an investment product as, according to recent figures, over 50% of North American bitcoin mining is done using renewable energy sources, which is a trend that Viridi hopes to encourage through products like RIGZ.1
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Source: Viridi Funds
UBS Settles Charges Related to Investments in Complex Exchange-Traded Product
July 19, 2021--More Than $8 Million Returning to Harmed Investors as Part of Ongoing Risk-Based Initiative
The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed a settled action against UBS Financial Services Inc. for compliance failures relating to sales of a volatility linked exchange-traded product (ETP). This is the sixth matter arising from the Enforcement Division's ETP Initiative.
As described in the SEC's order, the ETP at issue is designed to track short-term volatility expectations in the market as measured against derivatives of a volatility index. According to the order, the issuer of the product warned UBS that it was not appropriate to hold the product for extended periods, and the product’s offering documents made clear that the product was more likely to decline in value when held over a longer period. The order finds that UBS prohibited brokerage representatives from soliciting sales of the product and placed other restrictions on sales of the product to brokerage customers, but did not place similar restrictions on certain financial advisers' use of the product in discretionary managed client accounts.
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Source: SEC.gov
