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VanEck Launches Fund Focused on Environmental Change Including the Accelerating Energy Transition
July 14, 2021--Leveraging VanEck's decades long experience of investing across resources markets, the VanEck Environmental Sustainability Fund identifies companies with environmental and operational results
VanEck today announced the launch of its newest mutual fund, the VanEck Environmental Sustainability Fund ("the Fund", tickers: ENVAX, ENVIX, ENVYX).
The Fund is designed to provide investors with exposure to global companies operating in a variety of environmental sustainability sectors such as renewable energy, smart resource management, agriculture technology, recycling, water and advanced materials. The Fund aims to align investor interests with aspirational objectives set forth by a number of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
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Source: VanEck
EXCLUSIVE U.S. SEC focuses on bank fee conflicts as it steps-up SPAC inquiry -sources
July 13, 2021--The U.S. securities regulator has ramped-up its inquiry on Wall Street's blank check acquisition frenzy, homing in on potential conflicts of interest created when banks act as underwriters and advisers on the same deal, three people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
he Securities and Exchange Commission is exploring whether certain fee structures may incentivise underwriters on special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, listings to secure unsuitable deals when also advising on the later stage merger, potentially putting investors at risk, the people said.
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Source: reuters.com
Cabana Asset Management Launches New Suite of Target Leading Sector ETFs with Significant Initial Assets-Expected at $500 Million
July 13, 2021--Funds are designed to provide targeted exposure to sectors of the economy poised for potential outperformance, according to Cabana's proprietary algorithm.
Cabana Asset Management ("Cabana"), a wholly owned subsidiary of The Cabana Group, LLC and an SEC registered investment adviser providing risk-managed investment products to investors, advisors and institutions, today announced the expansion of its Exchange Traded Fund ("ETF") lineup with the launch of the Cabana Target Leading Sector ETFs, in partnership with private label ETF advisor Exchange Traded Concepts ("ETC").
Pace of US ETF launches doubles in space of two years view more Federal Reserve-Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, June 15-16, 2021 The design considerations were guided by participants'general desire to have these facilities play a backstop role in fostering effective implementation of monetary policy and supporting smooth functioning of markets. In April, participants highlighted the importance of designing these facilities in a way that would leave ample room for private market activity while minimizing the potential for stigma, promote equitable access to an appropriately broad set of counterparties, and be governed by the FOMC. With these principles and goals in mind, the staff presented potential terms for each facility. view more BlackRock Tweaked Some Models. It Triggered a Wave of Buying and Selling. view more
Federal Reserve-Monetary Policy Report view the Federal Reserve-Monetary Policy Report July 9, 2021 CBO-Monthly Budget Review: June 2021
Outlays in the first nine months of fiscal year 2021 were almost $2 trillion more than spending during the same period two years earlier, in 2019, mostly because of programs and policies implemented in response to the coronavirus pandemic-notably, refundable tax credits (particularly the recovery rebates), expanded unemployment compensation, and the Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection Program. Outlays in 2020 also were boosted sharply by pandemic-related spending. As a result, the deficits recorded during the first nine months of 2020 and 2021 were significantly larger than the $747 billion shortfall recorded during the same period in fiscal year 2019. view more J.P. Morgan Asset Management Launches Two ActiveBuilders Equity ETFs: JUSA and JIDA
Delivered through the transparent active ETF structure, all three funds will employ the expertise of the JPM Global Equities platform's qualitative and quantitative insights. The ActiveBuilders core equity suite seeks to improve returns and better manage risk across the US, EMEA and emerging markets within a low-cost ETF structure. view more Ark bitcoin ETF disclosure reveals planned fee of 0.95%
The Ark 21Shares Bitcoin ETF will track the performance of bitcoin in US dollars, as measured by the performance of the S&P bitcoin Index, the filing shows. The ETF trust will also hold bitcoin, and it will trade on the Cboe BZX exchange, according to the filing. view filing
Source: The Cabana Group
July 12, 2021--New providers and niche strategies fuel ETF boom as wide range of investors gravitate towards these products
Fund shops have pumped out ETFs at a breakneck pace so far this year in an attempt to capture a share of the massive inflows into the products.
Exactly 200 ETFs launched in the US during the first half of 2021, up from 131 during the same period last year and 100 between January and June 2019, according to data from CFRA Research. The 2021 figures include six mutual funds from Guinness Atkinson and Dimensional Fund Advisors that were converted into ETFs. Prior years' data exclude products that have since closed down.
Source: FT.com
July 11, 2021--Discussion of Repurchase Agreement Arrangements
Participants resumed their discussion from the April 2021 FOMC meeting of considerations related to the establishment of a domestic standing repurchase agreement (repo) facility (SRF) and a standing Foreign International Monetary Authorities (FIMA) repo facility.
Building on discussion at previous meetings, the staff presented considerations for how these facilities might be designed.
Source: federalreserve.gov
July 9, 2021--Investment giant's moves set off flow of more than $1 billion to one relatively small ETF in just days
In late May, an obscure BlackRock Inc. commodities fund took in more than $1 billion in new money in less than a week.
The iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy exchange-traded fund was a relatively small fund in BlackRock's larger suite of funds.
But on the week of May 26, the ETF-which trades under the ticker COMT and tracks futures contracts tied to commodities from energy to metals to agriculture-scored its biggest one-day influx of new cash on record, according to FactSet data.
Source: wsj.com
July 9, 2021--The Federal Reserve Act requires the Federal Reserve Board to submit written reports to Congress containing discussions of "the conduct of monetary policy and economic developments and prospects for the future." This report-called the Monetary Policy Report-is submitted semiannually to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and to the House Committee on Financial Services, along with testimony from the Federal Reserve Board Chair.
Source: federalreserve.gov
July 9, 2021--Summary
The federal budget deficit was $2.2 trillion in the first nine months of fiscal year 2021, the Congressional Budget Office estimates-$508 billion less than the deficit recorded during the same period last year.
Although outlays rose by an estimated $289 billion (or 6 percent), revenues rose more-by an estimated $797 billion (or 35 percent).
Source: Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
July 8, 2021--Funds expand JPM's newly launched ActiveBuilders ETF suite, seeking to deliver JPM core active management expertise and risk controls through low-cost ETF technology
J.P. Morgan Asset Management today announced the launch of two active equity ETFs, JPMorgan ActiveBuilders U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF (JUSA) and JPMorgan ActiveBuilders International Equity ETF (JIDA) (collectively, the "funds").
The funds join JPMorgan ActiveBuilders Emerging Markets Equity ETF (JEMA) to round out J.P. Morgan Asset Management's ActiveBuilders ETF core equity suite1.
Source: J.P. Morgan Asset Management
July 7, 2021--The Ark 21Shares Bitcoin ETF hold and track the performance of the cryptocurrency
Cathie Wood's Ark Invest has set the bar on bitcoin ETF fees, analysts say, after it became the first asset manager to reveal a fee for its proposed bitcoin ETF.
The manager plans to launch a fund that will hold and track the performance of bitcoin, according to a disclosure filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Source: ft.com
