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LPL Financial Lowers ETF Pricing on RIA Platforms
May 30, 2019--LPL Financial LLC, a leading retail investment advisory firm and independent broker-dealer, today announced its next major pricing enhancement, part of its continuing efforts to reduce and simplify pricing for advisors across platforms. Advisors will be able to take advantage of 45 percent lower transaction charges from several leading providers of exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
The products are offered on LPL's Strategic Asset Management (SAM) and Strategic Wealth Management (SWM) platforms, rep-managed platforms designed for advisors leveraging the firm’s corporate, hybrid or RIA-only platforms.
ETF transaction charges will drop from $9.00 to $4.95 for State Street, Invesco and WisdomTree, and LPL is pursuing similar partnerships with other sponsors. The new pricing goes into effect during the second half of the year. The reduction will be offered at no cost to advisors or their clients, and will apply to all SAM and SWM transactions of the participating sponsors.
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Source: LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.
Indxx 5G & NextG Thematic Index Licensed by First Trust for Exchange Traded Fund
May 30, 2019---Indxx is pleased to announce the Indxx 5G & NextG Thematic Index (the "Index") has been licensed to US-based ETF provider First Trust Advisors as the underlying benchmark for the First Trust Indxx NextG ETF (NASDAQ:NXTG), which began trading today.
The Index (ticker:INXTG) is designed to track the performance of companies that are at the core of the research and development of the new 5G cellular technology and next generation technologies as they emerge. The Index seeks to include only companies that have devoted material resources or made material commitments to the use of 5G technology. 5G is the next (fifth) generation of cellular technology, which promises to greatly enhance the speed, coverage and responsiveness of wireless networks.
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Source: Indxx
Black Tulip Asset Management Democratizes Access to Alternative Investments in the Entertainment Industry with FlexFunds
May 29, 2019--Black Tulip Asset Management LLC, a Miami-based alternative asset management company exclusively focused on advising and structuring exchange-traded products (ETPs) for European capital markets, announces it is launching multiple ETPs with FlexFunds, a globally recognized service provider in asset securitization, allowing access to the entertainment industry.
Technology and a raft of new players in both entertainment production and distribution has forever changed the industry's competitive landscape: Netflix, Apple, Alibaba, Tencent, Google, Hulu and Amazon. Traditional pay TV platforms have been forced to adapt.
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Source: FlexFunds
CFTC.gov Swaps Report Update
May 29, 2019--CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
Lending start-up SoFi closes $500 million funding round, led by Qatar
May 29, 2019--Social Finance, better known as SoFi, closed a $500 million funding round Wednesday led by Qatar Investment Authority valuing the personal finance company at $4.3 billion.
The start-up plans to use the cash to invest in more growth and strengthen its now $2.3 billion total balance sheet, SoFi said in a press release.
The round also included former investors and CEO Anthony Noto, Twitter’s former chief operating officer and a former managing director at Goldman Sachs.
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Source: CNBC
Canadian Institutions Turn to ETFs in Challenging Markets
May 29, 2019--Executive Summary
Canadian institutions made aggressive use of exchange-traded funds in their portfolios last year as they
navigated a sharp market downturn, a surge in volatility and a series of unpredictable geopolitical events. As
they contend with these risks and implement the adjustments needed to reposition their portfolios, growing
numbers of Canadian institutions are using ETFs to strategically replace other investment vehicles.
Building upon an already robust use of ETFs, institutions are adding the funds to their portfolios for three main
reasons:
Flexibility, Ease of Use and Cost-Effectiveness: ETFs have proven to be highly flexible vehicles that institutions find easy to use and cost-effective when taking on both strategic and tactical investment exposures across asset classes and portfolio functions.
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Source: Greenwich Associates
State Street lists 31 UCITS ETFs in Mexico
May 28, 2019--State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has cross-listed 31 SPDR UCITS ETF on the Bolsa Mexicana Valores.
The firm said the reason for selecting the UCITS vehicle is because it can offer Latin American investors tax advantages and diversification compared to a US-domiciled portfolio.
The move brings the total number of SPDR ETFs listed in Mexico to 106, split between US and UCITS products.
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Source: etfstream.com
Investors should be wary as private equity firms switch structures
May 26, 2019--It is only a matter of time before one of the big investment groups runs into trouble
Since Blackstone's 2007 initial public offering. US alternative fund managers have scrambled to join the stock market, with the idea of giving their founders a way out-a notoriously challenging process in private partnerships.
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Source: FT.com
Source: FT.com
Lipper U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: Funds Take in Net New Money for the Fifth Straight Week
May 24, 2019--Lipper's fund asset groups (including both mutual funds and ETFs) had net positive flows of $32.3 billion for the fund-flows trading week ended Wednesday, May 22.
This represents the fifth consecutive week funds took in net new money. Money market funds (+$28.4 billion) took in the most net new money for the fourth straight week, while equity funds (+$2.7 billion) and municipal bond funds (+$1.5 billion) also contributed to the total net inflows.
Taxable bond funds experienced net outflows of $236 million last week.
Market Overview
The equity markets were mixed last week as the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 Index recorded gains of 0.50% and 0.19%, respectively, while the NASDAQ Composite Index retreated 0.91%.
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Source: Refinitiv
Exchange Traded Concepts to Close and Liquidate the ETF Industry Exposure & Financial Services ETF
May 24, 2019--After careful consideration, Exchange Traded Concepts, LLC, the Fund's investment adviser, in consultation with Toroso Investments, LLC, the Fund's sponsor, has recommended, and the Board of Trustees of Exchange Traded Concepts Trust has approved, the termination and liquidation of the Fund pursuant to the terms of a Plan of Liquidation.
Accordingly, the Fund is expected to cease operations and liquidate on or about June 20, 2019 (the "Liquidation Date").
The Fund will be closed to orders for new creation units on June 12, 2019, and the last day of trading the Fund's shares on the NYSE Arca Exchange, Inc. will be June 18, 2019.
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Source: Exchange Traded Concepts, LLC
