Americas ETP News
If your looking for specific news, using the search function will narrow down the results
Reality Shares Becomes Blockforce Capital to Transform Blockchain, Cryptocurrency Investing
August 23, 2018--Synergizes ETF business with new cryptocurrency investment platform and blockchain-focused hedge fund unit
Building upon its foothold as a first-mover in the blockchain arena, Reality Shares today expanded to become Blockforce Capital to reflect its broader focus of delivering unparalleled access to blockchain and cryptocurrency investments.
Blockforce Capital will be comprised of three core business units: Reality Shares ETFs and Indexes, the Blockforce Capital family of hedge funds and the highly anticipated cryptocurrency investment platform, Onramp.
view more
Source: Reality Shares
Solactive launches the Adaptive Wealth Strategies U.S. Factor Index combining three strategies in one index
August 23, 2018--Solactive is pleased to announce the launch of the Adaptive Wealth Strategies U.S. Factor Index which dynamically allocates across three sub-indices with exposure to U.S. equities in the large and mid-cap segment and exhibits characteristics of one of three primary factors: value, momentum and low volatility.
The index has been developed together with Adaptive Wealth Strategies, a division of Carroll Financial Associates, based on their existing strategy and will be the underlying for the new Global X Adaptive U.S. Factor ETF.
view more
Source: Solactive AG
OSC Publishes Summary Report for Dealers, Advisers and Investment Fund Managers
August 23, 2018--The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) today published OSC Staff Notice 33-749 Annual Summary Report for Dealers, Advisers and Investment Fund Managers, which highlights common compliance deficiencies, current issues and trends in registration, and key policy initiatives impacting registrants.
"We continue to focus our reviews on evaluating the effectiveness of firms' compliance systems, and will take further regulatory action when we see significant deficiencies," said Debra Foubert, Director of Compliance and Registrant Regulation at the OSC.
view more
Source: Ontario Securities Commission (OSC)
ETFGI reports assets invested in ETFs and ETPs listed in the Canada reached a new high of US$123 billion at the end of July 2018
August 22, 2018--ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, reported today that ETFs and ETPs listed in Canada reached a new high of US$123 billion in assets, following net inflows and market moves of US$987 million during July, according to ETFGI's July 2018 Canada ETF and ETP industry landscape insights report, an annual paid-for research subscription service. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)
Highlights
ETF/ETP assets have increased by 2.84% to reach a record $123 Bn at the end of July.
ETFs and ETPs listed in Canada experienced net inflows of $987 Mn during July.
Fixed income ETFs/ETPs gathered the largest net inflows during July, while commodity ETFs/ETPs saw the smallest.
view more
Source: ETFGI
SEC rejects nine proposals for bitcoin ETFs
August 22, 2018--The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday rejected applications for nine bitcoin-based exchange-traded funds (ETF) from three separate companies.
ETF provider Direxion proposed to list and trade five bitcoin ETFs, while GraniteShares and ProShare presented two each, all of which were rejected by the SEC.
view more
Source: Reuters
CFTC.gov Swaps Report Update
August 22, 2018--CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.
view updates
Source: CFTC.gov
Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, July 31-August 1, 2018
August 22, 2018--The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the minutes of the Committee meeting held on July 31-August 1, 2018.
view
Source: federalreserve.gov
Vanguard Brings Unrivaled Access To ETFs With Launch Of Industry's Largest Commission-Free Platform
August 21, 2018--Vanguard, the leader in low-cost investing, today launched the largest suite of commission-free ETFs available to investors.1
As announced in early July, Vanguard is offering commission-free online transactions on approximately 90% of all ETFs-nearly 1,800 of the roughly 2,000 ETFs currently trading on the major exchanges. Vanguard has excluded inverse and leveraged ETFs due to their highly speculative nature.
view more
Source: Vanguard
In Pursuit of New Customers, JPMorgan Offers Free Trades
August 21, 2018--JPMorgan targets trading platforms like E*Trade, Schwab and Robinhood, with its free, You Invest, service. The real threat, however, might be to Acorns.
JPMorgan Chase will be launching a digital investing service with free and discounted trades, beginning Monday, WealthManagement.com confirmed. The move will make the bank more competitive with discount brokerages, such as Charles Schwab and E*Trade, as well as no-fee trading services, like Robinhood.
view more
Source: wealthmanagement.com
UBS launches the ETRACS NYSE(R) Pickens Core MidstreamTM Index ETN
August 21, 2018--UBS Investment Bank today announced that a new energy infrastructure ETN, the
ETRACS NYSE(R) Pickens Core MidstreamTM Index ETN (NYSE Arca(R): PYPE), will begin trading on NYSE Arca(R).
The Index measures the performance of the common stock of corporations and units of MLPs which are intended
to represent U.S. midstream energy fundamentals, agnostic of entity structure.
view more
Source: UBS
