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AdvisorShares-This Week in Active ETFs: Gaining More Traction
May 7, 2018--I had the opportunity to participate at a conference sponsored by the NYSE. The entire conference was focused on active ETFs, which is a great milestone to have a fully dedicated event towards active ETFs.
One of the panels focused on the firms seeking approval for non-transparent ETFs (there are several each with different approaches). While we don't have anything against non'transparent ETFs, we are advocates of transparency.
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Source: AdvisorShares
CBO-Monthly Budget Review for April 2018
May 7, 2018--The federal budget deficit was $382 billion for the first seven months of fiscal year 2018, the Congressional Budget Office estimates, $37 billion more than the shortfall recorded during the same period last year.
Revenues and outlays were higher, by 4 percent and 5 percent, respectively, than they were during the first seven months of fiscal year 2017.
As was the case last year, this year's outlays were affected by shifts in the timing of certain payments that otherwise would have been due on a weekend. If not for those shifts, outlays and the deficit through April would have been larger, by roughly $40 billion, both this year and last year-but the year-to-year changes would not have been very different.
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Source: Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Reality Shares Offers Three ETFs on E*TRADE's Commission-Free ETF Platform
May 7, 2018--Investors now have another low-cost option to access several of Reality Shares' quantitative strategies
Reality Shares' an innovative asset management firm' ETF issuer and index provider' now offers three of its rules-based ETFs on E*TRADE's Commission-Free ETF Platform.
As of May 1, 2018, investors utilizing the E*TRADE platform can access the following Reality Shares ETFs with zero-commission trading:
The Reality Shares DIVS ETF (NYSE Arca: DIVY)
The Reality Shares DIVCON Leaders Dividend ETF (BATS: LEAD)
The Reality Shares Nasdaq NexGen Economy ETF (Nasdaq: BLCN)
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Source: Reality Shares
Mitchell Harris on reshaping BNY Mellon's $1.9tn asset arm
May 6, 2018--Chief executive talks about the fund industry's future, AI... and Jersey cows
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Source: FT.com
Renaissance Capital-Scheduled U.S. IPOs this week
May 4, 2018--Scheduled U.S. IPOs-Week of 05/07/18
AXA Equitable Holdings (EQH)-New York, NY
Deal Size: $3,500 mil Exchange: NYSE
Lead Underwriter: Morgan Stanley
US operations of life insurance and asset management firm AXA.
HUYA (HUYA)-China
Deal Size: $165 mil Exchange: NYSE
IPO Commentary
Can Unity Biotechnology find a cure for age?
One of the largest biotechs of the 2018 IPO market is going public this week. Unity Biotechnology (UBX) plans to raise $85 million at a market cap of $787 million. Its goal? To grasp the holy grail of...read more
IPO Index Performance
The Renaissance IPO Index has returned -0.5% so far this year,
compared to -1.6% for the S&P 500.
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IPO Activity
There have been 64 IPOs priced so far this year, a +28% change from last year.
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Source: Renaissance Capital
After rocky start to SOFR, investors may be slow to embrace futures
May 4, 2018--The CME will launch next week futures based on a new benchmark rate published by the Federal Reserve, but investors may be slow to embrace them after unexpected volatility and a calculation error led to a rocky start for the new rate.
The CME Group's (CME.O) launch of the contracts tracking the Secured Overnight Financing Rate, or SOFR, is part of a multi-year effort to move around $200 trillion in U.S.-dollar based derivatives and loans away from the use of the London interbank offered rate (Libor) as a benchmark. Cleared interest rate swaps based on the rate are also slated for this year.
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Source: Reuters
CFTC.gov Commitments of Traders Reports Update
May 4, 2018--The current reports for the week of May 4, 2018 are now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
Cboe Global Markets Reports April 2018 Trading Volume
May 4, 2018--Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE | Nasdaq: CBOE), one of the world's largest exchange holding companies, today reported April monthly trading volume and average revenue per contract (RPC)/net revenue capture data at www.cboe.com/monthlyvolrpc.
The data sheet "Cboe Global Markets Monthly Volume & RPC/Net Revenue Capture Report" contains an overview of April statistics. Data sheets are available on an as reported and combined basis for 2017.
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Source: Cboe Global Markets, Inc.
U.S. Fund-Flows Weekly Report: Funds Take in Net New Money for the Second Straight Week
May 4, 2018--Thomson Reuters Lipper's fund asset groups (including both mutual funds and ETFs) had net-positive flows of $2.5 billion for the fund-flows week ended Wednesday, May 2. The week's net inflows followed the prior week's $8.0 billion increase and were paced by the equity funds asset group (+$1.1 billion), followed by taxable bond funds (+$916 million) and money market funds (+$845 million).
The municipal bond funds group (-$345 million) was the only one seeing its coffers shrink.
Market Overview
The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index both retreated during the fund-flows trading week; the indices closed down 0.66% and 0.14%, respectively. The week started off on the right foot with both indices up approximately 1.0% on the first trading day on the strength of solid Q1 2018 corporate earnings results.
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Source: Thomson Reuters
Robert Nestor Joins Direxion As President
May 3, 2018--Former BlackRock Executive to Lead Growth Strategy and Product Diversification
Direxion today announces the hiring of Robert D. Nestor as President.
Mr. Nestor brings over 25 years of experience in investment management, including more than 15 years directly in the ETF industry. He will be based in New York and report to Direxion CEO Dan O'Neill. This hire bolsters Direxion's senior management team, as the duties of President have been performed by Mr. O'Neill for several years.
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Source: Direxion
