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Junk bond ETFs falter alongside broader market dip
November 9, 2017--Two of the largest US junk bond exchange-traded funds slid to seven-month lows on Thursday alongside a broader dip across markets.
State Street's $13bn high-yield ETF, which trades under the ticker JNK, slid 0.4 per cent to $36.61, its lowest level in more than seven months.
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Source: FT.com
KraneShares MSCI China Environment ETF (Ticker: KGRN) Lists on the New York Stock Exchange
November 8, 2017--Krane Funds Advisors, LLC, ("KraneShares") a U.S. asset management firm known for its China focused KraneShares exchange traded funds(ETFs) and innovative China investment strategies, announced the launch of the KraneShares MSCI China Environment ETF (Ticker: KGRN).
KGRN holds Chinese companies that derive at least 50% of their revenues from environmentally beneficial products and services.
China has grown to become the second largest economy and second largest stock market in the world by market capitalization.
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Source: Krane Funds Advisors, LLC
Clayton: SEC targets 'complex, hidden fees'
November 8, 2017--Putting clients in expensive share classes instead of lower-cost ones hurts investors, chairman says
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton said on Wednesday the agency is targeting complex and hidden fees that can harm investors-both through enforcement and by clarifying disclosure requirements.
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Source: investmentnews.com
CFTC.gov Swaps Report Update
November 8, 2017--CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
EntrepreneurShares Debuts its First Entrepreneur-Focused ETF
November 8, 2017--New entrant EntrepreneurShares debuted its first ETF, a new strategy that looks for companies based on entrepreneurial standards.
EntrepreneurShares launched the Entrepreneur 30 Fund (NYSEArca: ENTR), which comes with a 0.49% expense ratio.
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Source: Nasdaq.com
VanEck Launches Open-End Mutual Fund Version of Its Wide Moat-Focused Strategy
November 7, 2017--VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat Fund is now available to institutions and retirement plans via Class I and Class Z shares
VanEck today announced the launch of the VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat Fund (Class I shares: MWMIX; Class Z shares: MWMZX), an open-end mutual fund version of Morningstar's "wide moat"-focused strategy that VanEck originally launched in 2012 through the VanEck Vectors Morningstar Wide Moat ETF (NYSE Arca: MOAT(R)).
The popularity and success of the "wide moat" strategy prompted VanEck to expand the strategy's application, particularly to key institutional clients. Like MOAT, which has total net assets of approximately $1.3 billion as of October 31, 2017, the VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat Fund seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Morningstar(R) Wide Moat Focus Index SM (MWMFTR).
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Source: VanEck
CBO-Monthly Budget Review: Summary for Fiscal Year 2017
November 7, 2017--In fiscal year 2017, which ended on September 30, the federal budget deficit totaled $666 billion-$80 billion more than the shortfall recorded in 2016.
The deficit increased to 3.5 percent of the nation's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2017, up from 3.2 percent in 2016 and 2.4 percent in 2015-but far lower than it was in 2009, when the deficit reached 9.8 percent of GDP.
In 2017, the government's revenues amounted to $3.3 trillion-$48 billion (or 1 percent) more than receipts recorded in 2016.
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Source: Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
OppenheimerFunds Launches SteelPath MLP & Energy Infrastructure Fund
November 7, 2017--Fund is primarily focused on North American midstream energy infrastructure equities.
OFI SteelPath, an OppenheimerFunds company, launched the Oppenheimer SteelPath MLP & Energy Infrastructure Fund. The Fund will primarily invest in the equity securities of North American midstream energy infrastructure companies while adhering to a 25% limit on master limited partnership (MLP) holdings.
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Source: Oppeheimer Funds
BNY Mellon DR Index Monthly Performance-October 2017
November 7, 2017--The BNY Mellon DR Index Monthly Performance for October 2017 report is now available.
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Source: BNY Mellon
Exchange operators believe in cryptocurrencies: CBOE
November 7, 2017--The major futures exchanges believe in the development of cryptocurrency trading and will push on with launching exchange traded funds that allow investors to trade in them, chief operating officer and president of Cboe Global Markets said on Tuesday.
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Source: Reuters
