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Retirement Fund Assets Grew 8% from 2014 to $19.1 Trillion in 2016
March 10, 2017--Across DB and DC plans, retirement assets total $19.1 trillion, according to data from a Federal Reserve report on DB and DC asset holdings and flows.
Total financial assets in both public and private DB pension plans were $12.4 billion in 2016, up 8% from $11.5 trillion in 2014 Total financial assets in DC plans were $6.7 trillion in 2016, up 10% from $6.1 trillion in 2014.
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Source:plansponsor.com
Bonfire of Wall St analysts burns some big names
March 10, 2017--Active fund managers are seeking to reduce costs, cutting sell-side research.
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Source: FIN24
SEC Rejects Winklevoss Bitcoin ETF Bid
March 10, 2017--The US Securities and Exchange Commission has denied a bid to list a bitcoin-tied exchange-traded fund (ETF), citing the risk of fraud and a lack of regulation among the world's bitcoin markets.
The decision caps a more than three-year quest by bitcoin investors Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who first sought to list the bitcoin-tied product in mid-2013.
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Source: coindesk.com
BNY Mellon ADR Index Monthly Performance Update
March 9, 2017--The BNY Mellon ADR Index Monthly Performance as of February 28, 2017 is now available.
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Source: BNY Mellon
SEC gives green light to Bats' proposed changes for ETF rules
March 8, 2017--The SEC on Tuesday approved ETF rule changes proposed by Bats' BZX Exchange to create additional listing standards and procedures for delisting of non-compliant companies.
The Securities and Exchange Commission's approval, granted on an accelerated basis, also calls for public comment on the proposed changes, 21 days after it is published in the Federal Register.
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Source: pionline.com/
CFTC.gov Swaps Report Update
March 8, 2017--CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
Nasdaq Private Market Expands into Alternative Investments
March 8, 2017--Addressing the Challenges of Fund Liquidity in an Innovative Way
Nasdaq Private Market ("NPM") today announced the launch of Alternatives, a new business line designed to address the challenge of liquidity in alternative investment funds, with a vision to broaden access to these investments in an innovative way.
Through NPM Alternatives, fund managers can now provide liquidity to their investors, creating opportunities for new product vehicles and expanding access points to new sources of capital, while maintaining control over the investors permitted in its funds.
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Source: Nasdaq.com
Indxx LLC Launches the Indxx U.S. Infrastructure Development Index, Licensed to Global X Funds for Exchange Traded Fund
March 8, 2017--Indxx LLC is pleased to announce the launch of the Indxx U.S. Infrastructure Development Index (the
"Index").
The Index has been licensed to New York-based ETF provider Global X Funds as the underlying benchmark for the Global X U.S. Infrastructure Development ETF (BATS: PAVE), which began trading
today.
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Source: Indxx
Space and biblical indexes launched
March 8, 2017--Developer of custom investment indexes, S-Network Global Indexes, is proving there is an abundance of methods and opportunities to measure and track market performance.
In the past month, the publisher has launched three indexes including the eVALUEator Biblically Responsible Index (BIBLX), the China 300 Index (SNC300), and the Space Index (SPACE).
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Source: financialstandard.com.au
U.S. regulators push new ETF rules despite industry's howl
March 8, 2017--U.S. regulators are advancing rules this week to tighten standards on the ballooning exchange-traded fund industry over the objections of asset managers including BlackRock Inc (BLK.N) and Invesco Ltd (IVZ.N).
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last year pushed the three main ETF trading venues to draft rules that explicitly require the funds to continually pass a number of tests or face the possibility of being shut down, according to three people with knowledge of the matter and the regulator's filings.
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Source: Reuters
