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First Actively Managed Utilities ETF "UTES" Celebrates One Year of Operation
September 28, 2016--ETF has benefitted from Reaves Asset Management's 50 years of expertise in the sector
The Reaves Utilities ETF (Ticker: UTES) has marked its first full year of management. (Inception date of the fund is 9/23/2015.)
UTES is the only actively managed and fully transparent utilities exchange traded fund (ETF). In its first year of operations, UTES's managers have employed a relative value strategy, to focus on distinctive opportunities in the utilities sector that have the potential for consistent earnings growth in the long term. UTES had a total return, including reinvested distributions, of 29.02% in its first full year of operations which outperformed its benchmark* by 321 basis points. The fund’s Total Annual Operating Expense is 0.95%.
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Source: Reaves Asset Management
AdvisorShares Launches the AdvisorShares KIM Korea ETF (Ticker: KOR)
September 28, 2016--Actively managed offering provides direct access to Korea's
equity market through the country's
leading asset manager
AdvisorShares, a leading sponsor of actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs), announced today that the AdvisorShares KIM Korea Equity ETF (NYSE Arca: KOR) is scheduled to begin trading on Thursday, September 29, 2016.
KOR is sub-advised by Korea Investment Management Co., Ltd. (KIM). Founded in 1974 and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, the firm is the country's largest independent asset manager with a well-established equity investment approach that stands continuously committed to bringing sustained outperformance to its clients over the long-term
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Source: AdvisorShares
TrimTabs Asset Management Launches Float Shrink ETF Under Ticker (BATS: TTAC)
September 28, 2016--Actively-managed Fund will feature low 0.59% expense ratio
TrimTabs Asset Management (TTAM), a New York City-based investment manager focused on free cash flow-centric strategies, today launched the TrimTabs Float Shrink ETF under the ticker (BATS: TTAC).
This follows AdvisorShares' decision to replace TrimTabs as the Sub-Advisor for TTFS as of June 30th 2016. In less than 90 days, TrimTabs is ready to begin rolling out their new line of free cash flow products.
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Source: TrimTabs Asset Management
ProShares Launches Only U.S. Crude Oil ETF With No K-1
September 28, 2016--ProShares, a premier provider of ETFs, today announced the launch of ProShares K-1 Free Crude Oil Strategy ETF (Bats: OILK).
OILK is the only crude oil ETF that is not a commodities partnership and therefore does not deliver K-1 tax forms to shareholders.
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Source: ProShares
AdvisorShares Active ETF Report: Steady Growth
September 28, 2016--Assets in actively managed ETFs continued their steady growth in August, increasing by $485 million, or 1.1%, to $27.031 billion.
Short Term Bond more than reversed July's decline by adding $266 million in August.
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Source: AdvisorShares
New Study Finds Russell 2000 Index Options Benchmarks and Options-Based Funds Less Volatile
September 27, 2016--15 Years of Data Show CBOE Russell 2000 PutWrite Index (PUTR) Topped Performance with Less Risk vs. Underlying Index
Chicago Board Options Exchange(R) (CBOE(R)) and Fund Evaluation Group, LLC (FEG) today announced findings from a study of four CBOE strategy performance benchmark indexes designed to track the performance of positions in Russell 2000 (RUT) index options, looking at various aspects of their performance over a 15-year period spanning 2001 through 2016.
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Source: CBOE
AdvisorShares-This Week in Active ETFs: What Did the BOJ Actually Do?
September 27, 2016--Weekly Market Review-Highlights of the Prior week-September 19, 2016 to September 23, 2016
Macro
The Bank of Japan appears to have issued a confusing policy announcement on Wednesday. Bespoke Investment Group
took the news as saying the BOJ would attempt to manage the yield curve to be flatter while Barron's reported that the
BOJ would attempt to manage the yield curve to be steeper.
A flat yield curve generally makes lending less profitable and so is thought to impede access to capital which would
seem to be the opposite of a stimulative policy.
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Source: AdvisorShares
CBOE-Bats tie-up heralds big changes ahead
September 27, 2016--Deal promises to redraw the exchange industry landscape in North America.
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Source: FT.com
Prime IndexesTM Debuts First Index with Prime 5 US Dividend ETF Index (PFIVE)
September 27, 2016--The new index offers a fresh approach to selecting the best dividend ETFs
Prime Indexes, an index creator focused on emerging trends in the ETF industry, launched its inaugural index, the Prime 5 U.S. Dividend ETF index (PFIVE), and licensed it to Amplify ETFs for the creation of a new income-oriented ETF. The fund was listed on BATS Global Markets on Sept. 21.
PFIVE is a rules-based index seeking to provide targeted exposure to the five highest-ranked ETFs with demonstrated dividend growth. The ranking is based on Prime Indexes' proprietary Prime ScoreTM methodology and includes the following three factors: high dividend income, low share price volatility and low expenses. The index is rebalanced and reconstituted on a quarterly basis.
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Source: newschannel10.com
Northern Trust Celebrates Five Year Anniversary of FlexShares ETFs
Commemorates Milestone with NYSE Bell Ringing
September 27, 2016--Northern Trust today announced the fifth anniversary of the launch of FlexShares(R) Exchange Traded Funds, designed to provide targeted investment outcomes and risk-adjusted returns.
Since the launch, the suite of ETFs has attracted more than $10 billion in assets.
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Source: Northern Trust
