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Mutual hedge funds shunned by investors
November 27, 2015--Alternative mutual funds, which just two years ago accounted for a third of new money flowing into US retail funds, are being shunned by investors due to concerns over performance,
regulatory scrutiny and the closure of some products.
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Source: FT.com
ProShares to Transfer Four Funds to BATS Exchange
November 27, 2015--ProShares, a premier provider of ETFs, today announced that it will transfer the listing of four ProShares ETFs from the NYSE Arca to the BATS Exchange on or about December 15.
Current shareholders of these ProShares ETFs are not required to take any action, nor is the transfer expected to have any effect on the trading of fund shares.
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Source: ProShares
Purpose Investments Inc. Announces Definitive Agreement to Convert Central GoldTrust and Silver Bullion Trust Into ETFs in Partnership With Central Gold Managers Inc. and Silver Administrators Ltd.
November 26, 2015--Purpose Investments Inc. ("Purpose"), manager of the Purpose family of ETFs and mutual funds is pleased to announce it has entered into a definitive agreement with Central GoldTrust ("CGT"), Central Gold Managers Inc. ("CGT Administrator"), Silver Bullion Trust ("SBT", together with CGT, the "Funds") and Silver Administrators Inc. ("SBT Administrator", together with CGT Administrator, the "Administrators") regarding the conversion of the Funds into exchange-traded funds (each an "ETF") ("ETF Conversion").
The proposed ETF Conversion, which is subject to, among any other approvals that may be required, approval of the unitholders of each of CGT and SBT, has the unanimous support of the independent trustees of CGT and SBT, respectively, and represents an exciting opportunity for their respective unitholders.
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Source: Purpose Investments
Bond ETF Sales Surge as U.S. Ranks Last in World Debt Markets
November 26, 2015--Investors withdraw most from U.S. government ETFs in 14 months
Treasuries fall 1.1% in past month to become worst performers
Investors are selling U.S. government bond exchange-traded funds at the fastest pace in 14 months as the Federal Reserve prepares to raise interest rates, helping make Treasuries the worst-performing sovereign market.
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Source: Bloomberg
Deutsche Bank Announces Intention to Suspend Further Issuances of 21 Exchange Traded Notes
November 25, 2015--Deutsche Bank announced today that, effective January 1, 2016, it will suspend any further issuances of the following 21 Exchange Traded Notes (the ETNs):
Base Metals Double Long ETN- BDD
DB Base Metals Double Short ETN- BOM
DB Base Metals Long ETN- BDG
DB Base Metals Short ETN- BOS
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Source: Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management's X-trackers platform launches enhanced beta ETFs
November 24, 2015--Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (Deutsche AWM) today announced the launch of its first enhanced beta exchange traded funds (ETFs), Deutsche X-trackers Russell 1000 Enhanced Beta ETF (Ticker: DEUS) and Deutsche X-trackers FTSE Developed ex US Enhanced Beta ETF (Ticker: DEEF).
The ETFs are the US platform's first, broad-based US domestic and unhedged developed international equity ETFs. They are intended to serve as core portfolio allocations as well as an alternative to traditional market cap weighted domestic and international index products.
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Source: Deutsche Bank AG Press & Media Relations
Mary Jo White Explains the New SEC Rules
Agency's chief says regulatory changes have made the financial system safer
November 24, 2015--
As chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Mary Jo White is Wall Street's top cop.
In an interview with Wall Street Journal Financial Editor Dennis K. Berman, the former federal prosecutor weighed in on a new CEO-pay rule, increased scrutiny of exchange-traded funds and criticism of the agency's in-house court system, among other things. Here are edited excerpts.
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Source: Wall Street Journal
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management's X-trackers Platform Launches Enhanced Beta ETFs
November 24, 2015--Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (Deutsche AWM) today announced the launch of its first enhanced beta exchange traded funds (ETFs), Deutsche X-trackers Russell 1000 Enhanced Beta ETF (Ticker: DEUS) and Deutsche X-trackers FTSE Developed ex US Enhanced Beta ETF (Ticker: DEEF).
The ETFs are the US platform's first, broad-based US domestic and unhedged developed international equity ETFs. They are intended to serve as core portfolio allocations as well as an alternative to traditional market cap weighted domestic and international index products.
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Source: Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management
GDP: Third Quarter 2015 (Second Estimate)
November 24, 2015--Real gross domestic product-- the value of the goods and services produced by the nation's
economy less the value of the goods and services used up in production, adjusted for price changes--increased at an annual rate of 2.1 percent in the third quarter of 2015, according to the
"second" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
In the second quarter, real GDP
increased 3.9 percent.
The GDP estimate released today is based on more complete source data than were available for the "advance" estimate issued last month. In the advance estimate, the increase in real GDP was 1.5 percent. With the second estimate for the third quarter, the decrease in private inventory investment was smaller than previously estimated.
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Source: BEA
U.S. Advisor Population Grows, but 'Succession Cliff' Looms
November 23, 2015--Cerulli reports first headcount rise in nine years, projects decline after 2020
The number of advisors in the U.S. grew by 1.1% in 2014, the first time since 2005 the headcount had increased, according to Cerulli Associate.
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Source: thinkadvisor.com
