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Hedge-Fund Bet Hits Pensions
Firms moved portfolios away from stock market to reduce risk, but missed out on rally
June 16, 2015--U.S. companies from Ford Motor Co. to supermarket chain Kroger Co. have boosted their pension plans' bets on hedge funds, a shift that left many of them on the short end of a stock-market rally.
Large corporate pension funds have quadrupled the share of their portfolios invested in hedge funds over the past five years, according to an analysis of about 300 firms in the S&P 500 by Wilshire Consulting.
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Source: Wall Street Journal
UPDATE 1-Deutsche Boerse eyes possible bid for FX platform 360T-source
June 15, 2015--Deutsche Boerse is looking at the possibility of buying currency trading platform 360T, a source familiar with the situation said on Monday, although it was not yet clear if the German exchange operator will place a binding bid.
Deutsche Boerse declined to comment on whether it was bidding, while 360T, one of a handful of multi-bank, multi-user platforms which have revolutionised foreign exchange trading over the past decade, was not immediately available to comment.
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Source: Reuters
Interview series: Investment Factors that drive ETF performance
June 15, 2015--In this latest piece Dan Weiskopf of Access ETF Solutions met with Salvatore Bruno, the Chief Investment Officer of IndexIQ.
Sal is responsible for research and product development at IndexIQ’s alternative investment strategies. As the developer of the first US based family of hedge fund replication strategy indices, Sal was early to recognize the benefits of the ETF wrapper and define the IndexIQ investment methodologies by specific factors and rules.
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Source: Access ETF Solutions
Pimco to Watchdogs: 'Consider the Pimco Experience'
June 15, 2015--It's not surprising that Pacific Investment Management Co. says that asset managers and their funds should not be designated as systemically important.
But what is interesting is Pimco's reasoning.
In a response to the most recent consultation on ways to designate systemically important fund managers, chief executive Douglas Hodge highlighted his firm's experience dealing with investors pulling large chunks of cash following the sudden departure of Bill Gross last September.
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Source: Wall Street Journal
Citi Statement on its C-Tracks Exchange-Traded Notes
June 15, 2015--Citigroup Inc. does not intend to issue any additional notes in its three series of C-Tracks ETNs.
These ETNs, which will continue to trade on the NYSE Arca, are listed below:
C-Tracks Exchange-Traded Notes Based on the Performance of the Citi Volatility Index Total Return Due November 12, 2020 (NYSE Arca:CVOL);
C-Tracks Exchange-Traded Notes Based on the Performance of the Miller/Howard MLP Fundamental Index Due September 28, 2023 (NYSE Arca:MLPC); and
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Source: Citi
Seeking More Clarity on Derivatives in Mutual Funds
Morningstar can't accurately determine which funds are using a particular type of derivative
June 15, 2015--Financial advisers say they would welcome more information on mutual funds' use of derivatives, something a recent proposal by regulators would require.
But some asset managers say they must tread a fine line. While advisers say they are for transparency, disclosing too much information about fund holdings could make it more difficult to generate strong returns, by allowing competitors to trade ahead of them, for example.
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Source: Wall Street Journal
SEC's Stein sees dangerous cracks in laws for mutual funds, ETFs
June 15, 2015--The rise of complex mutual and exchange-traded funds has exposed weaknesses in the outdated regulatory regime for the sector and could be putting retail investors at risk, a top U.S. regulator said Monday.
"I am concerned that we are starting to see some cracks in the foundation," Securities and Exchange Commission Democratic member Kara Stein said at a Brookings Institution event.
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Source: Reuters
Treasury International Capital Data For April
June 15, 2015--The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for April 2015. The next release, which will report on data for May 2015, is scheduled for July 16, 2015.
The sum total in April of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a monthly net TIC inflow of $106.6 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $119.9 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $13.3 billion.
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Source: US Department of the Treasury
All 10 WBI Active ETFs Reach $100 Million in Under a Year
June 13, 2015--In under a year in the ETF business, all 10 actively managed WBI ETFs have now exceeded $100 million in assets under management.
This makes WBI one of the fastest-growing issuers of active ETFs.
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Source: New York Times
This Week's IPO Calendar from Renaissance Capital
June 12, 2015--This Week's IPO Calendar from Renaissance Capital is now available.
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Source: Renaissance Capital
