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iShares Creates the First Suite of Corporate Credit Quality Exchange Traded Funds
iShares Launches the First ETFs that Access Baa-Ba and B - Ca Rated Corporate Debt
April 26, 2012--BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) announced that its iShares Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) business, the world's largest manager of ETFs, has launched the first suite of corporate credit quality ETFs.
The new iShares ETFs that began trading today are the iShares Baa – Ba Rated Corporate Bond Fund (BATS: QLTB) and the iShares B – Ca Rated Corporate Bond Fund (BATS: QLTC). The two new funds are the first ETFs designed to offer precise exposure to specific credit quality segments of the U.S. corporate debt market. Today’s launch follows the February debut of the iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Fund (NYSE Arca: QLTA), which offers exposure to the highest quality USD-denominated corporate bonds rated Aaa- A.
“The creation of the iShares suite of corporate credit quality ETFs is a significant milestone for investors and the industry,” said Matthew Tucker, Head of iShares Fixed Income Investment Strategy at BlackRock. “Investors have asked for more targeted iShares fixed income ETFs in order to create custom portfolios and adjust their portfolio exposures quickly as debt market conditions change. The new iShares suite transforms how investors can access specific slices of corporate bonds and brings transparent pricing to an otherwise opaque area of fixed income.”
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Source: BlackRock
Horizons ETFs launches Canada's first hedge fund index ETF
April 26, 2012--Horizons Exchange Traded Funds Inc. ("Horizons ETFs") and its affiliate AlphaPro Management Inc. ("AlphaPro") are pleased to announce the launch of the Horizons Morningstar Hedge Fund Index ETF, (the"Hedge Fund ETF"), the first ETF in Canada that will allow investors to get hedge fund-type exposure for their portfolios through an index strategy.
Class E units and Advisor Class units of the Hedge Fund ETF will begin trading tomorrow on the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX")
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Source: Horizons Exchange Traded Funds
CSA provides guidance to improve compliance of disclosure requirements related to prospectus exemptions
April 26, 2012--The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published two notices aimed at improving market participant compliance with exemptions to prospectus requirements. Staff Notice 45-308 Guidance for Preparing and Filing Reports of Exempt Distribution and Multilateral Staff Notice 45-309 Guidance for Preparing and Filing an Offering Memoranda, offer guidance related to disclosure rules found under National Instrument (NI) 45-106 Prospectus and Registration Exemptions.
“The CSA is committed to ensuring that market participants understand what is expected of them when relying on prospectus exemptions to sell securities,” said Bill Rice, Chair of the CSA and Chair and CEO of the Alberta Securities Commission. “These Notices not only provide clear guidance to assist issuers in preparing and filing certain exempt market documents, but also serve as a reminder to market participants who rely on prospectus exemptions that their filings or disclosure may come under staff review and that non-compliance may result in appropriate action by a CSA regulator.”
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Source: CSA
Market Vectors Launches "MOAT": Market Vectors Morningstar Wide Moat Research ETF
April 25, 2012--Market Vectors ETFs today announced the launch of Market Vectors Morningstar Wide Moat Research ETF (NYSE Arca: MOAT). This new exchange-traded fund seeks to leverage Morningstar research that aims to identify companies with potential to maintain a competitive advantage for 20+ years.
MOAT seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Morningstar Wide Moat Focus IndexSM (MWMFTR).
Morningstar’s wide-moat analysis seeks to identify companies that possess one or more sustainable, long-term competitive advantages and are expected to have high returns on invested capital relative to their cost of capital. As part of this analysis, Morningstar’s equity research team looks for such sustainable competitive advantages, or wide economic moats, as: intangible assets (i.e., strong brands, relevant patents, special licenses or other regulatory approvals); cost advantages (i.e., the ability to produce goods or services at a low cost relative to competitors); switching costs (i.e., high time-related or monetary costs associated with changing from one provider/producer to another); network effects (i.e., where the addition of new customers adds value for all customers); and efficient scale (i.e., operating within a limited market size that has little incentive for new entrants).
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Source: Van Eck Global
Guggenheim Investments Launches Three BulletShares(R) High Yield Corporate Bond ETFs
Unique Product Suite Now Includes Sixteen Fixed-Term ETFs
April 25, 2012--Guggenheim Investments, the investment management division of Guggenheim Partners, LLC, today announced the launch of three new high yield corporate bond BulletShares exchange traded funds (ETFs): Guggenheim BulletShares 2016 High Yield Corporate Bond Fund (NYSE Arca:BSJG), Guggenheim BulletShares 2017 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NYSE Arca:BSJH) and Guggenheim BulletShares 2018 Corporate Bond ETF (NYSE Arca:BSJI).
These funds are a part of a suite of Guggenheim BulletShares(R) ETFs, which recently surpassed $1 billion in total assets as of March 14, 2012.
"BulletShares provide a cost-effective approach to bond laddering," said William Belden, head of product development for Guggenheim Investments. "Advisors are increasingly looking for ways to use high-yield corporate bonds to diversify their clients' portfolios, and these ETFS are a unique solution."
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Source: Guggenheim Investments
Traders Migrating To Sector, Commodity ETFs: Schwab
April 25, 2012--Retail traders are taking on more risk by purchasing ETFs following equity sectors and commodities, according to a report from Charles Schwab Corp.
Among this client segment, about 35% of flows went into sector ETFs in the first quarter to lead all categories, and a big jump from the fourth quarter. [Commodity ETF Assets Hit Record]
"Retail traders sought exposure to real estate, financials and technology," Schwab said in a quarterly update.
ETF assets custodied at Schwab stood at $138 billion as of March 31, 2012, up 14% from the same period in 2011
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Source: Copper ETF
Horizons ETFs Announces Unit Splits
April 25, 2012--Horizons Exchange Traded Funds Inc. ("Horizons ETFs") and its affiliate Horizons ETFs Management (Canada ) Inc., the manager and trustee of the Horizons BetaPro NYMEX Natural Gas Bear Plus ETF and Horizons BetaPro NYMEX Natural Gas Inverse ETF (together, the "ETFs"),
are announcing today that it intends to split the units of the ETFs, as indicated below:
Unit Splits
After the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX") has closed for trading on Friday, May 4, 2012 , the units of the ETFs will be subdivided on the basis of the ratios (the "Split Ratios") set out below, and will begin trading on a split adjusted basis on Monday, May 7, 2012 , and the split will become effective on May 9, 2012 for unitholders of record on that date:
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Source: Horizons Exchange Traded Funds Inc.
Global X files with the SEC
April 25, 2012--Global X has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the
Global X SuperIncome & MLP Index ETF-
(SINC)
Global X SuperIncome Preferred ETF-(SPFF)
Global X SuperIncome REIT ETF
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Source: SEC.gov
Federal Reserve Issues FOMC Statement
April 25, 2012--Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in March suggests that the economy has been expanding moderately. Labor market conditions have improved in recent months; the unemployment rate has declined but remains elevated. Household spending and business fixed investment have continued to advance.
Despite some signs of improvement, the housing sector remains depressed. Inflation has picked up somewhat, mainly reflecting higher prices of crude oil and gasoline. However, longer-term inflation expectations have remained stable.
Consistent with its statutory mandate, the Committee seeks to foster maximum employment and price stability. The Committee expects economic growth to remain moderate over coming quarters and then to pick up gradually. Consequently, the Committee anticipates that the unemployment rate will decline gradually toward levels that it judges to be consistent with its dual mandate. Strains in global financial markets continue to pose significant downside risks to the economic outlook. The increase in oil and gasoline prices earlier this year is expected to affect inflation only temporarily, and the Committee anticipates that subsequently inflation will run at or below the rate that it judges most consistent with its dual mandate.
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Source: FBR
Federal Reserve Board And FOMC Release Economic Projections
April 25, 2012--The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached table and charts summarizing the economic projections and the target federal funds rate projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Federal Reserve Bank presidents for the April 24-25 meeting of the Committee.
The table will be incorporated into a summary of economic projections released with the minutes of the April 24-25 meeting. Summaries of economic projections are released on an approximately quarterly schedule.
view Economic Projections of Federal Reserve Board Members and Federal Reserve Bank Presidents, April 2012
Source: FBR
