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Broker-dealer TradeZero launches first 'dark pool' exchange for bitcoin
August 11, 2016--TradeZero, a Bahamas-based online broker-dealer, said on Thursday,it had launched the world's first "dark pool" exchange for bitcoin to enable institutional investors to execute large trades.
The company will eventually open the exchange to other digital currencies such as ether and litecoin.
Source: Reuters
New money raised by equity ETFs drops 85%
August 11, 2016--The amount of new money raised by exchange traded funds exposed to global stock markets has dropped 85 per cent in the first half of 2016, in a rare sign of pressure on the passive investment industry.
Source: FT.com
World Gold Council-Gold Demand Trends Q2 2016
August 11, 2016--Continued growth in Q2 2016 (+15%) brought total H1 gold demand to 2,335t-the second highest first half on record.
Huge ETF inflows during the first six months (+579t) were counterbalanced by anaemic jewellery demand in an environment of sharply rising prices. In fact, the gold price posted the strongest H1 performance (+25%) for more than 35 years.
Source: World Gold Council
New Analysis By Source Reveals Improved Approach To Investing In Commodities
August 11, 2016--New analysis by Source shows that commodity investors can maximise their risk-adjusted returns by using ETFs that provide exposure to 'second generation' indices
These aim to improve performance compared to 'first generation' indices by managing exposures across the futures curve and diversifying trading strategies
Source: www.fintech.financ
First Bridge 'ETF 20/20' Global Snapshot
August 10, 2016--Global ETP assets surged by 4.5% in July 2016 to end the month at $3.373T.
The Bank of England cut its key policy rate to 0.25%. With low yields in developed markets driven by quantitative easing, net flows into higher yield emerging market bond ETFs have increased in 2016.
There were over 70 new ETP listings globally (including cross-listings) in July 2016. We provide a detailed list.
Source: First Bridge
Investors pull $6.4bn from European ETFs
August 10, 2016--Brexit vote has sped up the flow of money out of some big Europe-focused exchange-traded funds.
Source: Financial News
Bats Reports Strong Market Share Across All Markets in July; Remains #1 in U.S. ETF Trading, #1 Pan-European Stock Market
August 10, 2016--Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats: BATS), a leading global exchange operator and provider of market data and other financial markets services, today reported July data and highlights, including strong market share across all of its markets for the month.
Source: Bats Global Markets, Inc.
ERI Scientific Beta Defensive Strategies: Bringing Diversification to, and Going Beyond, Traditional Approaches
August 8, 2016--While defensive strategies are designed to lower exposure to market risk so as to provide relative downside protection in bear markets, they have also returned sterling risk-adjusted performance over the long term, challenging the Capital Asset Pricing Model's central prediction of a linear relationship between market risk and return.
In a research publication entitled "ERI Scientific Beta Defensive Strategies: Bringing Diversification to, and Going Beyond, Traditional Approaches", we review improved forms of traditional defensive strategies and an Adaptive Defensive Solution through the use of smart factor indices.
Source: ERI Scientific Beta
ETF Securities Weekly Flows Analysis-Long oil ETP inflows at a 17 month year high
August 8, 2016--Investors injected US$113mn into long oil ETPs suggesting they expect current price weakness to be
temporary.
Sterling on the other hand is likely to remain weak for longer as the Bank of England cut the Bank Rate to a new record low and expanded its stimulus package by another £170bn.
While investors continue to pile into gold ETPs, robotics and cybersecurity ETPs are gaining traction.
Source: ETF Securities
Has Bitcoin Replaced Gold As The New Safe Haven?
August 6, 2016--A couple of years ago, I was lucky enough to be given the opportunity to coach a high school debate team.
One of the first things that those smart kids learned when it came to attacking an opponent's case was to, where appropriate, point out that correlation does not necessarily equal causation. Just because two things happen at the same time doesn't mean they are related. Sometimes, though, even if evidence is scant, the logical case for causation can be strong enough to be noteworthy.
Source: Nasdaq.com
