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ESG investing poses big challenge for fund management industry
May 31, 2018--There is a device in cartoons in which a character finds a devil on one shoulder and an angel on the other, both trying to lure him their own way.
It happened to Tom and Jerry, and now it is happening to the leaders of the fund management industry. The source of their dilemma is ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) investing.
On the side of the angels, ESG offers the chance to raise the moral purpose of investing, end the now unpopular notion that "shareholder value" means investing only with regard to the return for client, and possibly even save capitalism from itself.view more
Source: Canada News Media
Momentum Continues in Toronto Stock Exchange ETF sector
May 31, 2018--Total assets under management reaches new high of $150 billion as TSX expands its leading roster of providers and listed funds
TMX Group today announced that the exchange traded funds (ETF) sector on Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) has reached a record high of approximately $150 billion in assets under management (AUM), as of April 30, 2018.
Total AUM* of listed ETFs listed on TSX has more than doubled in the past five years. In the first four months of 2018, TSX listed 35 new ETFs and welcomed three new institutions to its group of ETF providers: Bristol Gate Capital Partners Inc., Brompton Funds Limited and Scotia global asset management-the fourth major Canadian bank to offer ETFs.
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Source: TMX Group
Hartford Launches Short-Term Bond ETF for Rising Rates
May 31, 2018--Hartford Funds expanded on its line of actively managed exchange traded fund strategies with a short-term bond option to help investors better cope with a rising interest rate environment.
On Thursday, Hartford Funds launched the actively managed Hartford Short Duration ETF (Cboe: HSRT), which has a 0.29% expense ratio.
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Source: foxbusiness.com
EquBot Announces Addition of ETF & Financial Technology Veteran Matt Hougan to Firm's Board of Directors
May 30, 2018--Firm is a leader in delivering solutions powered by artificial intelligence to the financial services industry
EquBot, a leader in combining deep financial analysis with the cognitive power of artificial intelligence (AI), today announced that Matt Hougan has joined the firm's Board of Directors.
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Source: EquBot
IEX Files Motion to Dismiss Patent Infringement Claims
May 30, 2018--IEX plans to vigorously defend against Nasdaq's claims while continuing to offer a fair and transparent market for companies, investors, and brokers.
IEX today filed a motion in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey seeking to dismiss Nasdaq's patent infringement claims. In its motion, IEX contends that Nasdaq's lawsuit is baseless and that Nasdaq's patents claim unpatentable abstract ideas. IEX further contends that Nasdaq fails to identify where or how key elements of its alleged inventions appear in IEX's exchange, or to allege specific facts supporting its claims of indirect and willful infringement.
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Source: IEX
CFTC.gov Swaps Report Update
May 30, 2018--CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
U.S. allies hit back at Washington's steel, aluminum tariff
May 30, 2018--Canada and Mexico retaliated on Thursday after Washington imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports while the European Union had its own reprisals ready to go, reviving investor fears of a global trade war.
Germany's Economy Minister said early on Friday the EU might look to coordinate its response with Canada and Mexico.
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Source: Reuters
Scotia global asset management launches Scotia Strategic ETF Portfolios
May 30, 2018-- Scotia(R) global asset management today announced the launch of its Scotia Strategic ETF Portfolios ("the ETF Portfolios")-an innovative suite of single asset class ETF portfolios with multi-discipline, multi-manager diversification.
The following ETF Portfolios have closed their initial offering of units and will begin trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) when the markets open today:
Scotia Strategic Fixed Income ETF Portfolio (SFIX)
Scotia Strategic Canadian Equity ETF Portfolio (SCAD)
Scotia Strategic U.S. Equity ETF Portfolio (SUSA)
Scotia Strategic International ETF Portfolio (SINT)
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Source: Scotiabank
Despite Brief Reprieve, Active Funds Fail to Dent Indexing's Lead
May 29, 2018--If you're a long-term oriented investor, which we hope you are, then the latest SPIVA report should be worth at least a glance.
The SPIVA (S&P Indices Versus Active) scorecard tracks how professional fund managers are doing against their respective indexes. It,s referred to as a "persistence" report since such research is designed to show how dependable--or, undependable--returns are over time for stock and bond jockeys.
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Source: ifa.com
IMF-IMF Staff Country Reports-Colombia: Selected Issues
May 29, 2018--THE OUTLOOK FOR EXPORT GROWTH IN COLOMBIA1
Over the past few years, weak trading partner growth has offset the positive impact of a large real exchange rate depreciation and held back Colombian exports.
Staff analysis shows that an improved global outlook and the lagged effects of the depreciation will push export growth higher over the coming years, especially if the authorities address long-standing bottlenecks in infrastructure and reduce non-tariff barriers to trade.
A. Introduction
1. The real exchange rate has depreciated 30 percent from its peak in 2012. This chapter
sheds light on how much of a boost to exports this could represent by exploring the response of exports to fundamentals, the behavior of non-traditional exports in past large depreciations in commodity exporters, and Colombia's structural bottlenecks to international trade. Estimates
suggest that low trading partner growth has so far offset the boost to export growth from the
depreciation to a large degree.
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Source: IMF
