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U.S. fourth-quarter growth revised up to 2.9 percent; consumer spending surges
March 28, 2018--U.S. economic growth slowed less than previously estimated in the fourth quarter as the biggest gain in consumer spending in three years partially offset the drag from a jump in imports.
Gross domestic product expanded at a 2.9 percent annual rate in the final three months of 2017, instead of the previously reported 2.5 percent, the Commerce Department said in its third estimate for the quarter on Wednesday.
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Source: Reuters
Evolve ETFs and Foyston, Gordon & Payne Inc. File Final Prospectus for Evolve Active Core Fixed Income ETF
March 28, 2018--FIXD Will Begin Trading on the NEO Exchange on March 29, 2018
Evolve Funds Group Inc. ("Evolve ETFs") is pleased to announce that it has filed a final prospectus to launch the Evolve Active Core Fixed Income ETF ("FIXD"). Evolve ETFs has retained Foyston, Gordon & Payne Inc. ("FGP") to provide sub-advisory services to FIXD.
Units of ticker symbol FIXD have been approved for listing on the NEO Exchange ("NEO") to begin trading on March 29, 2018, subject to confirmation of closing.
FIXD seeks to generate an attractive total investment return through income and long term capital appreciation primarily through investments in debt obligations and other evidences of indebtedness of Canadian, U.S., and international issuers.
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Source: Evolve ETFs
New Dynamic iShares Active ETF for Rising Interest Rate Environment
March 28, 2018--Dynamic Funds and BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited ("BlackRock Canada") today announced the launch of Dynamic iShares Active Investment Grade Floating Rate ETF (TSX Ticker: DXV).
DXV aims to provide a floating rate of interest income while preserving capital by investing primarily in Canadian investment grade corporate bonds and through using interest rate derivatives that seek to mitigate the effects of interest rate fluctuations. The ETF will provide exposure to an active investment strategy managed by Marc-André Gaudreau.
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Source: Dynamic Funds
Across Generations, Women Trail Men in Financial Knowledge-but the Gap May Be Closing
March 28, 2018--Women consistently lag behind men on financial and investor literacy scores across generations of boomers, gen Xers and millennials, according to a multi-year study by the FINRA Investor Education Foundation.
In 2015, the gap in financial literacy between boomer men and women was 19 percent, and for gen Xers 18 percent. But for millennials, it was only 10 percent.
"It is encouraging that the gap in financial literacy and self-assessed financial knowledge appears to be narrowing for millennials-a trend that bodes well for women in the future," said FINRA Foundation President Gerri Walsh.
view the FIRNA-Gender, Generation and Financial
Knowledge: A Six-Year Perspective study
Source: Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
Declining Fees Take Big Bite Out of Asset Manager Revenues
March 27, 2018--In an industry that has largely been immune to the so-called Walmart effect for decades, declining prices are hitting publicly traded asset managers hard, a new analysis finds.
The amount of money that publicly traded asset managers oversee grew by 16 percent in 2017-but that double-digit increase came from the rise in global markets last year and not organic growth, according to a new analysis from asset management consultancy Casey Quirk, which is owned by Deloitte.P>view more
Source: institutionalinvestor.com
Wall Street rethinks blockchain projects as euphoria meets reality
March 27, 2018-- Wall Street has been much more excited about the system underpinning bitcoin than the cryptocurrency itself, but the global financial industry has not yet been able to do much with the technology known as blockchain.
Reuters has found several blockchain projects launched by major financial institutions that have been shelved, as development of the technology enters a hype-meets-reality phase.
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Source: Reuters
Canadian securities administrators announce policy projects aiming to reduce regulatory burden in public markets
March 27, 2018--The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published CSA Staff Notice 51-353 Update on CSA Consultation Paper 51-404 Considerations for Reducing Regulatory Burden for Non-Investment Fund Reporting Issuers, which outlines the CSA's plan to pursue policy projects to examine specific prospectus requirements, revisit certain continuous disclosure requirements, and enhance electronic delivery of documents.
"Following extensive feedback from stakeholders, we are moving forward with several projects that could meaningfully reduce regulatory burden for public companies in Canada'ss capital markets," said Louis Morisset, CSA Chair and President and CEO of the Autorité des marchés financiers.
view more Nationwide Adds to its Strategic Beta ETF Offerings "The Nationwide Maximum Diversification Emerging Markets Core Equity ETF seeks to identify the exact combination of stocks within the emerging markets universe that will maximize the diversification benefits of a portfolio while retaining the full equity risk premium," Chris Graham, chief investment officer for Nationwide Funds, said. view more
March 27, 2018--Cboe Vest is building the second generation of option-based index strategies. Such strategies incorporate novel uses of options seeking to achieve targeted portfolio return features such as risk mitigation, growth or income. Similar to the evolution from market-capitalization-weighted traditional beta strategies to factor tilt second-generation strategies (colloquially known as "smart beta"), Options 2.0 strategies are an evolution from the first-generation of simple but fully covered-call and put writing options strategies.
Cboe Vest S&P 500(R) Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF (Ticker: KNG) is the first index-based ETF to combine the dividend growth factor, a recognized smart beta strategy, with a second-generation dynamic and partial covered-call options strategy.
Source: Cboe Vest Financial LLC
March 27, 2018--Combining the success of emerging markets equity with proven diversification methodology
Nationwide has added another Strategic Beta ETF option that seeks to provide investors with improved risk-adjusted returns by enhancing diversification.
The new Nationwide Maximum Diversification Emerging Markets Core Equity ETF (MXDE) is the latest Strategic Beta ETF since Nationwide launched three others in 2017.
Source: Nationwide
