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US proposes overhaul of 'too big to fail' regime
February 21, 2018--Treasury plans 'Chapter 14' bankruptcy process to shield taxpayers from bank collapses.
US Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin: "The bankruptcy reforms that we propose will make the shareholders, management, and creditors of a financial company bear...
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Source: FT.com
Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, January 30-31, 2018
February 21, 2018--The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on January 30-31, 2018.
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Source: federalreserve.gov
Bristol Gate Capital Partners Inc. Launches Two ETFs
February 21, 2018--Bristol Gate Capital Partners Inc. ("Bristol Gate") announced today the launch of Canadian dollar-denominated units of Bristol Gate Concentrated Canadian Equity ETF (TSX:BGC) and Bristol Gate Concentrated US Equity ETF (TSX:BGU) and U.S.-dollar denominated units of Bristol Gate Concentrated US Equity ETF (TSX:BGU.U) (together, the "Units").
Bristol Gate Concentrated Canadian Equity ETF seeks to generate long-term growth of income and capital by investing primarily in a concentrated portfolio of publicly-traded equity securities of Canadian companies that pay a dividend. In order to achieve the ETF's investment objective, Bristol Gate employs a proprietary methodology that forecasts dividend growth for the coming 12 months and uses fundamental analysis to construct a portfolio from the best dividend growers for the coming year. It invests in dividend-paying equity securities selected primarily from the S&P/TSX Composite Index.
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Source: Bristol Gate Capital Partners Inc.
Deutsche Asset Management Lowers Expense Ratios for International Equity Xtrackers ETF Suite
February 21, 2018---Deutsche Asset Management1 (Deutsche AM) announced that, effective February 20, 2018, it has reduced the net expense ratios for three international equity and one domestic equity Xtrackers exchange-traded funds (ETFs):
ETF: Xtrackers Germany Equity ETF
Ticker: Cboe: GRMY
New Net Expense Ratio: 0.09%*
Old Gross & Net Expense Ratio: 0.15%
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Source: Deutsche Asset Management
CFTC.gov Swaps Report Update
February 21, 2018--CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
AdvisorShares Weekly Market Review-Can The Bounce Continue?
February 20, 2018--Highlights of the Week Ending 2/16/2018
Macro
The snapback in the domestic equity markets continued last week with gains for the widely followed benchmarks-all in the 4-5% neighborhood. Last week, we noted the historical tendency of fast to resolve quickly because the extent to which they are driven by emotion.
The snapback is also an emotional event and while we don't know yet if it really is over, the arc of this event is right in line with that historical tendency. We'll say the same thing when the next fast decline occurs but will aggressively sound the alarm when a slow decline starts. Declines that take a long time and that occur without creating an emotional response are the ones to worry about-look at where the market was six months after the March 2000 peak and then where it was six months after the October 2007 peak.
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Source: AdvisorShares
Have Active ETFs entered the fee war?
February 20, 2018--Last week, Vanguard entered the world of actively managed ETFs with the launch of 6 ETFS. This begs the question if the "fee wars" have now spread to active ETFs.
In this week's TETFindex update, we will explore the revenue generated by the expense ratios charged by the ETF industry. That said, in the previous issue, we explored other interesting ways issuers have maintained and improved margins while aligning with clients through ETFs.
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Source: Toroso Investments
Bloomberg Announces Changes To Bloomberg Barclays Indices
February 20, 2018--Bloomberg today announced changes to its widely used Bloomberg Barclays fixed income indices.
These changes are a result of Bloomberg's ongoing global index review and governance process, including client feedback from the company's Index Advisory Council meetings held in the fourth quarter of 2017. A summary of key rules changes, clarifications and implementation dates follow...
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Source: Bloomberg
First Trust to Launch First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF
February 20, 2018--February 20, 2018--An index-based ETF that provides exposure to companies engaged in artificial intelligence, robotics and automation.
First Trust Advisors L.P. ("First Trust"), a leading exchange-traded fund ("ETF") provider and asset manager, announced today that it expects to launch a new index-based ETF, the First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF (Nasdaq: ROBT) (the "fund") on February 22, 2018.
The fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield, before the fund's fees and expenses, of an index called the Nasdaq CTA Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Index (the "index"). The index, which is developed by Nasdaq and the Consumer Technology Association ("CTA"), is designed to track the performance of companies engaged in artificial intelligence ("AI"), robotics and automation.
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Source: First Trust
Bond star Hasenstab to manage new emerging local currency bond fund
February 20, 2018--Franklin Templeton Investments has launched an emerging markets local currency bond fund under the management of high-profile investor Michael Hasenstab, the asset management firm said on Tuesday.
Hasenstab, whose flagship Templeton Global Bond Fund is celebrated for hugely successful contrarian punts on Ireland and Hungary, and Sonal Desai will be joint portfolio managers of the "Templeton Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund", the group said in a statement.
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Source: Reuters
