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SEC censures private equity and hedge fund managers over fees
June 24, 2020--The US markets regulator has rebuked private equity and hedge fund managers for overcharging investors and secretly favouring their high-paying clients over other customers in clear contravention of existing regulations.
The criticisms by the Securities and Exchange Commission will intensify debate over whether investors are being treated fairly by the handful of super-wealthy Wall Street barons who have accumulated multibillion-dollar fortunes by running opaque private equity strategies and hedge funds.
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Source: FT.com
First Trust launches 2 defined-outcome ETFs
June 24, 2020--First Trust has brought to Cboe Global Markets two defined-outcome exchange-traded funds that give exposure to the S&P 500 while limiting gains and losses.
The FT Cboe Vest US Equity Buffer ETF--June caps gains at 17.72% and losses at 10%, while the FT Cboe Vest US Equity Deep Buffer ETF--June caps gains at 10.28% and protects against losses of between 5% and 30%.
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Source: smartbrief.com
Indxx launches the Indxx Global Education Thematic Index
June 23, 2020--Indxx announces the launch of the Indxx Global Education Thematic Index (the "Index"). The Index (Ticker: IEDUX) is designed to track the performance of companies listed in developed and emerging markets that provide products and services that facilitate education, including but not limited to companies involved in online learning and educational content/publishing, early childhood education, higher education and professional education as well as enterprise video and chat communication platforms.
The Index has been backtested to June 30, 2015 and has a live calculation date of June 09, 2020.
Growth in the education sector is being led by increased enrollment in primary and secondary education globally, rising incomes and changing demographics in developing countries, coupled with the increasing role of technology in education.
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Source: INDXX
There's a wave of selling estimated to be in the billions that's about to hit the stock market
June 23, 2020--The final day of June is a week away, and Wall Street is already speculating that there's the potential some asset allocators, like pension funds, could take the big gains from the stock market and move them into bonds.
There's a wide range of views about how much selling could hit the stock market, but some strategists say the resulting market move may not be that big after all because of prior selling and action in the derivatives market.
The amount of pension fund rebalancing is estimated in a wide range, with some estimates from $35 billion to $76 billion.
Wells Fargo estimates the rebalance into bonds could be the largest in six years.
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Source: cnbc.com
Crisis of Confidence in ETNs Spells End for Note With 200% Gain
June 23, 2020--Credit Suisse delistings include hugely popular TVIX product
Pulled notes are a major blow to $11 billion corner of market
The demise of an exchange-traded note is often accompanied by accusations, investigations and heavy losses. Rarely, if ever, has it involved the year's best-performing product and assets well north of $1 billion.
The shock decision by Credit Suisse Group AG to drastically slash its ETN business, delisting nine securities worth nearly $3 billion, is the most powerful display yet of the existential crisis engulfing this corner of America's $4.4 trillion market for exchange-traded products.
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Source: Bloomberg
SEC, Justice Department to Scrutinize Exchanges' Market-Data Business
June 22, 2020--Partnership could provide greater scrutiny of fees charged for data
Wall Street's chief regulator and the nation's antitrust watchdog agreed to a formal partnership that could result in greater scrutiny of the fees charged by stock exchanges for crucial market data.
The Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Justice Department unveiled the memorandum of understanding Monday at an event in Washington. The SEC has recently clashed with exchanges over the fees levied for their most robust data products. Now, the move to involve the Justice Department. with its authority over competitive..
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Source: wsj.com
UBS Launches ETRACS Alerian Midstream Energy Index ETN
June 22, 2020--UBS Investment Bank today announced that the ETRACS Midstream Energy Index ETN began trading on NYSE Arca(R). AMNA is linked to the Alerian Midstream Energy Index (Bloomberg: "AMNA Index").
ETN Ticker: AMNA
ETN Name: ETRACS Alerian Midstream Energy Index ETN
ETN |
Ticker |
Exchange |
CUSIP |
VelocitySharesTM 3x Long Gold ETNs linked to the S&P GSCI® Gold Index ER due October 14, 2031 |
UGLD |
The Nasdaq Stock Market |
22542D316 |
Source: Credit Suisse AG
Pandemic propels old-school bond traders towards an electronic future
June 22, 2020-- The mammoth bond market has long been the old-school bastion of the financial world, but the COVID-19 pandemic has cast a light on its future- and it looks electronic. Well, mainly.
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Source: Reuters
ETFMG Adds Biotech to Their Thematic ETF Lineup with GERM
June 18, 2020--ETFMG, a leading thematic ETF issuer, announced today the launch of its latest innovative exchange traded fund, the ETFMG Treatments, Testing and Advancements ETF (NYSE Arca: GERM).
GERM seeks to answer investor demand for direct exposure to the biotech companies directly engaged in the testing and treatments of infectious diseases. The first-to-market methodology behind the Fund focuses on the advancements in the infectious disease subsector of biotech with targeted exposure to U.S.-listed companies at the forefront of R&D, vaccines, therapies and testing technologies.
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Source: ETFMG
