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AdvisorShares Active ETF Market Share Update-Week Ending 8/17/2018

August 20, 2018--Assets in actively managed ETFs added $517 million last week to reach $61.98 billion in total net assets.
First Trust took the top spot in new AUM growth with $205 million, followed by JP Morgan with a $154 million gain.

There were two fund launches and no fund closures, which brought the total of actively managed ETFs currently trading at 239.


By offering a competitive set of active, passive and alternative capabilities, the firm is well positioned to help clients achieve their desired investment objectives.

Effective today, Invesco is lowering management fees on the following ETFs:
Invesco Dow Jones Industrial Average Dividend ETF (Ticker: DJD) management fee will be lowered from 0.30% to 0.07%.

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Source: Invesco


CFTC.gov Commitments of Traders Reports Update

August 17, 2018--The current reports for the week of August 17, 2018 are now available.

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Source: CFTC.gov


SEC Adopts Amendments to Simplify and Update Disclosure Requirements

August 17, 2018--The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has voted to adopt amendments to certain disclosure requirements that have become duplicative, overlapping, or outdated in light of other Commission disclosure requirements, U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), or changes in the information environment.

The amendments are intended to simplify and update the disclosure of information to investors, including long-term Main Street investors, and reduce compliance burdens for companies without significantly altering the total mix of information available to investors.

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Source: SEC.gov


The MiG Report Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange July 2018

August 16, 2018--New Listings* (YTD July 2018)
201 new listings on TSX (81) and TSXV (120)
94 Companies + 57 ETFs + 47 CPCs + 3 Closed‐End Funds

Equity Capital Raised (YTD July 2018) $25.1 billion on TSX and TSXV
$61.8 million-Average financing size on TSX
$4.7 million-Average financing size on TSXV

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Source: tsx.com


Tradeweb brings RFQ trading to options industry

August 16, 2018--Tradeweb Markets, a global leader in electronic financial marketplaces, today announced the launch of the Tradeweb U.S. options platform for institutional customer-to-dealer trading.

Designed to improve efficiency and access to liquidity in the surging U.S. options market, the Tradeweb U.S. equity options platform allows institutional investors to directly source full-size price quotes from multiple market makers using the request for quote (RFQ) protocol Tradeweb pioneered in the fixed income cash and derivatives markets as well as ETF markets.

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Source: finextra.com


Purpose Investments Inc. Announces Results of Meetings of Securityholders Relating to Fund Mergers

August 16, 2018--Purpose Investments Inc. ("Purpose") is pleased to announce that the special meetings relating to the approval of the following previously announced mergers (the "Mergers") were held today.

These Mergers are a continuation of Purpose's efforts to enhance and improve its product lineup, and ensure investors have access to the best solutions to help drive better portfolio outcomes. Accordingly, the following Mergers will take effect on or about August 27, 2018:

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Source: Purpose Investments


Thomson Reuters-U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: Investors Embrace Fixed Income Funds During the Week

August 16, 2018--For the first week in four investors were net redeemers of fund assets (including those of conventional funds and ETFs), withdrawing $1.6 billion for Thomson Reuters Lipper's fund-flows week ended August 15, 2018.

However, fund investors continued to pad the coffers of taxable bond funds (+$798 million) and municipal bond funds (+$452 million), while being net redeemers of money market funds (-$2.2 billion) and equity funds (-$639 million).

Market Wrap-Up
As the tug of war between China and the U.S. over tariffs continued, news of Turkey's currency crisis put the spotlight on global risks during the fund-flows week and weighed heavily on the global markets.

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Source: Thomson Reuters


Perth Mint Physical Gold ETF (NYSE Arca: AAAU) Debuts as First ETF with Sovereign-Backed Gold

August 15, 2018--AAAU is fully backed by physical gold and that underlying physical gold is guaranteed by the Government of Western Australia with shares exchangeable for delivery of a wide range of gold products

The Perth Mint, Australia's largest precious metals refining, minting and depository enterprise, today announced the launch of the Perth Mint Physical Gold ETF (NYSE: Arca: AAAU) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Unique in the marketplace, AAAU is the first gold exchange-traded fund (ETF) that is backed by pure gold, where that physical gold is guaranteed by a sovereign entity and offers shares that can be exchanged for physical gold.

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Source: Perth Mint


CFTC.gov Swaps Report Update

August 15, 2018--CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.

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Source: CFTC.gov


SEC Filings


July 16, 2026 Northern Lights Fund Trust III files with the SEC-HCM Hedged Equity ETF
July 16, 2026 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII files with the SEC-First Trust Flexible Income ETF
July 16, 2026 Putnam ETF Trust files with the SEC-Franklin Core Plus ETF
July 16, 2026 Elevation Series Trust files with the SEC-Clough Global Macro ETF
July 16, 2026 GraniteShares ETF Trust files with the SEC-GraniteShares 2x Long BSP Daily ETF and GraniteShares 2x Short BSP Daily ETF

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Europe ETF News


July 14, 2026 Financial Market Reforms Could Lift Europe's Growth
July 13, 2026 New ETF and ETP Listings on July 13, 2026, on Deutsche Boerse
July 10, 2026 New ETF and ETP Listings on July 10, 2026, on Deutsche Boerse
July 10, 2026 21shares expands French retail access to three crypto ETPs through BitGo custody
July 09, 2026 New ETF and ETP Listings on July 9, 2026, on Deutsche Boerse

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Asia ETF News


July 08, 2026 Solactive Gold Total Return Leveraged Indices Selected as Underlying Indices by Three Major South Korean Securities
July 07, 2026 Rebalancing Growth: China Economic Update
July 01, 2026 Asia-Pacific Online Trading Platform Market Poised for Rapid Growth, Projected to Reach USD 5.56 Billion by 2031
June 26, 2026 Capital Investment Trust Corporation Launches Capital US Tech Giant ETF in First Collaboration with Solactive
June 26, 2026 E Fund (HK) HKEX Tech 100 Index ETF (3456) Lists Today

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Global ETP News


July 15, 2026 ETFGI reports Global ETF Industry Reaches Record US$23.09 Trillion as YTD Net Inflows Hit All-Time High of US$1.33 Trillion at the end of June
July 08, 2026 World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update Global Economy in Crosscurrents of War and Technology
July 07, 2026 Fixed Income Asset Management Market Report 2026
July 06, 2026 ETFGI Reports 336 Providers Launch Record 1,397 New ETF Products Across 33 Exchanges Through May 2026
July 02, 2026 AI Boom Sparks Warning From Top Economists As Financial Risks Mount

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Middle East ETP News


July 14, 2026 Mideast Stocks: Most Gulf markets fall on US-Iran hostilities
July 13, 2026 Mideast Stocks: Most Gulf markets in the red amid escalating hostilities
July 08, 2026 Vantage Secures CMA Category 5 Licence, Strengthening Its MENA Growth Strategy
July 07, 2026 Mideast Stocks: Gulf bourses mixed ahead of earnings, weak oil and US-Iran tensions
July 06, 2026 Mideast Stocks: Most Gulf markets gain ahead of corporate earnings

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Africa ETF News


June 16, 2026 Stablecoins in Nigeria: A Growing Cross-Border Channel
June 09, 2026 South African rand strengthens after surprise GDP growth data

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ESG and Of Interest News


July 02, 2026 Tokenization Can Change the World's Financial Architecture
July 02, 2026 A New Crypto Order Under Global Liquidity Repricing |HTX Research Releases Quarterly Strategy Report, Breaking Down the Q3 Framework
June 24, 2026 Ranked: The World's Most Valuable Unicorns in 2026 Infographic
June 23, 2026 Understanding Geoeconomics in a Volatile World
June 20, 2026 Infographic Data Shows World Will Spend $7.6 Trillion on AI by 2031

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White Papers


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