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Cboe Signals Big Plans for Trading Cryptocurrency Derivatives
March 14, 2018--Digital currencies are 'here to stay,' Cboe's president says
Nasdaq is intrigued by Bitcoin, but needs to differentiate
Cboe Global Markets Inc., an exchange that's quickly become one of the biggest believers in cryptocurrencies, wants to expand beyond Bitcoin futures.
Introduced in December, Cboe's Bitcoin contracts trade thousands of times a day, representing tens of millions of dollars of the digital currency. It wants to introduce derivatives contracts on other cryptocurrencies.
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Source: Bloomberg
Exchanges' Fees and Rebates Could Get a Cut
March 14, 2018--SEC proposes test on trading without system of incentives that have been criticized.
A system of fees and rebates that promotes trading in stocks would be reduced under a pilot program proposed by regulators on Wednesday.
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Source: Wall Street Journal
CFTC.gov Swaps Report Update
March 14, 2018--CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
T. Rowe Price Launches Multi-Strategy Total Return Fund
March 13, 2018--Innovative new fund taps range of internally managed liquid alternatives strategies to offer a broadly diversified, actively managed global portfolio designed to deliver attractive returns in all market environments over the long term
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ-GS: TROW) today announced the launch of the T. Rowe Price Multi-Strategy Total Return Fund (Ticker: TMSRX for Investor Class shares and TMSSX for I Class shares). The fund seeks to diversify investment risk for clients by combining six internally managed liquid alternative strategies to provide different sources of alpha in one multi-strategy approach whose returns are expected to have low correlation to the equity and fixed income markets. In addition to offering risk diversification, the fund also aims to provide capital preservation and consistent returns over time, which can be especially beneficial during periods of heightened market volatility.
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Source: T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
Hartford Lowers Fees On 6 Smart Beta ETFs
March 13, 2018--Hartford Funds, the exchange traded funds and mutual funds arm of Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. HIG, -0.81% lowered fees on six of its smart beta ETFs, including four multifactor products.
It was nearly two years ago that Hartford Funds acquired Lattice Strategies to bolster its ETF footprint. That deal brought Hartford the ETFs now known as the Hartford Multifactor Developed Markets (ex-US) ETF RODM, -0.17% Hartford Multifactor US Equity ETF ROUS, -0.98% Hartford Multifactor Global Small Cap ETF ROGS, +0.05% and the Hartford Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF ROAM, -0.31%
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Source: Market Watch
BlackRock's Lowest-Cost ETFs Devour Almost Half of U.S. Flows
March 13, 2018--A whopping 44 percent of all flows into U.S.-listed ETFs this year has gone to four low-cost funds from BlackRock Inc.
At the top is the iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF, known by its ticker IEFA, which has taken in $13.7 billion since Jan. 1, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Not far behind is the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF, or IVV, which has swelled by $12.2 billion. The iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEMG) and the iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG) also make the cut, taking in $5.1 billion and $2.4 billion respectively, the data show.
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Source: Bloomberg
AdvisorShares Weekly Market Review-The Bull Market Turns Nine!
March 12, 2018--Highlights of the Prior Week Ending 3/9/2018
Macro
The nonfarm payrolls report was something of a head scratcher. There was a huge upside surprise with 313,000 jobs created. In a sign of confidence, more than 800,000 people entered the workforce causing the headline unemployment rate to remain at 4.1% while the broader U6 printed at 8.2%.
The labor force participation rate reported at 63% and revisions added 54,000 jobs to the last two reports. Somehow though, wages deteriorated, gaining just 0.1% and dropping the year over year number to 2.6%. Remember that last month the yoy number broke out to 2.9% triggering new inflation concerns. Will this report be revised away or are things really that strong?
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Source: AdvisorShares
ALPS to Close an Exchange Traded Fund
March 12, 2018--ALPS, a subsidiary of DST Systems, Inc. (NYSE: DST) providing products and services to the financial services industry, today announced the liquidation of one Fund of the Elevation ETF Trust.
The Fund--Summit Water Infrastructure Multifactor ETF (NYSE ARCA: WTRX)--will close to new investors on March 26, 2018 and liquidate on April 2, 2018.
The decision to close the Fund was made by the Elevation ETF Trust's Board of Trustees after consultation with ALPS Advisors, Inc.' the investment adviser to the Fund.
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Source: ALPS
Renaissance Capital Scheduled U.S. IPOs
March 9, 2018--Zscaler (ZS)-San Jose, CA
Deal Size: $110 mil Exchange: Nasdaq
Lead Underwriter: Morgan Stanley
Provides a cloud-based network security service for enterprises..view more
IPO Commentary
Zscaler leads the unicorn charge of 2018-here's what you need to know
Zscaler will be the year's first "unicorn" IPO. The security software provider achieved a $1 billion valuation in 2015. TPG led the $110 million round at $8.97, with equity ratchets that kick in below $11.21. Zscaler is...read more
IPO Index Performance
The Renaissance IPO Index has returned 5.5% so far this year,
compared to 2.4% for the S&P 500.
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IPO Activity
There have been 29 IPOs priced so far this year, a +53% change from last year.
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Source: Renaissance Capital
Thomson Reuters U.S. Fund-Flows Weekly Report: Funds Experience Overall Net Inflows, Driven by Money Market Funds
March 9, 2018--Thomson Reuters Lipper's fund asset groups (including both mutual funds and ETFs) took in net new money of $2.4 billion for the fund-flows week ended Wednesday, March 7. The net inflows were driven by money market funds (+$12.7 billion) and municipal bond funds (+$407 million), while equity funds (-$9.8 billion) and taxable bond funds (-$898 million) saw money leave.
Market Overview
The equity markets suffered through another volatile week, thanks to U.S. President Donald Trump's announcing he would seek to impose tariffs of 25% on imported steel and 10% on aluminum. This news sent the markets into a tailspin; the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index fell 1.68% and 1.33%, respectively, the day the tariffs were announced (March 1). For the fund-flows trading week the Dow retreated 0.91% and the S&P 500 gained 0.48%.
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Source: Thomson Reuters
