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U.S. fund firms make new push for bitcoin ETFs as futures debut
December 11, 2017-- Fund managers are racing to launch exchange-traded funds (ETFs) based on bitcoin after futures contracts based on the high-flying digital currency began trading on Sunday.
Three more fund managers are proposing bitcoin funds that would use futures to gain access to the market instead of investing directly in them, filings showed on Monday.
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Source: Reuters
Fed finalises new market benchmarks
December 11, 2017--The Federal Reserve has finalised its proposals for replacing US dollar Libor, confirming on December 8 that three new market benchmarks will launch in 2018.
The three rates are calculated as the volume-weighted median of transactions data from US Treasury markets, rather than the bank submissions that underpinned Libor, which ultimately proved flawed.
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Source: centralbanking.com
Thomson Reuters-U.S. Fund-Flows Weekly Report: Funds Experience Positive Net Flows for the Fifth Consecutive Week
December 8, 2017--Thomson Reuters Lipper's fund macro-groups (including both mutual funds and ETFs) took in net-new money for the fifth straight week, with positive net inflows of $4.8 billion for the fund-flows week ended Wednesday, December 6.
Equity funds (+$3.0 billion) and money market funds (+$2.0 billion) were responsible for the bulk of the net inflows, while taxable bond funds contributed $547 million to the total. Municipal bond funds suffered net outflows (-$807 million), breaking a streak of four consecutive weekly increases.
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Source: Thomson Reuters
AdvisorShares Announces New Organizational Plans for HYLD, an Industry-Leading Income Payer Among High Yield ETFs and Mutual Funds
December 8, 2017--AdvisorShares, a leading sponsor of actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs), announced today that the AdvisorShares Board of Trustees has approved a transition of the AdvisorShares Peritus High Yield ETF (Ticker: HYLD) from the AdvisorShares Trust to the Amplify ETF Trust, which is sponsored by Amplify ETFs.
Pending approval by HYLD shareholders and the Amplify ETF Trust Fund Board, this is expected to become effective in the second quarter of 2018.
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Source: AdvisorShares
WisdomTree Cross-Lists 8 Additional ETFs on Bolsa Mexicana de Valores
December 8, 2017--Company Continues to Expand Global Footprint in Latin America
WisdomTree Investments, Inc. (Nasdaq:WETF), an exchange-traded fund ("ETF") and exchange-traded product ("ETP") sponsor and asset manager, today announced that eight additional WisdomTree ETFs have been listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange, Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (BMV), S.A.B. de C.V.
All eight ETFs are listed in the special international section of the BMV, the Sistema Internacional de Cotizaciones ("SIC"). SIC makes it possible for certain institutional investors to trade foreign securities in Mexico. Securities listed on the SIC are not publicly offered in Mexico.
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Source: WisdomTree
CFTC.gov Commitments of Traders Reports Update
December 8, 2017--The current reports for the week of December 5, 2017 are now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
BlueStar Indexes(R) Announces Semi-Annual Rebalance Results for December 2017 and Changes to Index Methodologies
December 8, 2017--Flagship Israeli equity indexes gain constituents, Hong Kong-listed stock added, bringing coverage to Israeli companies listed on seven exchanges.
BlueStar Indexes(R) announces its December semi-annual rebalance of the BlueStar Israel Global Index (BIGI(R)), TASE-BlueStar Israel Global Technology IndexTN (TA-BIGITech(R)), BlueStar Israel Global Total Investable Market Index, BlueStar Israel Global Strategic Dividend Index, and BlueStar Fintech Index will be implemented after the close of business in New York on Friday, December 15.
The Solactive-BlueStar Israel Economic Exposure Indexes December semi-annual rebalance will be implemented after the close of business in New York on Friday, December 29.
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Source: BlueStar Indexes(R)
Renaissance Capital Scheduled U.S. IPOs
December 8, 2017--Scheduled U.S. IPOs-Week of 12/11/17
IPO Index Performance
The Renaissance IPO Index has returned 33.9% so far this year, compared to 17.8% for the S&P 500.
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IPO Activity
There have been 156 IPOs priced so far this year, a +53% change from last year.
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Source: Renaissance Capital
US stock traders, investors call for action on market data costs
December 7, 2017--US stock traders and investors are turning up the heat on a long-running effort to fight the cost of market data.
In a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission, 24 companies-including Citadel Securities, Fidelity Investments and Vanguard-petitioned the regulator to require exchanges to conduct a thorough review of the collection, distribution and sale of market data.
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Source: FT.com
ETF Visionaries Bruce Bond and John Southard Make Industry Return at Helm of Innovator Capital Management
December 7, 2017--PowerShares founders purchase Innovator ETFs, build team, set sights on bringing revolution back to the ETF marketplace
Bruce Bond and John Southard, exchange-traded fund (ETF) pioneers and founders of one of the world's largest ETF providers, today announced their return to the ETF industry as leaders of Innovator Capital Management, LLC, a Wheaton, Illinois-based SEC registered investment advisor and the operator of the Innovator ETF Trust.
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Source: Innovator Capital Management, LLC
