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Vexo and Justwealth partner to introduce a revolutionary ETF solution for Mutual Fund Dealers
November 9, 2017--A ground-breaking partnership that allows Mutual Fund Advisors to strengthen their client relationships while providing them access to professionally-managed, low-cost ETF portfolios.
With the exponential growth rate of ETF products over the last few years, Fotios Saratsiotis, President of Vexo explains why this partnership with Justwealth is so essential for Mutual Fund Dealers.
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Source: Vexo Technology Solutions Corp.
Eaton Vance Oaktree Diversified Credit NextSharesTM to Launch in Mid-November
November 9, 2017--Eaton Vance Management (Eaton Vance), a subsidiary of Eaton Vance Corp. (NYSE: EV), today announced the expected mid-November launch of Eaton Vance Oaktree Diversified Credit NextShares (the Fund), a new Eaton Vance-sponsored exchange-traded managed fund. Eaton Vance will advise the Fund and Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. (Oaktree), a subsidiary of Oaktree Capital Group, LLC (NYSE: OAK), will subadvise the Fund.
The Fund will establish investment exposures to credit markets around the world by investing in high-yield bonds, senior loans, convertibles, real estate debt securities, corporate structured credit and emerging-market debt. Eaton Vance has filed a registration statement for the Fund with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Source: Eaton Vance and NextShares Solutions, LLC
Traders Jump Into FANG Futures on First Day
November 9, 2017--Investors are wading into a new futures contract that tracks an index of high-profile technology companies.
Futures on the New York Stock Exchange's FANG+ Index follow 10 big firms, often shorthanded as FANG. On Wednesday, the first day of trading, 418 contracts had changed hands, all of which..
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Source: FT.com
KraneShares MSCI China Environment ETF (Ticker: KGRN) Lists on the New York Stock Exchange
November 8, 2017--Krane Funds Advisors, LLC, ("KraneShares") a U.S. asset management firm known for its China focused KraneShares exchange traded funds(ETFs) and innovative China investment strategies, announced the launch of the KraneShares MSCI China Environment ETF (Ticker: KGRN).
KGRN holds Chinese companies that derive at least 50% of their revenues from environmentally beneficial products and services.
China has grown to become the second largest economy and second largest stock market in the world by market capitalization.
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Source: Krane Funds Advisors, LLC
Clayton: SEC targets 'complex, hidden fees'
November 8, 2017--Putting clients in expensive share classes instead of lower-cost ones hurts investors, chairman says
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton said on Wednesday the agency is targeting complex and hidden fees that can harm investors-both through enforcement and by clarifying disclosure requirements.
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Source: investmentnews.com
CFTC.gov Swaps Report Update
November 8, 2017--CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
EntrepreneurShares Debuts its First Entrepreneur-Focused ETF
November 8, 2017--New entrant EntrepreneurShares debuted its first ETF, a new strategy that looks for companies based on entrepreneurial standards.
EntrepreneurShares launched the Entrepreneur 30 Fund (NYSEArca: ENTR), which comes with a 0.49% expense ratio.
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Source: Nasdaq.com
VanEck Launches Open-End Mutual Fund Version of Its Wide Moat-Focused Strategy
November 7, 2017--VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat Fund is now available to institutions and retirement plans via Class I and Class Z shares
VanEck today announced the launch of the VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat Fund (Class I shares: MWMIX; Class Z shares: MWMZX), an open-end mutual fund version of Morningstar's "wide moat"-focused strategy that VanEck originally launched in 2012 through the VanEck Vectors Morningstar Wide Moat ETF (NYSE Arca: MOAT(R)).
The popularity and success of the "wide moat" strategy prompted VanEck to expand the strategy's application, particularly to key institutional clients. Like MOAT, which has total net assets of approximately $1.3 billion as of October 31, 2017, the VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat Fund seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Morningstar(R) Wide Moat Focus Index SM (MWMFTR).
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Source: VanEck
CBO-Monthly Budget Review: Summary for Fiscal Year 2017
November 7, 2017--In fiscal year 2017, which ended on September 30, the federal budget deficit totaled $666 billion-$80 billion more than the shortfall recorded in 2016.
The deficit increased to 3.5 percent of the nation's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2017, up from 3.2 percent in 2016 and 2.4 percent in 2015-but far lower than it was in 2009, when the deficit reached 9.8 percent of GDP.
In 2017, the government's revenues amounted to $3.3 trillion-$48 billion (or 1 percent) more than receipts recorded in 2016.
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Source: Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
