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State Street Study Reveals Asset Owners' Increasing Appetite for Illiquid Assets is Driving Interest in Co-Investment
September 11, 2017--State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) announced today the findings from its latest study, A New Climate for Growth: Adapting Models to Thrive1, which reveals asset owners are gaining scale through consolidation and co-investment; and outsourcing certain key functions, while bringing others in-house.
Over the past five years, nearly a third of asset owners surveyed (30 percent) have brought some asset management activities in-house; and 23 percent plan to do so over the next 12 months. Two thirds of asset owners (66 percent) also believe institutional investors with multiple funds will increasingly consolidate them over the next five years.
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Source: State Street Corporation
Trump dampens ETF market optimism view more KraneShares MSCI One Belt One Road ETF (Ticker: OBOR) Lists on the New York Stock Exchange
The OBOR initiative is a primary focus of Chinese President Xi Jinping. view more BNY Mellon DR Index Monthly Performance-August 2017 Goldman Sachs Asset Management Launches Access Exchange-Traded Fund Goldman Sachs Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
GHYB seeks to track the Citi Goldman Sachs High Yield Corporate Bond Index (the "Index"), which uses a transparent, rules-based methodology, aiming to exclude those bonds with the greatest potential to default or deteriorate in price. It is priced to investors at 34 basis points2 and will begin trading on the NYSE Arca on September 7 with $50 million in assets. view more State Street agrees $35m fraud settlement with SEC
September 10, 2017--Reforms were expected to be a boon for US ETF providers.
Equity funds (-$1.1 billion) was the only fund macro-group that saw net money leave for the week.
Source: Thomson Reuters Lipper
September 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 One Belt One Road ETF (ticker: OBOR).
The OBOR ETF, listed on the New York Stock Exchange, holds strategic companies from countries participating in China's One Belt One Road initiative (OBOR).
Source: Krane Funds Advisors, LLC
September 7, 2017--The BNY Mellon DR Index Monthly Performance report is now available.
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Source: BNY Mellon
September 7, 2017--Goldman Sachs Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Ticker: GHYB) Offers Smart Beta Bond Exposure
GSAM today announced the expansion of its Access suite of exchange-traded funds ("ETF") with the launch of the Goldman Sachs Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Ticker: GHYB).
The fund seeks to offer lower-cost1 access to high yield corporate bond markets.
Source: Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.
September 7, 2017--Complaints related to hidden mark-ups and lack of disclosure over an electronic platform.
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Source: FT.com
