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First Asset ETFs Complete Conversion of Advisor Class Units to Common Class Units
July 18, 2017--Further to its announcements on April 3, 2017 and May 1, 2017, First Asset Investment Management Inc. ("First Asset"), the manager of the First Asset Exchange Traded Funds ("ETFs"), announces that it has completed the conversion of all advisor class units to the corresponding common class units of the same ETF at the close of business on Friday, July 14, 2017 (the "Conversion Date").
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Source: First Asset
China Increases U.S. Treasury Holdings for Fourth Straight Month
July 18, 2017--Chinese holdings grow as reserves rise, yuan stabilizes
Japan also boosts ownership and remains biggest holder
China raised its holdings of U.S. Treasuries for a fourth straight month, a sign the nation is rebuilding its foreign-currency reserves as the yuan stabilizes.
China, the second-largest holder of Treasuries, held $1.10 trillion in May, up $10 billion from a month earlier, according to Treasury Department data released Tuesday in Washington.
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Source: Bloomberg
Treasury International Capital Data For May
May 18, 2017--The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for May 2017
The sum total in May of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a monthly net TIC inflow of $57.3 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $87.2 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $29.9 billion.
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Source: treasury.gov
BlackRock attracts $104bn in new client money in second quarter
July 17, 2017--Growing demand for its exchange traded funds helped BlackRock pull in $104bn of new client money in the second quarter, taking the pool of cash run by the world's largest asset manager to a total of $5.68tn.
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Source: FT.com
AdvisorShares Weekly Market Review-Is A Minsky-esque Moment Coming?
July 17, 2017--Highlights of the week Ending 7/14/2017
Macro
If anything is worrying the stock market, you couldn't tell by looking at the indexes which marched higher to new highs (for the Dow and S&P) with the Dow Jones gaining 1.06%, the S&P 500 added 1.40%, the NASDAQ up 2.56% and the Russell 2000 tacked on 86 basis points.
The yield on the Ten Year US Treasury Note fell to 2.31% including a drop on Friday after CPI reported at 0.1% for the month (1.6% year over year). Retail sales fell 0.2% versus the expectation for a slight gain.
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Source: AdvisorShares
Northern Trust Announces Leadership Changes
July 17, 2017--Northern Trust Corporation (Nasdaq: NTRS) announced today that Stephen N. Potter, President of Northern Trust Asset Management, will be appointed as Vice Chairman with responsibilities including oversight of key strategic initiatives and the development of select clients and prospects around the globe.
Succeeding Potter as the President of Asset Management is Shundrawn A. Thomas, currently Head of Funds and Managed Accounts Group. Both changes are effective October 1.
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Source: Northern Trust
Fears of Price Distortion Raised Over U.S. Treasuries Market
July 16, 2017--The U.S. Treasuries market is at risk of price distortions that could put investors in bonds and derivatives in danger of big losses, research has revealed.
Canadian academics have warned that Treasury futures, contracts widely used by investors such as pension funds to hedge long-term interest rate risk, face a variety of potential problems over the coming years, including price manipulation.
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Source: finregalert.com
Pimco's recovery from Gross exit continues as managed assets hit $1.6tn
July 13, 2017--Pimco said on Thursday that its assets under management climbed 6.6 per cent in the second quarter, highlighting the US fund manager's recovery from co-founder Bill Gross's departure three years ago.
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Source: FT.com
IMF Country report-Canada: Selected Issues and Analytical Notes
July 13, 2017--INFRASTRUCTURE BANK: LEVERAGING PRIVATE
CAPITAL IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST1
A. Introduction
1. Investment in infrastructure is a growing component of national economic growth strategies worldwide. While often used as a short-term stimulus to increase demand in an
economy, infrastructure is also effective in the long-term by raising labor productivity growth and
supporting export performance.
IMF research has concluded that there is robust evidence that
increasing public investment, and correspondingly the stock of public capital, is positively correlated
with economic growth
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Source: IMF
Bats Welcomes Two New PowerShares Funds to the Bats ETF Marketplace
July 13, 2017--Bats, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. company, and a leading market for exchange-traded product (ETP) trading globally, today welcomed two new PowerShares funds to the Bats ETF Marketplace.
Their launch brings the total number of PowerShares funds listed on the Bats ETF Marketplace to 10.
The PowerShares S&P 500 Minimum Variance Portfolio ETF (Bats: SPMV) seeks to track the investment results of the S&P 500(R) Minimum Volatility Index. The PowerShares Russell 1000 Enhanced Equal Weight Portfolio ETF (Bats: USEQ) seeks to track the investment results of the Russell 1000(R)Enhanced Value Equal Weight Index.
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Source: Bats Global Markets
