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More Seek Advice Through Employer Plans-The trend is shifting
November 20, 2016--Seventy-one percent of Americans are interested in receiving financial advice, according to the TIAA 2016 Advice Matters Survey.
Forty-five percent of Generation Y has received advice, but 82% would like to receive it. Thirty percent of those earning under $50,000 a year have had financial advice, but 61% would like to get it.
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Source:plansponsor.com
Exclusive: Wells Fargo to unveil robo-adviser partnership with SigFig.
November 18, 2016--Wells Fargo & Co is set to announce a partnership with SigFig for clients to use the robo-adviser's technology and wealth management investment tools.
The announcement is expected on Tuesday, the bank said, with Wells likely to roll out a pilot version of the service during the first half of 2017.
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Source: Rueters
First Asset Hamilton Capital European Bank ETF Announces Change of Portfolio Manager
November 18, 2016--First Asset Investment Management Inc., the manager of First Asset Hamilton Capital European Bank ETF (the "ETF") (TSX: FHB and FHB.A) announces that Signature Global Asset Management ("Signature"), a division of CI Investments Inc. and an affiliate of the manager, will assume the portfolio management responsibilities for the ETF effective the close of business today.
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Source: First Asset
Closing of Oppenheimer Navellier Overall A-100 Revenue ETF
November 18, 2016--OppenheimerFunds, Inc. announced today that the Navellier Overall A-100 Revenue ETF (RWV) (the "Fund") will be closed and liquidated.
On November 11, 2016, the Board of Trustees of the Fund approved its liquidation. The final day of trading on the NYSE Arca for shares of the Fund will be Thursday, December 15, 2016.
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Source: oppenheimerfunds.com
How the SEC's Blockchain Lead is Defining Future Regulation
November 17, 2016--In a sign of how serious state powers are taking the emergence of blockchain, the most powerful regulatory body in the US now has a working group dedicated to protecting its users and investors from fraud in the sector.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the agency whose mandate is to create fair and efficient markets, is also now emerging as a public voice in the industry...
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Source: coindesk.com
Blackrock Introduces Changes to LifePath Target Date Fund Series
Focus on Broadening Series' Spectrum by Adding Smart Beta and More Flexible Active Options
November 18, 2016--BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) has made changes to its LifePath series of target date mutual funds to better reflect today's retirement investing needs-in particular, by offering a broader choice among varying degrees of active asset management within the fund series.
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Source: BlackRock
Barclays launches iPath(R) Series B S&P GSCI(R)Crude Oil ETN
November 17, 2016--New iPath(R)Series B S&P GSCI(R)Crude Oil ETN (ticker: OILB) provides investors with exposure to the underlying crude oil futures index
Barclays Bank PLC ("Barclays") announced today the launch of the iPath(R) Series B S&P GSCI(R) Crude Oil ETNs ("New ETNs") on the NYSE Arca exchange under the ticker symbol OILB.
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Source: Barclays Bank
DBX ETF Trust Announces Senior Leadership Appointments
Messrs. Gilligan and Klassen elevated to senior roles
November 17, 2016--Deutsche Asset Management (Deutsche AM) today announced key leadership appointments to DBX ETF Trust, which governs the Deutsche X-trackers Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) franchise in the US.
To further align the Trust with fund governance best practices, Steve Byers has been appointed as independent chair of the board of trustees, and he will continue to serve on the Board with Messrs. Elston and Officer.
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Source: Deutsche Asset Management
BlackRock, Pimco Issue Inflation Warnings Ahead of TIPS Auction
November 16, 2016--U.S. selling $11 billion of 10-year inflation-linked debt
Nominal Treasuries fall as Yellen says Fed close to rate hike
The roster of firms lining up to recommend Treasury Inflation Protected Securities before a sale of the debt on Thursday is starting to look like a "Who's Who" of bond giants.
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Source: Bloomberg
IMF Working paper-Stock Market Liquidity in Chile
November 16, 2016--Summary: Chile has a large but relatively illiquid stock market. Global factors such as global risk appetite and monetary policy in advanced economies are key cyclical determinants of liquidity in Chilean equities.
Evidence from a cross-section of emerging markets suggests strong protection of minority shareholders can help improve stock market liquitidity. Currently, illiquid in Chilean may have to pay 3½percent more as cost of equity. Corporate governance should be improved, namely through the adoption of a stewardship code.
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Source: IMF
