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AdvisorShares Active ETF Report: Steady Growth
September 28, 2016--Assets in actively managed ETFs continued their steady growth in August, increasing by $485 million, or 1.1%, to $27.031 billion.
Short Term Bond more than reversed July's decline by adding $266 million in August.
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Source: AdvisorShares
New Study Finds Russell 2000 Index Options Benchmarks and Options-Based Funds Less Volatile
September 27, 2016--15 Years of Data Show CBOE Russell 2000 PutWrite Index (PUTR) Topped Performance with Less Risk vs. Underlying Index
Chicago Board Options Exchange(R) (CBOE(R)) and Fund Evaluation Group, LLC (FEG) today announced findings from a study of four CBOE strategy performance benchmark indexes designed to track the performance of positions in Russell 2000 (RUT) index options, looking at various aspects of their performance over a 15-year period spanning 2001 through 2016.
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Source: CBOE
AdvisorShares-This Week in Active ETFs: What Did the BOJ Actually Do?
September 27, 2016--Weekly Market Review-Highlights of the Prior week-September 19, 2016 to September 23, 2016
Macro
The Bank of Japan appears to have issued a confusing policy announcement on Wednesday. Bespoke Investment Group
took the news as saying the BOJ would attempt to manage the yield curve to be flatter while Barron's reported that the
BOJ would attempt to manage the yield curve to be steeper.
A flat yield curve generally makes lending less profitable and so is thought to impede access to capital which would
seem to be the opposite of a stimulative policy.
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Source: AdvisorShares
CBOE-Bats tie-up heralds big changes ahead
September 27, 2016--Deal promises to redraw the exchange industry landscape in North America.
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Source: FT.com
Prime IndexesTM Debuts First Index with Prime 5 US Dividend ETF Index (PFIVE)
September 27, 2016--The new index offers a fresh approach to selecting the best dividend ETFs
Prime Indexes, an index creator focused on emerging trends in the ETF industry, launched its inaugural index, the Prime 5 U.S. Dividend ETF index (PFIVE), and licensed it to Amplify ETFs for the creation of a new income-oriented ETF. The fund was listed on BATS Global Markets on Sept. 21.
PFIVE is a rules-based index seeking to provide targeted exposure to the five highest-ranked ETFs with demonstrated dividend growth. The ranking is based on Prime Indexes' proprietary Prime ScoreTM methodology and includes the following three factors: high dividend income, low share price volatility and low expenses. The index is rebalanced and reconstituted on a quarterly basis.
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Source: newschannel10.com
Northern Trust Celebrates Five Year Anniversary of FlexShares ETFs
Commemorates Milestone with NYSE Bell Ringing
September 27, 2016--Northern Trust today announced the fifth anniversary of the launch of FlexShares(R) Exchange Traded Funds, designed to provide targeted investment outcomes and risk-adjusted returns.
Since the launch, the suite of ETFs has attracted more than $10 billion in assets.
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Source: Northern Trust
ETF Securities to close and liquidate two funds
September 27, 2016--ETF Securities plans to close and liquidate the following funds as part of an ongoing process to review the products made available to investors in order to concentrate its offering on products that experience sufficient investor demand.
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Source: ETF Securities
New Congressional Caucus Seeks Favorable Laws for Blockchain
September 26, 2016--Mick Mulvaney, Jared Polis behind effort to educate Congresss
Caucus a 'big deal,' blockchain advocate Jerry Brito says.
Two members of Congress have formed a caucus to advocate for cryptocurrencies and blockchain-based technologies, a growing part of the tech economy that may require new laws to thrive.
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Source: visualcapitalist.com
