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WBI Shares Celebrates Anniversary
August 27, 2015--On August 27th, WBI Shares celebrates the first anniversary of the landmark launch of their 10 "true active" alternative ETFs that eclipsed $1 billion dollars on the first trading day.
Now with over $1.5 billion in assets through 7/31/15, WBI Shares ranks #6 in active ETF assets having garnered 7.44% market share1.
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Source: WBI Shares
Global X Funds Expands Distribution Team With Senior Hires
August 25, 2015--Global X Management Company LLC (Global X), the New York-based provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), today announced the appointments of Brian Diessner as Head of Sales and Chris Ciompi as Head of Marketing.
Mr. Diessner, joining from BlackRock, will lead Global X's institutional sales operations, bringing with him over 15 years of distribution experience focused on ETFs.
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Source: Global X Funds
Kevin O'Leary, Star of Shark Tank, Launches 4 Smart-Beta ETFs
August 25, 2015--O'Shares Investments, formed by ABC Shark Tank investor and CNBC Contributor Kevin O'Leary, completes initial ETF suite debut on NYSE Arca, expanding their index licensing partnership with FTSE Russell across Europe and Asia-Pacific to create a comprehensive global suite of investment solutions.
O'Shares Investments (O'Shares) announced today the launch of four new O'Shares exchange traded funds, based on European and Asia-Pacific stocks with a choice of an unhedged or US $ hedged series, rounding out a suite of five smart beta index-based ETFs in partnership with FTSE Russell, a global leader in factor-based and smart beta benchmarks.
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Source: O'Shares Investments
Vanguard Launches Tax-Exempt Bond Index Fund
The firm's first municipal bond index fund features low-cost ETF Shares
August 25, 2015--Vanguard today introduced its first municipal bond index fund, Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond Index Fund.
The fund will offer three low-cost share classes, including exchange-traded fund (ETF) shares.
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Source: Vanguard
CLS Investments' "Core Plus ETF" Strategy to Be Included in the Envestnet Retirement Solutions ("ERS") Fund Strategist Network
August 24, 2015--CLS is part of a group of 10 strategists included on the newly-launched Network
CLS's strategy utilizes risk budgeting, relative strength, and asset class risk analysis to build and diversify portfolios seeking to help investors meet their specific goals
The ERS Fund Strategist Network provides advisors with additional investment management tools to serve their plan sponsor and participant clients
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Source: MarketWatch
Hull Tactical Asset Allocation Welcomes Financial Industry
-Alan Grigoletto to serve as Chief Commercial Officer, focusing on Hull Tactical US ETF marketing efforts
August 24, 2015--Hull Tactical Asset Allocation, LLC ("HTAA"), announces that Alan Grigoletto has joined the firm and will serve as Chief Commercial Officer. Grigoletto will support the marketing and sales efforts of HTAA's new actively managed ETF, Hull Tactical US ETF ("HTUS").
Launching HTUS in June 2015, HTAA saw a need to bring in an experienced executive to provide greater infrastructure around distribution efforts for the fund.
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Source: Hull Tactical Asset Allocation, LLC
Compass EMP Launches Two ETFs
New Strategic Beta ETFs Provide
An Alternative Approach For Investing in Non-U.S. Markets
August 20, 2015--Victory Capital today announced that it has launched two new Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), which began trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market(R) on August 20, 2015.
The new ETFs are managed by Victory Capital's investment franchise, Compass Efficient Model Portfolios ("Compass EMP"). Victory Capital recently completed the acquisition of the business of Compass EMP, a strategic beta manager based in Brentwood, TN.
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Source: Compass EMP
Quantifying Bond Market Liquidity
Chief Risk Officer, Kenneth Winston, discusses Western Asset's approach to quantifying bond market liquidity.
August 20, 2015--Executive Summary
In many financial markets, technology has improved price discovery and transparency.
Some parts of the fixed-income market have not yet benefited from improved technology, leading to concerns about liquidity.
Some heavily traded markets, such as listed equities, have produced enough data that patterns are discernible and reasonable predictions can be made about transactions costs in many different conditions. However, it's not possible to do this in many parts of the fixed-income market.
While we cannot predict fixed-income liquidity costs precisely, we can use guidance from the repo market and other sources to classify securities into five liquidity levels.
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Source: Morningstar
First Trust to Cross-List Three More AlphaDEX® ETFs in Mexico
Three new international funds based on the AlphaDEX(R) Methodology will be cross listed on the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores August 20, 2015--First Trust Advisors L.P. ("First Trust") a global exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider and asset manager, announced that it has cross listed the First Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX(R) Fund (Ticker: FKU), the First Trust Japan AlphaDEX(R) Fund (Ticker: FJP)
and the First Trust Asia Pacific Ex-Japan AlphaDEX(R) Fund (Ticker: FPA) on the International Segment (SIC) of the Mexican stock exchange, Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (BMV).
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Source: First Trust
Reality Shares Launches DIVCON Dividend Health Indexes
Proprietary Methodology Forecasts Dividend Increases and Cuts
August 19, 2015--Reality Shares Advisors, LLC, an innovative investment advisor and index provider, today launched DIVCONTM, a proprietary new dividend health rating system that assesses the likelihood that companies will grow or cut their dividends.
Like the U.S. Armed Forces' iconic DEFCON system, which rates the country's defense readiness condition, DIVCON (dividend condition) uses a five-tier rating system to provide a clear and concise snapshot of companies' dividend health, where DIVCON 5 indicates the highest probability for a dividend increase and DIVCON 1 the highest probability for a dividend cut.
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Source: Reality Shares
