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BlackRock to offer ETFs with maturity dates, like bonds
February 13, 2013--BlackRock, the world's largest manager of exchange-traded funds, will soon release a new series of fixed-income funds that mature after a set number of years, like ordinary bonds.
The new ETFs are designed to simplify the task of institutional money managers like bank treasurers, who currently must juggle hundreds or even thousands of distinct bond issues in their portfolios, BlackRock President Robert Kapito said on Wednesday.
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Source: Reuters
Deutsche Bank-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-North America-US ETF Market Weekly Review - Markets and $1.9bn Outflows removed $4.3bn from ETP AUM
February 13, 2013--Market and Net Cash Flows Review
Markets were mixed during last week. The US (S&P 500) edged higher by 0.31%; while, outside the US, the MSCI EAFE (in USD) and the MSCI EM (USD) dropped by 1.44% and 1.10%, respectively.
Moving on to other asset classes, the 10Y US Treasury Yield fell by 5 bps last week; while the DB Liquid Commodity Index was down by 0.27%. Similarly, the Agriculture sector (DB Diversified Agriculture Index), WTI Crude Oil and Silver prices retreated by 2.86%, 2.10%, and 1.30%, respectively. Last but not least, Volatility (VIX) rose by 0.93% during the same period.
The total US ETP flows from all products registered $1.9bn (-0.1% of AUM) of outflows during last week vs. $6.82bn (+0.5%) of inflows the previous week, setting the YTD weekly flows average at +$5.0bn (+$29.94bn YTD in total cash flows).
Equity, Fixed Income, and Commodity ETPs experienced flows of -$2.16bn (-0.21%), +$0.09bn (0.03%), +$0.13bn (0.11%) last week vs. +$6.9bn (0.68%), -$0.26bn (-0.10%), +$0.07bn (0.06%) in the previous week, respectively.
Among US sectors, Consumer Staples (+$0.16bn, +1.92%) and Industrials (+$0.13bn, + 2%) received the top inflows, while Materials (-$0.04bn, -0.4%) and Healthcare (-$0.04bn, -0.25%) experienced the largest outflows.
Within Equity ETPs, Developed non-US country products had the largest inflows (+$0.7bn, +2.5%), while Large Cap products had the largest outflows of $6.7bn (-2.8%). Within Fixed Income ETPs, Corporate products had the largest inflows (+$0.2bn, +0.2%), while Sovereign (-$0.3bn, -0.5%) products experienced the largest outflow. Top 3 ETPs & ETNs by inflows: DXJ (+$0.7bn), IWM (+$0.4bn), VIG (+$0.4bn)Top 3 ETPs & ETNs by outflows: SPY (-$4.7bn), QQQ (-$1.8bn), TIP (-$0.7bn)
New Launch Calendar: No new listings
No new listings during last week.
Turnover Review: Floor activity increased by 2%
Total weekly turnover increased by 1.6% to $278.45bn vs. $274.20bn from the previous week. Last week's turnover level was 3.3% higher than last year's weekly average. Equity ETPs turnover increased by $10.7bn (+4.6%); meanwhile, Fixed Income and Commodity ETPs turnover decreased by $3.5bn (-14.5%) and $3.1bn (-21.8%), respectively.
Assets under Management (AUM) Review: US ETPs AUM dropped by $4.3bn
US ETP assets dropped by $4.3bn (-0.3%) totaling $1.412 trillion at the end of the week. As of last Friday, US ETPs have accumulated an asset growth of 5.9% YTD. Assets for Equity, Fixed Income and Commodity ETPs moved -$4.4bn, +$0.1bn, -$7m during last week, respectively.
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Source: Deutsche Bank - Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy - North America
Mexican Exchange to HFT: Bring Us Your Business.
February 13, 2013--Mexico's main stock exchange wants more high-frequency trading on its market, seeing the activity as a way to drive growth and more listings, chairman of the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores said Wednesday.
The exchange spent about $20 million in the past two years to upgrade its technology in the hopes of bringing in more of these types of traders. The exchange can handle about 3.9 million trades a day, up from 75,000 a day in 2005.
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Source: Wall Street Journal
NYSE Arca Equities Traders and Constituents-2 ETF
February 13, 2013--Summary: NYSE Euronext (NYSE:NYX) is pleased to announce that on
Friday, February 15, 2013
, the following ETFs
will be listed on NYSE Arca and
will begin trading as new issues:
PowerShares S&P Small Cap Low
Volatility Portfolio (XSLV)
PowerShares S&P MidCap Low Volatility Portfolio (XMLV)
The Consolidated Tape Association (CTA) will disseminate real time trade and quote information for the
ETFs
to Tape B. All ETP Related Indexes will be disseminated via the NYSE Euronext Global Index Feed.
Source: NYSE Euronext
Invesco PowerShares to Expand Low Volatility Suite With US Mid-Cap & Small-Cap Listings
PowerShares International Low Volatility ETFs Cross One-Year Mark Achieving Better Risk-Adjusted Returns Than MSCI Benchmark Indexes
February 13, 2013--Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, a leading global provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), announced today plans to expand its low volatility suite of ETFs with strategies covering the US mid-cap and small-cap segments.
The new ETFs are expected to begin trading on Feb. 15, 2013 on the NYSE Arca and will expand the PowerShares Low Volatility suite to five portfolios.
Low Volatility Strategies (anticipated listing on Feb. 15, 2013):
PowerShares S&P MidCap Low Volatility Portfolio (XMLV)
PowerShares S&P SmallCap Low Volatility Portfolio (XSLV)
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Source: Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC
Knight Capital Group and GETCO Announce Filing of S-4 Registration Statement With the Securities and Exchange Commission
February 13, 2013--Knight Capital Group, Inc. (NYSE: KCG, "Knight") and GETCO Holding Company, LLC ("GETCO") announced today that Knight Holdco, Inc. ("KCG"), the new public holding company that will be the ultimate parent company of Knight and GETCO upon completion of their pending transaction, filed a Registration Statement on Form S-4 with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").
The Registration Statement includes a preliminary Joint Proxy Statement of Knight and GETCO and a preliminary Prospectus of KCG (together with the Joint Proxy Statement, as amended, the "Joint Proxy Statement / Prospectus"), as well as other relevant documents concerning the proposed transaction. The Registration Statement has not yet become effective, and the information in it is subject to change.
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Source: Knight Capital Group
BlackRock's Kapito Says Firm Must Penetrate U.S. Retail Market
February 13, 2013--BlackRock Inc.'s Robert Kapito, president of the world’s largest asset manager, said the firm sees an opportunity to grow by selling more funds to individuals.
"Retail is an enormous growth opportunity,” Kapito said today at the Credit Suisse Financial Services Forum. New York- based BlackRock is still “underpenetrated” in the U.S. retail market, excluding exchange-traded funds, with less than a 2 percent market share for assets under management in open-end mutual funds, he said.
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Source: Bloomberg
Guggenheim Investments Launches CurrencyShares(R) Singapore Dollar Trust
FXSG is the First Singapore Dollar ETP in the Market
February 13, 2013--Guggenheim Investments, the investment management division of Guggenheim Partners, announced today the launch of the first Singapore Dollar exchanged traded product (ETP), CurrencyShares(R)Singapore Dollar Trust (NYSE:FXSG).
CurrencyShares® Singapore Dollar Trust seeks to provide institutional and retail investors a cost-effective way to gain exposure to the Singapore dollar. The unique CurrencyShares® structure provides pure exposure to the Singapore Dollar by holding actual foreign currency deposits, not derivative instruments. In addition to pure exposure, CurrencyShares®' investing advantages include transparency, potential tax efficiency, trading flexibility, accessibility and liquidity.
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Source: Guggenheim Investments
Citi Extends Leadership Position for ETF Custody and Fund Administration Services in Latin America
February 12, 2013--Citi has extended its leadership position in both custody and fund administration for Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) in Latin America with new mandates from BlackRock in Brazil and Mexico.
Citi supported the launch of BlackRock's two new ETFs in Brazil investing in carbon and public infrastructure and has expanded its relationship with BlackRock in Mexico with the conversion of the largest ETF product in Latin America.
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Source: Market Watch
Yorkville Launches High Income Infrastructure MLP ETF (YMLI
February 12, 2013--Yorkville ETF Advisors has expanded its lineup of master limited partnership (MLP) products with the launch of the Yorkville High Income Infrastructure MLP ETF (NYSE:YMLI).
YMLI provides exposure to infrastructure MLPs, which offer capital appreciation potential as a group of companies expected to grow significantly over the next decade in response to demand for pipelines, storage and processing systems required by rapidly growing U.S. energy production.
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Source: Yorkville ETF Advisors
