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Global X ETFs Launches Solar ETF (RAYS) and Wind Energy ETF (WNDY) To Capture Rising Demand for Renewable and Clean Energy Sources
September 9, 2021--Global X ETFs, the New York-based provider of exchange traded funds (ETFs), today announced the launch of the Global X Solar ETF (RAYS) and the Global X Wind Energy ETF (WNDY). RAYS and WNDY are Global X's latest additions to its Thematic Growth family, which offers investors targeted exposure to companies around the world driving long term, paradigm-shifting themes.
The aggressive adoption of renewable energy production and clean technologies, driven by solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind power, is essential to climate change mitigation efforts. This adoption is already underway, with clean energy sources' share of global electricity production in the power sector continuing to gain on emissions-producing fossil fuels. Renewables' share of global electricity generation reached 29% in 2020, 2% more than at the end of 2019 and almost 10% more than at the end of 2010.i Decreasing technology costs, innovation and supportive policy have continued to propel the growth of solar and wind power, and this growth is likely to continue to accelerate over the coming decade.
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Source: Global X
PIMCO Launches New Actively Managed Muni ETF
September 9, 2021--The PIMCO Municipal Income Opportunities Active Exchange-Trade Fund is a core-plus municipal bond strategy1 that will invest in municipal debt across the credit spectrum
PIMCO, one of the world's premier fixed income investment managers, has launched the PIMCO Municipal Income Opportunities Active Exchange-Trade Fund (MINO), an actively-managed ETF that aims to invest primarily in attractive tax-advantaged investments across the U.S. municipal bond market.
The Fund is designed to be our highest income and return strategy among our municipal ETFs.
The fund is managed by David Hammer, Managing Director and PIMCO Head of Municipal Bond Portfolio Management; Rachel Betton, Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager; and Kyle Christine, Vice President and Portfolio Manager.
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Source: PIMCO Investments LLC
SS&C ALPS Advisors Launches the ALPS Global Travel Beneficiaries ETF
September 9, 2021--JRNY may provide a holistic and more diversified exposure to the secular tailwinds in global travel
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. today announced that SS&C ALPS Advisors, an asset manager and wholly-owned subsidiary of SS&C, launched the ALPS Global Travel Beneficiaries ETF (JRNY).
The Fund's strategy provides diversified exposure to the global travel industry, which historically has outpaced global GDP growth for nine consecutive years between 2011 and 20191.
"SS&C ALPS Advisors continues to build a compelling suite of thematic strategies for ETF investors," said Laton Spahr*, President of SS&C ALPS Advisors. "We believe global travel spending may improve as the global middle class expands and the desire to spend on experiences grows. Our new ETF may provide differentiated exposure to a potentially durable theme."
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Source: SS&C / ALPS Advisors
Janus Henderson Launches Five Actively Managed Sustainable Exchange Traded Funds
September 9, 2021--September 9, 2021--anus Henderson Group plc today announced the launch of five actively managed sustainable exchange-traded funds (ETFs) for investors in the U.S.
Janus Henderson's Sustainable ETF Solutions include three equity and two fixed income ETFs, including:
U.S. Sustainable Equity ETF (SSPX),
International Sustainable Equity ETF (SXUS),
Net Zero Transition Resources ETF (JZRO),
Sustainable Corporate Bond ETF (SCRD), and
Sustainable & Impact Core Bond ETF (JIB).
Actively managed by four established teams across three continents, the new ETFs draw on the firm's 30-year heritage of sustainable investing and commitment to providing differentiated ETF solutions. This launch is a part of Janus Henderson's significant efforts over the last two years to more centrally engage in a wide range of environmental, social and governance (ESG) related efforts within the firm's investment teams and client-facing professionals, as well as from a corporate perspective, and to grow its offering of actively managed ETFs.
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Source: Janus Henderson
SEC punts on VanEck bitcoin ETF decision until November 14
September 9, 2021--The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has extended its consideration of VanEck's Bitcoin exchange-traded fund application a final time.
The U.S. securities regulator posted an extension notice on Wednesday, saying it intends to take an additional 60 days to review the proposed rule change.
Now, hopefuls can expect an answer on November 14, 2021, as the notice names that day "as the date by which the Commission shall either approve or disapprove the proposed rule change."
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Source: theblockcrypto.com
Morningstar joins race to provide direct indexing services
September 8, 2021--Acquisition of Moorgate Benchmarks follows similar deals by BlackRock, Vanguard and Morgan Stanley
The Chicago-based group operates across credit ratings, investment research and wealth management, and is an indexing specialist focused on developing customized, personalized indexes that are central to direct indexing.
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Source: FT.com
The Fed-Beige Book
September 8, 2021--Overall Economic Activity
Economic growth downshifted slightly to a moderate pace in early July through August. The stronger sectors of the economy of late included manufacturing, transportation, nonfinancial services, and residential real estate. The deceleration in economic activity was largely attributable to a pullback in dining out, travel, and tourism in most Districts, reflecting safety concerns due to the rise of the Delta variant, and, in a few cases, international travel restrictions.
The other sectors of the economy where growth slowed or activity declined were those constrained by supply disruptions and labor shortages, as opposed to softening demand. In particular, weakness in auto sales was widely ascribed to low inventories amidst the ongoing microchip shortage, and restrained home sales activity was attributed to low supply. Growth in non-auto retail sales slowed a bit in some Districts, rising at a modest pace, on balance, across the nation. Residential construction was up slightly, on balance, and nonresidential construction picked up modestly. Trends in loan volumes varied widely across Districts, ranging from down modestly to up strongly. Reports on the agriculture and energy sectors were mixed across Districts but, on balance, positive. Looking ahead, businesses in most Districts remained optimistic about near-term prospects, though there continued to be widespread concern about ongoing supply disruptions and resource shortages.
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Source: federalreserve.gov
State Street Buying Brown Brothers' Unit for $3.5B
September 7, 2021--State Street Corp. has agreed to buy Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.'s investor-services business for $3.5 billion in cash, adding an operation that safeguards about $5.4 trillion in assets.
The deal includes the unit's custody, accounting, fund-administration, global-markets and technology-services businesses, the companies said Tuesday in a statement.
State Street is one of the world's top custody banks, holding customer assets for safekeeping, and overseeing other clearing and settlement functions for institutions. Boston-based State Street said it’s now targeting a pretax margin of 31% because of expected earnings growth from the acquisition.
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Source: thinkadvisor.com
ETF Traders Take $1 Billion Shot on Reviving the Reflation Trade
September 2, 2021--Exchange-traded fund investors are making another attempt at the reflation trade just two months after a fall in Treasury yields signaled its death.
Traders poured a combined $1.1 billion into the iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF (ticker IYR) and iShares TIPS ETF (ticker TIP) on Wednesday, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Over $900 million was also pulled from the iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (ticker IEF) in a bet both yields and cyclical stocks are headed higher.
While cyclical sectors dominated the leaderboard for the first half of 2021, they've lagged in recent months as the delta virus variant prompted concerns about the pace of the economic recovery. But Wednesday's flows suggest that investors are putting money behind the dormant reflation trade, according to cross assets strategist Charlie McElligott at Nomura Securities.
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Source: bnnbloomberg.ca
Congressional Budget Office-Inflation and Income
September 1, 2021--CBO addresses how household income is affected when inflation exceeds the growth of labor income, who pays higher taxes when inflation rises, and how high and unexpected inflation affects economic growth
This letter addresses the three questions that the Honorable Jason Smith asked about the effects of high inflation.
You asked how household income is affected when inflation exceeds the growth of labor income. Inflation has eroded the purchasing power of families. From the second quarter of 2020 through the second quarter of 2021, compensation per hour of work (as measured by the employment cost index for workers in private industry) increased by 3.1 percent.
Over the same period, the price index for personal consumption expenditures (which the Federal Reserve uses to define its 2 percent long-run goal for inflation) increased by 3.9 percent. The purchasing power of compensation for an hour of work has therefore declined by about 0.7 percent over the past year. A year ago, the Congressional Budget Office did not project that the erosion of purchasing power would occur.
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Source: CBO(Congressional Budget Office)
