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New York to Delist Chinese Telecom Firms in Symbolic Shift
January 1, 2021--The move follows an order from the Trump administration, which says the companies are tied to China's military. But they don't need Wall Street as much as they once did.
The New York Stock Exchange said it would delist China's three big state-run telecommunications companies following an executive order from the Trump administration, in a symbolic severing of longstanding ties between the Chinese business world and Wall Street
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Day Traders Put Stamp on Market With Unprecedented Stock Frenzy
December 31, 2020--Record $120 trillion in stock traded hands on U.S. exchanges
Little-known companies saw huge spikes in daily volume
Look at a screen at almost any point in 2020, and chances are you saw something like this: A company that nobody had ever heard of 12 months ago was in the process of trading 20 million shares in a day.
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Source: Bloomberg.com
Cannabis ETF inflows jump but potential problems persist
December 30, 200--Lack of investment-grade companies and questions over legality run counter to optimism
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Source: FT.com
Green energy funds top league table in banner year for ESG
December 26, 2020--Invesco has best performing US equity fund of 2020-and the second-best.
The Invesco Solar exchange traded fund, which has $3.7bn in assets, had risen 238 per cent since the start of
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Source: FT.com
Swan Global Investments Launches Hedged Equity ETF to Help More Investors Manage Risk and Optimally Structure Their Portfolios
December 23, 2020--New ETF, The SWAN HEDGED EQUITY LARGE CAP ETF (Ticker: HEGD), Aims to Address Investors' Need for Capital Appreciation While Mitigating Overall Market Risk
Differentiated Solution Combines Benefits of Low-Cost, Passive Investing1 With an Actively Managed Hedging Strategy.
specialized asset management firm with a 20-year track record in hedged equity solutions, today announced the launch of the Swan Hedged Equity Exchange-Traded Fund ("HEGD"). HEGD is the first Exchange-Traded Fund ("ETF") launched by Swan Global Investments. It was created to help long-term investors participate in the equity markets for capital appreciation, while hedging against the risks and volatility associated with today's often turbulent markets.
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Source: Swan Global Investments
Pacer ETFs Launches Structured Outcome Strategy ETFs in partnership with Swan Global Management
December 23, 2020--Hedged equity suite deepens issuer's roster of risk-managed ETF offerings
Pacer ETFs ("Pacer"), an ETF provider that offers strategy-driven, rules-based ETFs, is proud to announce their new Structured Outcome Strategies (SOS) fund family: The Pacer Swan SOS ETF Series. Pacer ETFs has partnered with Swan Global Management, LLC ("Swan"), a specialized asset management firm with a 20-year track record at the forefront of hedged equity solutions, which will act as the sub-advisor for the fund family.
The Pacer Swan SOS ETF Series seeks to match returns of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust up to a predetermined cap on the upside, while also offering investors a buffer against market decline to a predetermined point.
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Source: Pacer ETFs
U.S. SEC seeks public comment on brokers' custody of digital assets
December 23, 2020--The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday asked for public comment on broker-dealer custody of digital assets and how the broker-dealers should be regulated when holding these products and recommending them to investors, the agency said in a statement.
The move, which the agency says will help inform future regulatory action in this market, comes after a July 2019 notice of guidance the SEC issued mandating firms comply with the customer protection rule, which requires broker-dealers to safeguard both the cash and securities of their customers. It does not currently address digital assets.
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Source: reuters.com
SEC Charges Ripple and Two Executives with Conducting $1.3 Billion Unregistered Securities Offering
December 22, 2020--The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it has filed an action against Ripple Labs Inc. and two of its executives, who are also significant security holders, alleging that they raised over $1.3 billion through an unregistered, ongoing digital asset securities offering.
According to the SEC's complaint, Ripple; Christian Larsen, the company's co-founder, executive chairman of its board, and former CEO; and Bradley Garlinghouse, the company's current CEO, raised capital to finance the company's business. The complaint alleges that Ripple raised funds, beginning in 2013, through the sale of digital assets known as XRP in an unregistered securities offering to investors in the U.S. and worldwide. Ripple also allegedly distributed billions of XRP in exchange for non-cash consideration, such as labor and market-making services. According to the complaint, in addition to structuring and promoting the XRP sales used to finance the company's business...
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Source: sec.gov
US gives green light to low-cost IPO alternative
December 22, 2020--Companies will soon be able to raise funds through a direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange in order to bypass the high fees paid to Wall Street underwriters as part of a traditional IPO, following a government decision on Tuesday .
The Securities and Exchange Commission gave the green light for so-called primary direct floor listings on the NYSE, against objections from an influential group of investors who tried to thwart this move this September.
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Mutual fund conversions to ETFs pose challenge
December 22, 2020--Complex transitions mean managers have to think every single detail through
Compliance and operations teams in fund houses that are planning to convert mutual funds to ETFs have lots to do to ensure their compliance and operations teams are ready, lawyers say.
Three fund shops have already disclosed plans to convert mutual funds to ETFs, and more are likely coming down the pike. Guinness Atkinson expects to convert two mutual funds to ETFs by the end of the year, and plans to switch a third over soon, too.
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Source: FT.com
