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The Modern Federal Reserve
April 20, 2020--The Federal Reserve is expanding its toolkit to support monetary policy during the pandemic crisis. As the Federal Reserve moved to protect the economy from the damaging impact of the coronavirus, it slashed short term interest rates an additional 100 bps and unleashed an aggressive set of programs.
Stimulus programsincludedbuying $700 billion in U.S. Treasury and Mortgage Backed Securities, aimed at stabilizing the capital markets and helping to prop up the economy. These programs also include the ability to provide lending facilities to certain businesses, cities and states. In addition, the Fed encouraged banks to borrow at the discount window and also provided additional backstop programs for banks. At the time, Fed Chairman Powell indicated the Fed had more firepower and will use it to protect the U.S. economy. This proved to be a prescient statement.
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Source: winthropcm.com
ICE ETF Hub Growth Continues in First Quarter With March Notional Volumes Surging, New Functionality Going Live
April 20, 2020--Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, today announced that creation and redemption activity on ICE ETF Hub continued to increase throughout the first quarter of 2020, supported partly by new ETF Hub community members and functionality.
During the first quarter of 2020, over $136 billion in notional value was processed over ICE ETF Hub. In March alone, Authorized Participants (APs) processed a record $87 billion in notional value through the platform, compared to $27 billion in February, an increase of over 220%. A majority of the activity was in Fixed Income, where APs processed $63 billion in notional value, up 208% from February. For Equities, APs processed $24 billion in notional value in March, up 267% month over month.
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Source: Intercontinental Exchange
3 multifactor ETFs debut from iShares
April 17, 2020--iShares has brought to Cboe Global Markets three exchange-traded funds that screen large-cap, midcap and small-cap stocks for quality, momentum, size, value and low volatility.
The iShares Factors US Blend Style ETF, the iShares Factors US Mid Blend Style ETF and the iShares Factors US Small Blend Style ETF track factor-based subsets of Russell indexes.
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Source: smartbrief.com
ETFGI reports ETFs and ETPs listed globally gathered net inflows of 20.44 billion US dollars during March 2020
April 17, 2020--ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETFs and ETPs ecosystem, reported today that ETFs and ETPs listed globally gathered net inflows of US$20.44 billion during March, bringing year-to-date net inflows to US$119.13 billion which is higher than the US$99.06 billion gathered at this point last year.
Assets invested in the global ETFs/ETPs industry have decreased by 11.1%, from US$6.04 trillion at the end of February 2020, to US$5.37 trillion at the end of March, according to ETFGI's March 2020 Global ETFs and ETPs industry landscape insights report, an annual paid-for research subscription service. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)
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ETFs and ETPs listed globally gathered net inflows of US$20.44 billion during March.
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Source: ETFGI
U.S. Oil Fund to Move Giant WTI Position as Market Sours
April 17, 2020--Key ETF to roll some of its futures contracts to next month
Fund says it may not be able to meet its investment goal.
The $3.8 billion U.S. Oil Fund, which accounts for about 25% of all outstanding contracts in the most-traded West Texas Intermediate crude futures, said it will alter some of its position, citing market and regulatory conditions.
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Source: bloomberg.com
BNY Mellon Launches Comprehensive Technology Solution for ActiveShares ETFs
April 15, 2020--NY Mellon today announced the launch of an end-to-end technology solution to support ActiveSharesSM non-transparent actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs). This solution delivers a digital workflow from order placement through execution of underlying securities associated with creation and redemption activity.
Within BNY Mellon's digital platform, the new solution incorporates the Authorized Participant Representative (APR) and Verified Intraday Indicative Value Agent (VIIV Agent) in daily ETF workflows to enable efficient investor access without daily holding disclosure. The platform includes security restriction and approval processing features within the order ticket, eliminating the need for off-line phone and email communications. This results in a fully digital audit trail for all ETF orders and brings the APR role into deal handling.
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Source: bnymellon.com
BNY Mellon Investment Management Introduces ETF Range
April 9, 2020--Expands investment solutions to deliver BNY Mellon's leading index capabilities in an ETF fund structure
BNY Mellon US Large Cap Core Equity ETF and BNY Mellon Core Bond ETF to be first zero-fee ETFs with no fee waivers or restrictions in two of the largest U.S. market categories
BNY Mellon Investment Management, one of the world's largest asset managers with $1.9 trillion in assets under management1, today announced the expansion of its investment solutions line-up with the introduction of eight Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) designed to cover the core exposures in a typical asset allocation strategy.
The first three Morningstar-benchmarked equity ETFs (BNY Mellon US Large Cap Core Equity ETF; BNY Mellon US Mid Cap Core Equity ETF; BNY Mellon US Small Cap Core Equity ETF) will commence trading today on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
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Source: BNY Mellon Investment Management
Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee. March 15, 2020
April 8, 2020--The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on March 15, 2020, and of the conference call held on March 2, 2020.
Developments in Financial Markets and Open Market Operations
The System Open Market Account (SOMA) manager first reviewed developments in domestic and global financial markets. Financial markets remained exceptionally volatile amid the global spread of the coronavirus and uncertainty regarding its effects.
Since the meeting of the FOMC in late January, the S&P 500 index declined 18 percent, nominal U.S. Treasury yields moved 60 to 100 basis points lower, and market-based measures of inflation compensation fell 75 to 100 basis points
Investment-grade and high-yield credit spreads widened about 120 basis points and 360 basis points, respectively. The U.S. dollar appreciated notably against most currencies, with the exception of other safe-haven currencies, and crude oil prices dropped 40 percent. Against this backdrop, expectations for the path of the federal funds rate adjusted sharply.
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Source: federalreserve.gov
ETFMG and Wedbush Collaborate on Pure-Play Global Cloud Computing ETF: IVES
April 7, 2020--ETFMG, leading thematic ETF issuer, in collaboration with Wedbush Securities, leading financial services and investment banking firm, launches the Wedbush ETFMG Global Cloud Technology ETF (NYSE Arca: IVES)*, answering investor demand for direct access to a pure-play cloud technology product.
IVES, named for prominent Wedbush technology analyst and visionary of the ETF, Dan Ives, is designed for direct access to the cloud infrastructure and cloud "enabler" companies, expected to be major beneficiaries in the estimated $1T in enterprise cloud spending over the next decade. 1 The Fund gives global exposure to companies at the forefront of the next wave of cloud technology.
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Source: ETFMG
NYSE to review circuit-breaker system after vertiginous drops
April 7, 2020--The New York Stock Exchange is planning to review the effectiveness of market-wide systems designed to dampen extreme volatility after circuit-breakers were tripped several times last month during a stampede from risky asset
In mid-March US markets saw a series of 15-minute halts to trading following big drops in the S&P 500 index, as investors spooked by the spread of coronavirus scrambled to dump positions.
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Source: afr.com
