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CFTC Official Argues Against SEC's Grounds for Disapproving Bitcoin ETFs
February 14, 2019--Brian Quintenz, a Commissioner at the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has argued against the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) grounds for not approving a Bitcoin (BTC) exchange traded fund (ETF). Quintenz made his remarks during a panel at the BiPartisan Policy Center in Washington D.C. on Feb. 12.
Quintenz specifically argued that potential price manipulation should not be a barrier to the SEC approving a Bitcoin ETF. The CFTC Commissioner participated in the panel alongside SEC Commissioner Heister Peirce. Peirce has notably earned the moniker of "crypto mom" due to her vocal dissent against the SEC's move to twice reject a BTC ETF proposal from the Winklevoss twins.
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Source: cointelegraph.com
JPMorgan Chase to create digital coins using blockchain for payments
February 14, 2019--JPMorgan Chase & Co said on Thursday it plans to launch its own digital coins, called "JPM Coin", that customers will be able to use for instant transfer of payments over a blockchain network.
The largest U.S. bank by assets said customers, on depositing money at the bank, will be issued the cryptocurrency that they will be able to use for transactions over the network with other JPMorgan clients.
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Source: Reuters
Managing Volatility-Considerations for Defensive Strategies
February 14, 2019--Recent market turbulence has refocused attention on the potential long-term benefits of defensive investment strategies.
In our new paper, "Implementation considerations for defensive strategies: A look at three approaches," we take an in-depth look at three such approaches: Low Volatility Factor (LVF), Minimum Variance (Min Var) and Equal Risk Contribution (ERC).
view the Implementation considerations for defensive strategies-A look at three approaches paper
Source: FTSE Russell
Financial advisers head to cash as stocks move up
February 14, 2019--Bigger cash weightings reveal a preference for safety over returns as the bull market ages.
Never mind that the stock market is up more than 8% from the start of the year. For a lot of professional investors and financial advisers, the risk-off mood that was triggered late last year has been hard to shake.
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Source: investmentnews.com
CFTC.gov Swaps Report Update
February 13, 2019--CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
WisdomTree Announces Changes to ETF Family
February 13, 2019--WisdomTree (NASDAQ: WETF), an exchange-traded fund ("ETF") and exchange-traded product ("ETP") sponsor and asset manager, today announced plans to close and liquidate eight WisdomTree ETFs.
The ETFs will no longer accept creation orders after Thursday, March 14, 2019. The final day of trading on the ETFs’ respective exchanges will also be Thursday, March 14, 2019. Shareholders who do not sell their ETF shares by this date will have their shares automatically redeemed for cash based on each ETF's net asset value (NAV), which is expected to be provided to shareholders through their brokers or other financial intermediaries on or around Monday, March 25, 2019, following the last day of operations, which is expected to be Friday, March 22, 2019.
view Invesco further strengthens currency-hedged Canadian ETF lineup
With the addition of the CAD-hedged series, investors can now choose to invest in the ETF on either a CAD-unhedged (ILV) or CAD-hedged (ILV.F) basis. view more ETF Tied to Bitcoin Futures Withdrawn After SEC Staff Request view more Scientific Beta Newsletter Issue no. 24, January/February 2019-A More Robust Defensive Offering view more Former Fed Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer to Join BlackRock
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Source: WisdomTree
Series added to Invesco S&P International Developed Low Volatility Index ETF (ILV)
February 13, 2019--Invesco today announced the launch of a new CAD-hedged series for Invesco S&P International Developed Low Volatility Index ETF† (ticker symbol "ILV.F").
The initial offering of ILV.F has now closed, and it will be available for trading on TSX at market open today.
Source: Invesco Canada Ltd
February 13, 2019--Reality Shares ETF Trusts, a division of Blockforce Capital, is withdrawing an exchange-traded fund proposal that, if approved, would have included exposure to bitcoin futures.
The move comes just days after the proposal for the Reality Shares Blockforce Global Currency Strategy ETF was first submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). According to a note submitted to the SEC on Tuesday, the company withdrew its ETF proposal at the request of agency staffers.
Source: coindesk.com
February 13, 2019--Scientific Beta has designed a defensive offering in answer to investors' needs for a reduction in volatility compared to the cap-weighted index, as well as a protection of capital in bear markets.
This is achieved through the Smart Beta 2.0 construction framework, which first selects stocks with low volatility, then applies a High-Factor-Intensity (HFI) filter to remove stocks with the lowest multi-factor scores, and finally diversifies away idiosyncratic risks with a diversified weighting scheme.
Source: scientificbeta.com
February 13, 2019--Former Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer will join BlackRock Inc. as a senior adviser, the asset manager said Wednesday.
Mr. Fischer is joining the BlackRock Investment Institute, the investment analysis division of the world's largest asset manager.
Source: Wall Street Journal
