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Horizons Launches New Marijuana ETF on NEO
February 15, 2018--The NEO Exchange ("NEO") is pleased to announce that Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. ("Horizons ETFs") launched the Horizons Emerging Marijuana Growers Index ETF on NEO today.
With the launch of this new ETF, represented by the ticker HMJR Horizons ETFs becomes the ninth ETF provider to list products on NEO.
HMJR seeks to replicate the Emerging Marijuana Growers Index, net of expenses. The index provides direct exposure to small-capitalization companies that are primarily involved in the cultivation, production and/or distribution of marijuana.
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Source: NEO Exchange
ETFGI Reports Assets Invested In ETFs Listed In Canada Reach Record High Of US$122 Billion At The End Of January 2018
February 16, 2018--According to ETFGI's January 2018 Canada ETF and ETP industry insights report, a monthly report included in an annual paid-for research subscription service, assets invested in ETFs listed in Canada reached a record high of US$122 billion at the end of January 2018, shattering the previous record of US$117 Bn set at the end of 2017.
(All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)
Highlights
Assets invested in ETFs listed in Canada increased by $4.94 billion during January to reach a new record high of $122 billion
In January 2018, ETFs listed in Canada saw net inflows of $1.68 billion
Equity ETFs gathered the largest net inflows with US$852 Mn, followed by active ETFs with US$636 Mn.
During January 2018 assets invested in ETFs listed in Canada increased by $4.94 Bn, or 4.23%, representing the greatest absolute monthly increase for almost two years.
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Source: ETFGI
CFTC.gov Commitments of Traders Reports Update
February 16, 2018--The current reports for the week of February 13, 2018 are now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
Deutsche Asset Management Lowers Expense Ratio and Changes Underlying Index for High Dividend Yield Equity ETF Suite
February 16, 2018--Deutsche Asset Management1 (Deutsche AM) announced that, effective February 13, 2018, it has reduced the net expense ratios for two high dividend yield equity Xtrackers exchange-traded funds (ETFs):
In addition to the fee reduction, HDAW and HDEF will begin to track the unhedged version of their respective indices.
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Source: Deutsche Asset Management
WisdomTree Announces Changes to ETF Family
February 16, 2018--WisdomTree (NASDAQ:WETF), an exchange-traded fund ("ETF") and exchange-traded product ("ETP") sponsor and asset manager, today announced plans to close and liquidate nine of its ETFs.
The Funds will no longer accept creation orders after Friday, March 16, 2018. The final day of trading on the Funds' respective exchanges will also be Friday, March 16, 2018.
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Source: WisdomTree
Vanguard Launches U.S. Factor Funds
February 15, 2018--New suite of funds marks firm's first actively managed ETFs in the U.S.
Vanguard today launched six new factor-based ETFs-the firm's first actively managed ETFs in the U.S.-and one factor-based mutual fund.
Vanguard's five single factor funds seek to achieve specific risk or return objectives through targeted factor exposures-minimum volatility, value, momentum, liquidity, and quality-and will have an estimated expense ratio of 0.13%. The sixth ETF and mutual fund follows a multi-factor approach and has an estimated expense ratio of 0.18%.
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Source: Vanguard
Treasury International Capital Data For December
February 15, 2018--The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for December 2017. The next release, which will report on data for January 2018, is scheduled for March 15, 2018.
The sum total in December of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a monthly net TIC outflow of $119.3 billion. Of this, net foreign private outflows were $70.0 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $49.3 billion.
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Source: US Department of the Treasury
CFTC Warns Customers to Avoid Pump-and-Dump Schemes
February 15, 2018--The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued a Customer Protection Advisory that warns customers to beware of and avoid pump-and-dump schemes that can occur in thinly traded or new "alternative" virtual currencies, digital coins or tokens.
"As with many online frauds, this type of scam is not new-it simply deploys an emerging technology to capitalize on public interest in digital assets," said CFTC Director of Public Affairs Erica Elliott Richardson. "Pump-and-dump schemes long pre-date the invention of virtual currencies, and typically conjure the image of penny stock boiler rooms, but customers should know that these frauds have evolved and are prevalent online. Even experienced investors can become targets of professional fraudsters who are experts at deploying seemingly credible information in an attempt to deceive.
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Source: CFTC.gov
SEC Kills Chinese-Linked Takeover of Chicago Stock Exchange
February 15, 2018--Donald Trump blasted deal during the presidential campaign
Chicago exchange wanted to become a hub for Chinese stocks
U.S. regulators rejected a bid by a Chinese-linked consortium to take over the Chicago Stock Exchange, extinguishing an ambitious dream of starting an international listing venue from a minuscule market.
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Source: Bloomberg
Cboe Global Markets to List SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) Monday-Expiring Weekly Options
February 15, 2018--Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE | Nasdaq: CBOE), one of the world's largest exchange holding companies, today announced that it plans to list SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (ticker symbol: SPY) options that expire on Mondays, beginning February 16, 2018, subject to rule filing effectiveness.
The new series of SPY options are expected to be listed on Cboe Global Markets' four options exchanges: Cboe Options, C2 Options, Cboe BZX Options and Cboe EDGX Options.
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Source: Cboe Global Markets
