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Goldman Wants a 100% Margin on Some Bitcoin Futures Trades
December 14, 2017--Interactive Brokers to require 50% margin long, 240% short
Brokers impose margin requirements above clearinghouses
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. demanded some clients set aside funds equal to the full value of their bitcoin futures trade as a condition for clearing the transaction, according to people familiar with the investments.
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Source: Bloomberg
Fed Raises Rates, Eyes Three 2018 Hikes as Yellen Era Nears End
December 13, 2017--Central bank expects labor market to 'remain strong'
Kashkari, Evans dissent, preferring to leave rates unchanged
Federal Reserve officials followed through on an expected interest-rate increase and raised their forecast for economic growth in 2018, even as they stuck with a projection for three hikes in the coming year.
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Source: Bloomberg
First Trust Announces Name Changes for First Trust Low Beta Income ETF and First Trust High Income ETF
December 13, 2017--First Trust Advisors L.P. ("First Trust") announced today that two First Trust exchange-traded funds are changing their names. First Trust Low Beta Income ETF (Nasdaq: FTLB) is changing its name to First Trust Hedged BuyWrite Income ETF, and First Trust High Income ETF (Nasdaq: FTHI) is changing its name to First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF.
The Funds' ticker symbols and CUSIPS are not changing. First Trust anticipates that the changes will be effective on each Funds' respective exchange on or around Thursday, December 14, 2017.
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Source: First Trust Advisors L.P.
AlphaClone ETFs to Change Indices, Lower Fees and Transfer Exchanges
December 13, 2017--Exchange Traded Concepts, LLC, investment adviser to the AlphaClone Alternative Alpha ETF (NYSE Arca: ALFA), and AlphaClone Inc., investment adviser to the AlphaClone International ETF (NYSE Arca: ALFI), announced today several exciting changes to the AlphaClone ETFs.
Effective December 27, 2017, the AlphaClone ETFs will change the underlying indexes that they track -the AlphaClone Alternative Alpha ETF will begin tracking the AlphaClone Hedge Fund Masters Index and the AlphaClone International ETF will begin tracking the AlphaClone International Index.
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Source: Exchange Traded Concepts, LLC
IndexIQ Launches The IQ Chaikin U.S. Large Cap ETF (CLRG)
December 13, 2017--Fund joins CSML as IndexIQ builds a suite of multi-factor solutions leveraging the Chaikin Power Gauge.
IndexIQ, a New York Life Investments company, and a leading provider of innovative ETF solutions, today announced the launch of the IQ Chaikin U.S. Large Cap ETF (NASDAQ: CLRG)
CLRG is the second ETF brought to market by the IndexIQ team designed to leverage the Chaikin Power Gauge(R) (CPG), a proprietary quantitative stock rating model developed by Marc Chaikin, an investment strategist with 50 years of market experience.
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Source: IndexIQ
CFTC.gov Swaps Report Update
December 13, 2017--CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
S-Network appointed as calculation agent for two indexes at Milliman Financial Risk Management
December 13, 2017--S-Network Global Indexes today announced that it has been appointed as calculation agent for two of Milliman Financial Risk Management's (Milliman FRM) core index strategies: the Milliman Managed Risk Parity Growth Index (ticker: MMRPG) and the Milliman Managed Risk Parity Moderate Index (ticker: MMRPM).
The indexes employ a proprietary methodology to adjust exposure to certain exchange-traded funds based on key risk factors.
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Source: S-Network Global Indexes
Vanguard Using Blockchain Technology To Improve Index Data Distribution
December 12, 2017--Partnership with Symbiont and CRSP(R) will increase capital markets transparency and automate processes essential to investment community
Vanguard, in close collaboration with the Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP(R)) and technology provider Symbiont, is leading an effort to simplify the index data sharing process through innovative blockchain technology.
This partnership between the three organizations will enable index data to move instantly between index providers and market participants over one decentralized database.
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Source: Vanguard
VelocityShares(R) Launches Suite of Ten Currency-Related ETNs Linked to 4x Leveraged Long Currency Indices
December 12, 2017-VelocityShares, a Janus Henderson Group plc (NYSE:JHG) (ASX:JHG) brand that creates exchange traded products for institutional investors, announces the launch of a suite of ten series of currency-related exchange traded notes (ETNs), to be traded on the NYSE Arca exchange.
Each series of the VelocityShares currency ETNs is linked to a Velocity Shares Daily 4X leveraged long currency index. The ETNs are designed to offer 4 times leveraged exposure, reset daily, to changes in the exchange rate between the US Dollar and any one of the following five currencies: Japanese Yen (JPY), Euro (EUR), British Pound (GBP), Swiss Franc (CHF) and Australian Dollar (AUD).
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Source: Janus Henderson
Cboe Welcomes New Pacer Fund to ETF Marketplace
December 12, 2017--Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE|Nasdaq: CBOE), one of the world's largest exchange holding companies, today welcomed a new Pacer fund to the Cboe ETF Marketplace.
The Pacer WealthShield ETF (Cboe: PWS) is an exchange traded fund that seeks to track the total return performance,
before fees and expenses, of the Pacer WealthShield Index.
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Source: Cboe Global Markets
