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ROBO Global Robotics & Automation Index ETF (ROBO) Surpasses $2 Billion in Assets Under Management
January 18, 2018--ROBO returned 49 percent to investors in the last 12 months
After doubling its assets in the last five months, the ROBO Global Robotics & Automation Index ETF (Nasdaq: ROBO) crossed the $2 billion assets under management (AUM) threshold.
ROBO, which tracks the ROBO Global Robotics & Automation Index, returned 49 percent to investors in the last 12 months and 76 percent since inception in fall 2013. The index, created by ROBO Global, is the first in the world to track the global robotics, automation and artificial intelligence (RAAI) sector.
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Source: ROBO Global ETFs
SEC says bitcoin funds raise 'investor protection issues'
January 18, 2018--The U.S. securities regulator on Thursday raised alarm about the safety of bitcoin-themed investments, telling the fund industry they want answers to their concerns before endorsing more than a dozen proposed products based on cryptocurrencies.
A top division chief at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission detailed the agency's concerns about the wild-trading investment in a letter to two trade groups representing fund managers who unleashed a range of proposals for funds holding bitcoin or related assets.
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Source: Reuters
Fidelity Launches International Factor-Based ETFs
January 18, 2018--Fidelity Investors Now Have Access to 93 Commission-Free ETFs
Fidelity Investments, one of the industry's leading providers of exchange traded funds (ETFs) with more than $300 billion in ETF assets under administration,ii today announced it is expanding its factor-based ETF offerings for individual investors and financial advisors with the introduction of two international factor-based ETFs:
Fidelity International High Dividend ETF (FIDI) and Fidelity International Value Factor ETF (FIVA).
The new ETFs, which began trading on the New York Stock Exchange today, are competitively priced with total expense ratios of just 0.39%. They are available to individual investors and financial advisors commission-freeiii through Fidelity's online brokerage platforms.
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Source: lifehealth.com
NYSE to launch new NYSE National exchange in second quarter
January 17, 2018--New York Stock Exchange parent Intercontinental Exchange Inc (ICE) plans to launch its fourth U.S. stock market, NYSE National, in the second quarter, according to a recent regulatory filing.
NYSE National will be the 13th U.S. stock exchange and will differ from the NYSE, NYSE Arca, and NYSE American in that it will only be a trading venue and not a listing market, NYSE said in the Jan. 12 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Source: channelnewsasia.com
The Future of ETFs: 2018
January 17, 2018--In this week's ETF industry update, we examine what the ETF space will look like in 2018.
Last week Ari Weinberg wrote in the WSJ a collection of ETF growth predictions for 2018.
On January 9th, Barron's published an abridged version titled, "What to Watch for in ETFs in 2018."
Below we list the 5 things that they predict and give our take on each one. Number three is especially interesting.
ETF Predictions from the articles:
PREDICTION 1: Fixed-income ETFs
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Source: Toroso Investments
Treasury International Capital Data For November
January 17, 2018--The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for November 2017. The next release, which will report on data for December 2017, is scheduled for February 15, 2018.
The sum total in November of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a monthly net TIC inflow of $33.8 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $49.7 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $15.9 billion.
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Source: treasury.gov
Strategy Shares Launches Strategy Shares Nasdaq 7HANDLTM Index ETF (HNDL)
January 17, 2018--HNDL Based on First-of-Its-Kind Target Distribution Index powered by Nasdaq Dorsey Wright
Strategy Shares, a family of exchange traded funds (ETFs) focused on bringing unique strategies to the ETF marketplace, today launched the Strategy Shares Nasdaq 7HANDLTM Index ETF (HNDL). The ETF seeks to generate results that correlate generally to the performance of an index within a new indexing category called Target Distribution Indexes, and is designed to support a 7.0% annual distribution rate, all or a portion of which may include a return of capital.
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Source: Strategy Shares
Reality Shares Launches Blockchain ETF
January 17, 2018--Trading under ticker BLCN, the exchange-traded fund (ETF) seeks to invest in transformative distributed ledger technology that powers cryptocurrency market, among other uses
Reality Shares, an innovative asset management firm, ETF issuer and index provider, today launches an ETF to invest in leading global companies creating and implementing blockchain solutions.
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Source: Reality Shares
ETF Industry Leader Linda Zhang Launches Purview Impact Solutions
January 17, 2018--New firm will provide actively managed portfolios of ETFs; the initial product-Purview Impact Solutions-will focus on global investing through ESG lenses
Linda Zhang, Ph.D. and ETF industry leader, is today formally announcing the launch of Purview Investments, a new provider of high-quality ETF research and actively managed Exchanged Traded Fund (ETF) portfolios.
Purview's initial product, Purview Impact Solutions, is a global multi-asset product built using primarily environmental, social and governance (ESG) ETFs as the underlying holdings. It will provide clients the opportunity to invest in companies around the world that are screened according to industry accepted ESG criteria. The investment solution is managed using Dr. Zhang's proprietary research and process.
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Source: Purview Investments
BlackRock CEO to Companies: Pay Attention To "Societal Impact"
January 16, 2018--Laurence Fink called on CEOs of companies in which BlackRock invests to articulate long-term plans and how their organizations contribute to society
Laurence Fink in his annual letter to chief executives of companies in which BlackRock invests called on them to better articulate their long-term plans and how their organizations contribute to society, and said the New York money manager will have more frequent and in-depth conversations with them. He has made similar appeals to CEOs in past letters.
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Source: Wall Street Journal
