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DR Index Monthly Performance-December 2017
January 4, 2017--The BNY Mellon DR Index Monthly Performance for November 2017 report is now available.
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Source: BNY Mellon
Thomson Reuters-U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: Despite a Good Beginning to 2018, Fund Investors Are Net Redeemers for the Week
January 4, 2018--Despite a rather good start for equities in 2018, for the second week in three investors were net sellers of fund assets (including those of conventional funds and ETFs), withdrawing $12.3 billion.
Fund investors padded the coffers of taxable bond funds (+$3.3 billion) but were net redeemers of equity funds (-$8.4 billion), money market funds (-$7.1 billion), and municipal bond funds (-$48 million) for the week.
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Source: Thomson Reuters
Cboe Global Markets Reports Trading Volume for December and Full Year 2017
January 4, 2018--Options ADV up 11%, Futures ADV up 23%, Global FX ADNV up 10% over 2016
Total Index Options, SPX Options, VIX Options and VIX Futures Set Annual Volume Records
Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE | Nasdaq: CBOE), one of the world's largest exchange
holding companies, today reported December and full-year 2017 trading statistics at www.cboe.com/monthlyvolrpc.
The data sheet "Cboe Global Markets Monthly Volume & RPC/Net Revenue Capture Report" contains an overview of certain December and full-year 2017 statistics. Data sheets are available on an as reported and combined basis for 2017 and 2016.
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Source: Cboe Global Markets
Vanguard retains title as world's fastest-growing asset manager
January 4, 2018--Fund house's assets pass $5tn milestone, closing gap on arch rival BlackRock.
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Source: FT.com
Arrow Funds Expands ETF Lineup With Two Differentiated International Equity Strategies
January 3, 2017---The Arrow DWA Country Rotation ETF (NASDAQ:DWCR) seeks out top performers, while the Arrow Dogs of the World ETF (NYSE:DOGS) uses a contrarian approach to find value among the worst performers.
Arrow Funds today announced the launch of two exchange traded funds (ETFs) that offer distinct, yet complementary, approaches to international investing. Both the Arrow DWA Country Rotation ETF (NASDAQ:DWCR) and the Arrow Dogs of the World ETF (NYSE:DOGS) look to provide opportunities to capitalize on international market shifts and generate alpha, while employing vastly different methodologies to achieve their objectives.
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Source: Arrow Funds
SEC judge reaffirms '16 market data decision in favor of exchanges
January 3, 2018--Stock exchanges notched a key legal victory related to their highly profitable, yet controversial, market data businesses with a recent decision from a Securities and Exchange Commission administrative law judge.
On a Dec. 21, 2017, court filing, SEC Chief Administrative Law Judge Brenda Murray ratified a June 2016 decision that exchanges' market data businesses are subject to competitive forces. The decision could mark the end of a nearly five-year court battle originally brought by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, a group composed of dozens of broker/dealers and banks, against exchange operators Nasdaq Inc. and the New York Stock Exchange, which is owned by Intercontinental Exchange Inc.
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Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence
Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee December 12-13, 2017
January 3, 2018--Developments in Financial Markets and Open Market Operations
The manager of the System Open Market Account (SOMA) reported on developments in domestic and international financial markets over the intermeeting period.
Equity prices moved higher over the period, with market participants pointing to the likely passage of tax reform legislation as an important factor contributing to the rise. The narrowing of the spread between long-and short-term Treasury yields over recent months had been a focus of market attention. Market participants cited a range of factors as contributing to this narrowing, including the gradual firming in the stance of monetary policy as well as an increasing expectation among investors that the Treasury Department would issue substantial volumes of shorter-term securities in meeting its financing needs over coming years.
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Source: federalreserve.gov
Schwab ETF OneSourceTM Adds a Dozen New Commission-Free ETFs1
January 3, 2018--Assets in Commission-Free ETF Program Surpassed $100 Billion in 2017
Charles Schwab announced that Schwab ETF OneSourceTM, one of the largest commission-free ETF programs in the industry, is adding twelve new ETFs to its lineup effective today.
With these additions, investors and advisors can access 254 ETFs covering 69 Morningstar Categories with $0 online commissions, no enrollment requirements and no early redemption fees-key differentiators for investors comparing Schwab ETF OneSource to other commission-free ETF offerings.
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Source: Schwab ETF OneSource
State Street Global Advisors Launches Three 'Innovative Industry' ETFs Designed to Provide Investors Access to Companies Whose Products and Services are Driving Innovation Behind Industries Propelling the New Economy
January 3, 2018--State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), the asset management business of State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), today announced the launch of three SPDR ETFs tracking Kensho New Economies indices.
Designed to complement State Street Global Advisors' existing sector and industry SPDR ETF suite, the new ETFs may help investors by providing both tactical and long-term innovative investment ideas with a transparent, rules-based approach.
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Source: State Street Global Advisors
CFTC.gov Swaps Report Update
January 3, 2017--CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
