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Mackenzie announces change to Mackenzie Maximum Diversification US Index ETF
June 12, 2017--Mackenzie Financial Corporation (Mackenzie Investments) announced today a reclassification of the Mackenzie Maximum Diversification US Index ETF risk rating from "Low to Medium" to "Medium".
The ETF seeks to replicate the performance of the TOBAM Maximum Diversification USA Index, or any successor thereto. It invests primarily in U.S. equity securities.
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Source: mackenzieinvestments.com
AdvisorShares Announces ETF Closures
June 12, 2017--AdvisorShares, a leading sponsor of actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs), announced today that the AdvisorShares QAM Equity Hedge ETF (NYSE Arca: QEH) and the AdvisorShares Market Adaptive Unconstrained Income ETF (NASDAQ: MAUI) will close.
The AdvisorShares Board of Trustees approved the closings and subsequent liquidations of QEH and MAUI. The last day of trading for both funds will be June 23, 2017, which will also be the final day for creations or redemptions by authorized participants.
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Source: AdvisorShares
Treasury Releases First Report on Core Principles of Financial Regulation Stimulating Economic Growth, Increasing Access to Capital & Taxpayer Protection Are Top Priorities
June 12, 2017-The U.S. Department of the Treasury today issued its first in a series of reports to President Donald J. Trump examining the United States' financial regulatory system and detailing executive actions and regulatory changes that can be immediately undertaken to provide much-needed relief.
"Properly structuring regulation of the U.S. financial system is critical to achieve the administration's goal of sustained economic growth and to create opportunities for all Americans to benefit from a stronger economy," said U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin. "We are focused on encouraging a market environment where consumers have more choices, access to capital and safe loan products-while ensuring taxpayer-funded bailouts are truly a thing of the past."
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U.S. Department of the Treasury report
Source: US Department of the Treasury
DeFAANGed: 10 Most Exposed ETFs
June 11, 2017--The market's "Fab Five" technology stocks-Facebook (FB), Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), Netflix (NFLX) and Google (GOOGL and/or GOOG)-often called by their acronym FAANG, had a bad day on Friday after research notes from Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Asset Management and others warned that these stocks were too expensive.
Owning these five stocks, which together accounted for more than 40% of the S&P 500's gains this year before Friday's selloff according to an article in this weekend's edition of Barron's, are an extremely crowded trade.
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Source: AltaVista Research
Tech sell-off: time to look at ETFs?
June 9, 2017--Symptom or cause? Trading activity on one of the largest and oldest exchange-traded funds that tracks many of the biggest US tech groups..
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Source: FT.com
CFTC.gov Commitments of Traders Reports Update
June 9, 2017--The current reports for the week of June 06, 2017 are now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
Barclays to Automatically Redeem the iPath(R) Short Enhanced MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETN
June 9, 2017--Barclays Bank PLC announced today the automatic redemption of the iPath(R) Short Enhanced MSCI Emerging Markets Index Exchange Traded Note (ticker: EMSA) (the "ETNs").
The ETNs are being redeemed as the result of an automatic termination event occurring on June 8, 2017, the automatic termination date.
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Source: Barclays
BlackRock names Goldman Sachs' Brownlie as U.S. head of fixed-income ETFs
June 8, 2017--BlackRock Inc said on Thursday it hired Goldman Sachs' Heather Brownlie as its U.S. head of fixed-income ETFs.
Brownlie, who most recently was the global head of fixed-income for private wealth management in Goldman Sachs' investment management division, will lead BlackRock's fixed-income ETFs unit across product, sales, capital markets and marketing, a BlackRock spokeswoman said.
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Source: Reuters
WisdomTree Cross-Lists New ETF on Bolsa Mexicana de Valores
June 8, 2017--New ETF Designed to Help Mexican Investors Diversify Market Exposure
WisdomTree Investments, Inc. (Nasdaq:WETF), an exchange-traded fund ("ETF") and exchange-traded product ("ETP") sponsor and asset manager, today announced that the WisdomTree Global ex-Mexico Equity Fund (XMX) has been listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange, Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (BMV), S.A.B. de C.V.
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Source: WisdomTree
Horizons ETFs Announces Changes to the Horizons Medical Marijuana Life Sciences ETF
June 8, 2017--Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. ("Horizon ETFs") has announced that it will change the name of the Horizons Medical Marijuana Life Sciences ETF to "Horizons Marijuana Life Sciences Index ETF" effective on or about June 15, 2017.y.
Its primary ticker symbol, HMMJ, will remain the same. HMMJ is the first ETF in the world that offers direct exposure to North American-listed companies with significant business activities in the marijuana industry.
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Source: Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc.
