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Blue Sky Asset Management Launches the QuantX Family of ETFs
January 26, 2017--Initial suite of five ETFs brings proprietary Blue Sky approaches in risk management and dynamic beta to the 40 Act fund world for the first time
Blue Sky Asset Management, an innovative asset manager known for creating sound and intelligent quantitative solutions for portfolio construction challenges, has launched a new suite of ETFs under the "QuantX" brand, it was announced today.
The five ETFs in the QuantX family, all listed on BATS, incorporate various proprietary strategies from the Blue Sky team, developed over the past several years and previously only available to investors in a separate account wrapper.
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Source: Marketwired.com
Franklin Templeton Launches Its First Actively International ETF
January 25, 2017--Franklin Templeton Investments (BEN) is expanding its suite of actively-managed exchange-traded funds.
The asset manager announced today the launch of the Franklin Liberty International Opportunities ETF with the ticker FLIO. It is the firm's first actively-managed international fund, offering broad and diversified access to equity markets in developed, emerging and frontier markets, and across sectors and market capitalization.
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Source: Barron's
The Forum at ETF Research Center-Has Smart Beta Stalled?
January 25, 2017--Market share gains by "Smart Beta" ETFs appear to have all but stalled last year. By our calculations, assets under management (AUM) grew by just one half of one percentage point to 28.8% of all equity ETFs, excluding leveraged and inverse funds.
Back at the end of 2010, smart beta funds had a market share of 18.3% of AUM
Our definition of smart beta is fairly expansive, including any funds that select constituents on fundamental-or momentum-based metrics or proprietary methods, and/or funds that weight constituents on any measure other than market cap or price.
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Source: AltaVista Research
Dynamic Funds and BlackRock Canada's iShares Business Launch Active ETF Lineup
January 25, 2017--Dynamic Funds and BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited ("BlackRock Canada") today announced the launch of its actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETF) lineup.
The new suite of five Dynamic iShares Active ETFs combines Dynamic's style of active portfolio management with BlackRock's industry-leading ETF execution and operational expertise.
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Source: BlackRock
NYSE Outlines 2017 Equity Market Strategy
January 25, 2017--NYSE Group (NYSE), part of Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), today detailed its equity markets strategy, which aims to deliver greater choice for corporate and ETF issuers and to investors by offering four unique exchange venues, including an exchange designed exclusively for small and mid-cap companies.
The group's iconic New York Stock Exchange will continue to operate as the premium venue for corporate listings' and the only market to offer floor-based Designated Market Makers (DMMs) delivering the leading market quality and flawless IPOs.
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Source: finance.yahoo.com
BlackRock-5 questions to ask your advisor about ETFs
January 25, 2017--Exchange traded funds (ETFs) have joined mutual funds and individual stocks as mainstream investment tools, and their popularity is only growing.
The past year saw record flows into stock and bond ETFs. Today, one in four U.S. investors owns ETFs, according to BlackRock's ETF Pulse survey; half of all investors plan to purchase them in the next 12 months.
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Source: BlackRock
JPMorgan just landed a $1 trillion win in a growing business
January 25, 2017--State Street's pain has turned out to be JPMorgan's gain.
BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, announced that it would move over $1 trillion of its assets from the custody of State Street to its rival JPMorgan to cut costs for clients.
JPMorgan said it expected to take charge of BlackRock's assets over the next two years.
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Source: businessinsider.com
CBO-The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2017 to 2027
January 24, 2017--If current laws remained generally unchanged, deficits would follow an upward trajectory over the next decade, driving up federal debt. CBO projects moderate economic growth during that period.
In fiscal year 2016, for the first time since 2009, the federal budget deficit increased in relation to the nation's economic output.
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Source: Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
IMF Working Paper-Financial and Business Cycles in Brazil
January 24, 2017--Summary: This paper explores the nexus between the financial cycle and business cycle in Brazil. Cycles are estimated using a variety of commonly-used statistical methods and with a small, semistructural model of the Brazilian economy.
An advantage of using the model-based approach is that financial and business cycles can be jointly estimated, allowing information from all key economic relationships to be used in a consistent way. The results show that Brazil is now in the downturn phase of the financial cycle. Moreover, the results underscore the importance of macro-financial linkages and highlight risks to the recovery going forward.
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Source: IMF
ClearShares files with the SEC
January 24, 2017--ClearShares has filed a application for exemptive relief with the SEC.
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Source: SEC.gov
