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Lower Volatility Smart Beta Funds-A Safe Haven in Turbulent Times?
Part 2 of a Series on Multifactor Smart Beta ETFs
October 5, 2016--Smart Beta funds are hot
According to ETF.com, more than half of the 150 funds launched in 2016 implemented smart beta strategies. For the year to June 30, 2016, ETFGI's most recent data show that assets in smart beta funds have a five-year annual compound growth rate of 31.3 percent.
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Source: MPI Research Corner
John Hancock Investments adds five sector ETFs to commission-free[1] line up available through Schwab ETF OneSource(TM)
October 5, 2016--John Hancock Investments announced today that five of the company's sector-based ETFs have been added by Charles Schwab to their Schwab ETF OneSource(TM) program.
All 11 John Hancock Multifactor ETFs are now available commission free on the platform, under certain conditions.
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Source: John Hancock Investments
Franklin Templeton Launches Actively Managed ETF Suite
October 5, 2016--Franklin Templeton Investments today launched a new suite of actively managed ETFs to its Franklin LibertyShares platform.
The suite includes two new active ETFs, Franklin Liberty U.S. Low Volatility ETF (FLLV) and Franklin Liberty Investment Grade Corporate ETF (FLCO), as well as Franklin Liberty Short Duration U.S. Government ETF (FTSD), an active ETF launched in 2013.
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Source: finance.yahoo.com
Tradeweb U.S. ETF Trading Volume Surpasses $12 Billion Year-to-date
October 5, 2016--Electronic RFQ Trading Delivers Competitive Pricing and Access to Liquidity for Institutional Investors
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Source: tradeweb.com
CBOE Holdings Reports September 2016 Trading Volume
October 4, 2016--Total ADV Up 25% from August 2016, 3% from Year Ago.
CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) reported today that September average daily volume (ADV) for options contracts traded on Chicago Board Options Exchange(R) (CBOE(R)) and C2 Options Exchange (C2), and futures contracts traded on CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE(R)) was 5.1 million contracts, an increase of 25 percent from August 2016 and 3 percent from September 2015.
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Source: CBOE
Intercontinental Exchange Completes Acquisition of S&P Global's Standard and Poor's Securities Evaluations and Credit Market Analysis
October 4, 2016--Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, announced it has today completed its all-cash acquisition of S&P Global's (NYSE: SPGI) Standard & Poor's Securities Evaluations (SPSE), a leading provider of fixed income evaluated pricing, and Credit Market Analysis (CMA), a leading provider of independent data for the over-the-counter (OTC) markets, including credit derivatives and bonds.
The transaction was announced in March.
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Source: Intercontinental Exchange
ETF Prism Report: The Smart Cost of Smart Beta
October 4, 2016--What is Smart Beta?
Any ETF that follows a non-traditional market cap index in an effort to produce superior risk adjusted returns.
Smart Cost of Smart Beta
At Toroso We have developed a proprietary software to evaluate the cost of Smart Beta in a fast, efficient way. It is a Four Step Process that you can learn here, in our ETF Prism Report.
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Source: Toroso
Merk Insight: End of Dollar Dominance?
October 4, 2016--The end of U.S. dollar dominance may be unfolding in front of our eyes. No, we don't think China's ascent is the key threat; instead, key to understanding the U.S. dollar may be to understand the money market fund you might hold.
Let me explain what's unfolding in front of our eyes, and what it might mean for the U.S. dollar and global markets.
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Source: Merk Investments
Hartford Funds Launches US-Focused Real Estate ETF
October 4, 2016--Hartford Funds today has expanded its suite of strategic beta* exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") with the launch of the industry's first US-focused real estate investment trust ("REIT") ETF to apply the innovations of risk-first investment design with a multifactor approach (Ticker: RORE).
RORE seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond to the total return performance of the Lattice Risk-Optimized Real Estate Strategy Index (Bloomberg Ticker: LROREX), which tracks the performance of publicly traded real estate investment trusts.
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Source: Hartford Funds
AdvisorShares-This Week in Active ETFs: What The FARC?
October 3, 2016--Highlights of the Prior week of September 26, 2016 to September 30, 2016--By now you know that a peace deal that would have ended decades of civil war in Colombia failed a general election after polls indicating the measure would pass easily.
We mention it for two reasons, there are a couple of ETFs that track Colombia
as well as several ADRs and because this is at least the second very surprising election result in the last few months.
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Source: AdvisorShares
