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Fund firms Janus Capital, Henderson agree merger
October 3, 2016--
Fund management firms Janus Capital and Henderson Global Investors have agreed an all-share merger to form a company managing more than $320 billion in assets, the firms said on Monday.
The merger will involve a share exchange in which each Janus share will be exchanged for 4.719 newly issued shares in Henderson, the firms said in a statement.
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Source: Reuters
AltaVista-October 2016 ETF Analyzer--Sector SPDR Edition
October 3, 2016--The AltaVista-October 2016 ETF Analyzer--Sector SPDR Edition is now available.
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Source: AltaVista Research
Goldman Sachs Asset Management Launches Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF
November 3, 2016--Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF (Ticker: GVIP) Seeks to Track an Index of 50 Stocks Widely Held By Hedge Fund Managers
Goldman Sachs Asset Management ("GSAM") today launched an ETF seeking to track the Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund VIP Index (the "Index"), a proprietary index maintained by GSAM.
First Trust Announces Joint Shareholder Approval of First Trust Dividend and Income Fund's Merger into First Trust High Income ETF, an Actively-Managed Exchange-Traded Fund
October 3, 2016--First Trust Advisors L.P. ("FTA") announced today that shareholders of First Trust Dividend and Income Fund (NYSE: FAV), a closed-end fund managed by FTA, have approved the fund's merger with and into First Trust High Income ETF (Nasdaq: FTHI), an actively-managed exchange-traded fund and series of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VI (the "Trust"), at a Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders on October 3, 2016.
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Source: First Trust
Fifteen Years After Decimalization, 'Tick Size' Widening for Some Small-Company Stocks
October 2, 2016--Beginning Monday, select companies will trade in five-cent increments instead of one-cent; pilot program to run for two years.
Shares in some small companies will start trading in five-rather than one-cent increments Monday, in the first adjustment to "tick" sizes since the decimalization of the U.S. stock market 15 years ago.
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Source: Wall Street Journal
Research Affiliates-Timing "Smart Beta' Strategies? Of Course! Buy Low, Sell High!
October 1, 2016--Key Points
A contrarian timing approach-emphasizing factors or strategies trading cheap relative to their own historical norms, and deemphasizing the more expensive factors or strategies-can improve performance, but should be used in moderation to avoid increasing portfolio risk from a loss of diversification.
Contrarian timing is a form of value investing, but is not the same as doubling down on value risk. Relative valuation may support investing in the value factor when value is cheaply priced, and conversely, may indicate avoiding the value factor when it is expensive.
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Source: Research Affiliates
Fee Rate Advisory #2 for Fiscal Year 2017
September 30, 2016--When fiscal year 2017 starts on October 1, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission will be operating under a short-term continuing resolution, and thus will not have received a regular appropriation for FY 2017.
Accordingly, the fees paid under Section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act will remain at their current rate until 60 days after the date of enactment of a regular appropriation for the SEC.
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Source: SEC.gov
Rand continues puzzling decline
September 30, 2016--The rand has continued its "puzzling" decline against the dollar, trading 0.24% lower at R13.90 by 08:30 on Friday.
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Source: AllAfrica.com
Direxion Changes Indexes for Three ETFs
September 30, 3026--Direxion is changing the benchmark indices of two leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETF) and one leveraged inverse ETF.
The modifications will take effect on December 01, 2016.
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Source: Direxion
Renaissance Capital-US IPO Week Ahead: Seven deals slotted to raise $1 billion total
September 30, 2016--Analyst IPO Market Commentary
Coming off a strong end to the third quarter, October is set to get off to a quick start with seven deals on the calendar in the week ahead.
Among the deals, investors will undoubtedly be paying close attention to the next notable tech deal.
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Source: Renaissance Capital
