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Brace for thousands of new DOL fiduciary-friendly mutual fund share classes
January 7, 2017--New T shares would feature a uniform 2.5% front-end load and a 0.25% trailing 12-b(1) fee.
The Chicago-based investment tracker says that as many as 3,800 new share classes-about as many as there are A shares-could make their debut in response to the new Department of Labor fiduciary rule.
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Source: investmentnews.com
ETF Fixed Income Solutions For The Future
January 7, 2017--November 2016 was a confusing month for most investors. The U.S. equity markets experienced a high-beta rally, which culminated in returns for the S&P 500 of more than 3.5%.
That said, most investors endured very different returns due to intelligent diversification.
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Source: torosoam.com
Congressman introduces bill to delay fiduciary rule
January 6, 2017--Legislation that would delay implementation of the Department of Labor's new fiduciary rule for two years was introduced Friday by Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C.
The new effective date would be two years from passage of the bill.
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Source: pionline.com
CFTC.gov Commitments of Traders Reports Update
January 6, 2017--The current reports for the week of January 3, 2017 are now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
Active managers tripped up as just 19% beat benchmark
January 5, 2017-US growth funds had worst performance last year but value funds fared better
Only one in five mutual fund managers that invest in shares of large US companies beat their benchmark last year -half of the rate notched up in 2015.
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Source: FT.com
Industry Leaders Offer Investors Two New ETN Products-UBS ETRACS-ProShares Daily 3x Long and 3x Inverse Crude ETNs launched today
January 5, 2017--ProShares today announced the launch of the first two UBS ETRACS-ProShares ETNs, which are linked to WTI crude oil: UBS ETRACS-ProShares Daily 3x Long Crude ETN (WTIU) and UBS ETRACS-ProShares Daily 3x Inverse Crude ETN (WTID).
The returns on WTIU and WTID are linked, respectively, to the daily compounded 3x leveraged and 3x inverse performance, of the Bloomberg WTI Crude Oil Subindex ERSM (the "Index"). The ETNs are issued by UBS AG and listed on NYSE Arca.
Alaia Capital Launches Novel Fund Platform to Deliver Outcome-Driven Investments
January 5, 2017--Alaia Capital recently launched the Alaia Market Linked Trust: an innovative platform offering outcome-driven structured solutions via unit investment trusts (UITs).
The Trust issues UIT series that deliver defined payoffs at maturity linked to particular ETFs, tailoring the risk-return of beta through increased upside capture and/or partial downside protection.
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Source: Alaia Capital
BNY Mellon ADR Index Monthly Performance Update
January 4, 2017--The BNY Mellon ADR Index Monthly Performance Update (data as of December 31, 2016) is now available.
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Source: BNY Mellon
Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, December 13-14, 2016
January 4, 2017--The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on December 13-14, 2016.
A summary of economic projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Reserve Bank presidents for the meeting is also included as an addendum to these minutes.
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Source: federalreserve.gov
Schwab ETF OnesourceTM Welcomes OppenheimerFunds to Commission-Free ETF Program
January 4, 2017--Charles Schwab announced today that Schwab ETF OneSourcetm, the program that offers the most commission-free1 ETFs anywhere in the industry, is adding one new ETF provider-OppenheimerFunds-and twelve new ETFs to its line-up.
With these additions, the program allows investors and advisors to buy and sell 228 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: Charles Schwab & Co
