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Flow Traders US LLC starts institutional trading in the United States after receiving its FINRA license
September 13, 2016--Flow Traders N.V. ("Flow Traders")(Euronext: FLOW) has received approval from the US Regulator FINRA to start its second broker-dealer in the United States for Flow Traders US Institutional Trading LLC.
This allows Flow Traders to deal off-exchange and with institutional counterparties directly, as of now.
The Institutional Trading desk in the United States is headed by William (Bill) Stush, who previously worked as Managing Director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He started at Flow
Traders US on 31st May 2016.
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Source: Flowtrades
AlphaClone Unveils Small Cap and Value Manager Indexes
September 13, 2016--New Active Indexes Designed to Capture Potential Alpha from Hedge Funds' High Conviction Holdings.
AlphaClone, Inc. ("AlphaClone"), a pioneer in building accessible, alpha-seeking active indexes for long-term investors, today announces the launch of the AlphaClone Small Cap Index and AlphaClone Value Manager Index.
The indexes seek to give investors the potential to outperform passive market indexes by accessing the investment ideas of the world's most established hedge funds.
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Source: AlphaClone
New: First Asset Share Buyback ETFs
September 13, 2016--First Asset Investment Management Inc. ("First Asset") is pleased to announce the launch of First Asset Canadian Buyback Index ETF (TSX: FBE) and First Asset U.S. Buyback Index ETF (TSX:FBU).
Both will commence trading today on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
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Source: First Asset
First US Futures Commission Merchant to Accept Bitcoin via BitPay
September 12, 2016--Good new for Bitcoin and futures traders alike! Straits Financial LLC, announced today it will be the first U.S. based Futures Commission Merchant ("FCM") to indirectly utilize the services of bitcoin payment processor BitPay Inc. via a partnership with digital bank WB21 Ltd.
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Source: financemagnates.com
Morgan Stanley-US ETF Weekly Update
September 12, 2016--Weekly Flows: $6.5 Billion Net Inflows
Tenth Consecutive Week of Net Inflows
YTD Net Inflows of $148.2 Billion
High-conviction ETF Recommendations Slide: No Changes
ETF Assets Stand at $2.4 Trillion, up 12% in 2016
Four ETF Launches Last Week
VanEck Announces ETF Closures
BlackRockDefined Maturity Muni ETF Comes Due
AdvisorShares Makes Manager and Name Change on ETF
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Source: Morgan Stanley
Convergex ETF Direct Platform Executing Record Volume; Notional Value Surpasses $2.5 Billion Since Inception
September 12, 2016--Convergex, an agency-focused global brokerage and trading related services provider, announced today that its ETF Direct platform continues to experience significant volume growth while surpassing its own monthly volume records.
ETF Direct is a platform that streamlines the process for firms accessing quotes from numerous ETF liquidity providers.
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Source: Convergex
SEC Chairwoman Mary Jo White says agency mulling fiduciary duty
September 12, 2016--September Staff recommendations on a potential rule to raise retail investment advice standards are being considered by commissioners, but a proposal is not imminent
Securities and Exchange Commission members are mulling a staff report on a potential rule to raise retail investment advice standards, but the agency is not any closer to taking action, SEC Chairwoman Mary Jo White said Monday.
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Source: investmentnews.com
AdvisorShares-This Week in Active ETFs: Wait, so September is Back on the Table?
Weekly Market Review-Highlights of the Prior week
For the week of September 6, 2016 to September 9, 2016
September 12, 2016--Macro
The general sentiment after the jobs report on September 2nd was no hike from the FOMC in September. Fast forward
a couple of days and we heard Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren get a little more hawkish and while he was
not specific about September the market reacted like he meant September.<
The equity market did not take the Rosengren comments well, going down 2-3% depending on the index and breaking the more than 40-day streak with no move for the S&P 500 greater
than 1%.
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Source: AdvisorShares
John Hancock Investments builds ETF product and sales team
September 12, 2016--Steve Deroian named head of ETF strategy; Michelle Fuller and Mac Lowry join as sales specialists.
John Hancock Investments today announced three new additions to its ETF team. Steven L. Deroian has been named head of ETF strategy, reporting to Philip Fontana, head of product development. Michelle M. Fuller and Burns M. (Mac) Lowry have joined the firm as managing directors, ETF sales specialists, on the institutional sales team, reporting to Todd Cassler, president of institutional distribution.
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Source: John Hancock Investments
ETF Prism Report-Moving Towards Low Volatility: Which ETFs Make the Cut?
September 12, 2016--2016 has been more volatile without government stimulus. In response, many investors have moved into low volatility products and ETFs.
However, finding the right one is a challenge. Learn here about two ETFs we continue to use to mitigate volatility and the investment thesis behind our analysis.view
Source: Tidal Growth Consultants
