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Morningstar DirectSM Asset Flows Commentary: United States
September 17, 2016--Bond and Sector-Equity Funds Popular in September
Taxable-bond funds continued their undisputed rule as the category group with the highest flows in September, receiving $10.4 billion on the active side and $12.9 billion on the passive
side.
The Federal Reserve announced at its Sep. 21 meeting that it would not be raising rates just yet, postponing the decision until December. If and when rates rise, we may see some disturbances in the current bond-chasing trend, but until then, the influx of investor money into
bond funds is showing no sign of slowing down.
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Source: Morningstar
Sphere Investments Selects State Street as Custodian
October 17, 2016--State Street Supports Launch of Only Currency Hedged, Smart Beta Emerging Markets ETF in Canada.
Canada's newest exclusively-smart beta ETF provider, Sphere Investments, has selected State Street (NYSE: STT) as its custodian of record for its new series of funds. In April 2016, Sphere Investments and State Street launched four new Sustainable Yield ETF products on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
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Source: State Street
AdvisorShares-This Week in Active ETFs: Hang In There, The Election Will Be Over Soon
October 17, 2016--Assets in actively managed ETFs continued their steady growth in September, increasing by $345 million, or 1.25%, to $27.371 billion.
The actively managed ETF space realized a net gain of eight new funds last month, which brings the overall total to 156.
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Source: AdvisorShares
An Announcement Regarding the AdvisorShares YieldPro ETF (YPRO)
October 16, 2016--AdvisorShares, a leading sponsor of actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs), announced today that the AdvisorShares YieldPro ETF (NASDAQ: YPRO) will close.
The AdvisorShares Board of Trustees approved the closing and subsequent liquidation of YPRO. The fund's last day of trading will be October 24, 2016, which will also be the final day for creations or redemptions by authorized participants.
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Source: AdvisorShares
Cancer Immunotherapy ETF Celebrates One-Year Anniversary
October 14, 2016--Cancer immunotherapy companies are beneficially disrupting status quo cancer treatments by deploying body's own immune system to fight disease
ETF offers diversified exposure to both pharmaceutical and clinical-stage biotechnology companies with immunotherapy focus.
Today the Loncar Cancer Immunotherapy ETF (Nasdaq: CNCR) celebrates its one-year anniversary of trading.
The first and only exchange-traded fund (ETF) to exclusively hold shares of public companies that are dedicated to immunotherapy research and development...
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Source: Exchange Traded Concepts
State Street Global Advisors Announces Changes to US SPDR(R) ETF Lineup
October 14, 2016--State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), the asset management business of State Street Corporation (NYSE:STT), today announced plans to close and liquidate the following five exchange traded funds based on an ongoing review of the SPDR ETF offering and market demand:
SPDR MSCI International Real Estate Currency Hedged ETF (HREX)
SPDR MSCI South Korea StrategicFactorsSM ETF (QKOR)
SPDR MSCI Mexico StrategicFactorsSM ETF (QMEX)
SPDR MSCI Taiwan StrategicFactorsSM ETF (QTWN)
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Source: State Street Global Advisors
ProShares Leveraged and Inverse Treasury ETFs Change Benchmark
October 13, 2016--ProShares, a premier provider of ETFs, announced today that eight of its Treasury ETFs will be changing their benchmarks from Bloomberg Barclays indexes to ICE indexes, effective after the market closes on or about Oct. 14, 2016.
The components of each fund's current and new index are substantially identical.
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Source: ProShares
SEC Adopts Rules to Modernize Information Reported by Funds, Require Liquidity Risk Management Programs, and Permit Swing Pricing
October 13, 2016--The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to adopt changes to modernize and enhance the reporting and disclosure of information by registered investment companies and to enhance liquidity risk management by open-end funds, including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
The new rules will enhance the quality of information available to investors and will allow the Commission to more effectively collect and use data reported by funds. The new rules also will promote effective liquidity risk management across the open-end fund industry and will enhance disclosure regarding fund liquidity and redemption practices.
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Source: SEC.gov
SEC kicks the bitcoin ETF approval decision down the road
October 13, 2016--The Securities and Exchange Commission late Wednesday declined to make a ruling on a bid to launch what would be the first exchange-traded fund that exclusively tracks the digital currency bitcoin.
The regulator said it was instead seeking additional public feedback on the proposal.
The decision is the latest delay for Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, whose proposed ETF is designed to trade baskets of shares tied to the digital commodity.
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Source: marketwatch.com
SEC approves fund liquidity rules, goes easy on ETFs
October 13, 2016--The top U.S. securities regulator on Thursday approved major new rules designed to protect mutual fund investors from the effects of a sudden sell-off, but it left for another day some of the dicier issues involved.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's new rules take aim at liquidity issues of the $18 trillion traditional mutual fund market.
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Source: Reuters
