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How the SEC's Blockchain Lead is Defining Future Regulation
November 17, 2016--In a sign of how serious state powers are taking the emergence of blockchain, the most powerful regulatory body in the US now has a working group dedicated to protecting its users and investors from fraud in the sector.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the agency whose mandate is to create fair and efficient markets, is also now emerging as a public voice in the industry...
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Source: coindesk.com
Blackrock Introduces Changes to LifePath Target Date Fund Series
Focus on Broadening Series' Spectrum by Adding Smart Beta and More Flexible Active Options
November 18, 2016--BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) has made changes to its LifePath series of target date mutual funds to better reflect today's retirement investing needs-in particular, by offering a broader choice among varying degrees of active asset management within the fund series.
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Source: BlackRock
Barclays launches iPath(R) Series B S&P GSCI(R)Crude Oil ETN
November 17, 2016--New iPath(R)Series B S&P GSCI(R)Crude Oil ETN (ticker: OILB) provides investors with exposure to the underlying crude oil futures index
Barclays Bank PLC ("Barclays") announced today the launch of the iPath(R) Series B S&P GSCI(R) Crude Oil ETNs ("New ETNs") on the NYSE Arca exchange under the ticker symbol OILB.
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Source: Barclays Bank
DBX ETF Trust Announces Senior Leadership Appointments
Messrs. Gilligan and Klassen elevated to senior roles
November 17, 2016--Deutsche Asset Management (Deutsche AM) today announced key leadership appointments to DBX ETF Trust, which governs the Deutsche X-trackers Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) franchise in the US.
To further align the Trust with fund governance best practices, Steve Byers has been appointed as independent chair of the board of trustees, and he will continue to serve on the Board with Messrs. Elston and Officer.
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Source: Deutsche Asset Management
BlackRock, Pimco Issue Inflation Warnings Ahead of TIPS Auction
November 16, 2016--U.S. selling $11 billion of 10-year inflation-linked debt
Nominal Treasuries fall as Yellen says Fed close to rate hike
The roster of firms lining up to recommend Treasury Inflation Protected Securities before a sale of the debt on Thursday is starting to look like a "Who's Who" of bond giants.
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Source: Bloomberg
IMF Working paper-Stock Market Liquidity in Chile
November 16, 2016--Summary: Chile has a large but relatively illiquid stock market. Global factors such as global risk appetite and monetary policy in advanced economies are key cyclical determinants of liquidity in Chilean equities.
Evidence from a cross-section of emerging markets suggests strong protection of minority shareholders can help improve stock market liquitidity. Currently, illiquid in Chilean may have to pay 3½percent more as cost of equity. Corporate governance should be improved, namely through the adoption of a stewardship code.
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Source: IMF
J.P. Morgan Launches JPMorgan Diversified Return U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF: JPSE
November 16, 2016--Fund offers a risk weighted, multi-factor approach to U.S. small cap equity investing
J.P. Morgan Asset Management today announced the launch of JPMorgan Diversified Return U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF (JPSE).
The ETF may serve as a complement or replacement to market-cap weighted approaches.
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Source: J.P. Morgan Funds
IMF-Brazil : Selected Issues
November 15, 2016--FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS CYCLES IN BRAZIL1
This paper assesses the importance of financial market developments for the business cycle in Brazil. The results underscore the importance of macro-financial linkages and highlight risks to the recovery going forward.
They also show that offsetting the negative effects of a slowdown in private credit with an expansion in public credit can be costly,
potentially leading to inefficiencies that are difficult to unwind.
A. Introduction
1. In the decade prior to the recent recession, Brazil enjoyed a period of rapid economic expansion and relatively easy financial conditions. With the exception of
a short and shallow recession in 2009, annual GDP growth averaged 4.5 percent in the period from 2004 to 2013; the unemployment rate halved, the
policy rate trended down, and lending rates fell by almost 10 percentage points. The perception of foreign investors was also favorable until 2014
making the price of foreign borrowing low.
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Source: IMF
Bitcoin Futures Might Be Coming Soon
November 15, 2016--CME Group launches indexes to track the virtual currency that could lead to the listing of futures contracts
Bitcoin has moved one step closer to mainstream credibility after the world's largest futures exchange operator launched a pair of indexes designed to track the virtual currency’s price.
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Source: Wall Street Journal
Global X Funds Announces Launch of MSCI SuperDividend(R) EAFE ETF
November 15, 2016--Global X Funds, the New York-based provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), today launched the Global X MSCI SuperDividend EAFE ETF (NASDAQ: EFAS), tracking the MSCI EAFE Top 50 Dividend Index.
Today's launch is the eleventh in Global X's suite of income-producing ETFs, and the seventh in its SuperDividend suite.
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Source: Global X
