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PureFunds ETFx HealthTech ETF Launches
August 31, 2016--IMED invests in highly innovative healthcare technology solution providers
)ETF Managers Group in partnership with PureFunds today debut their newest fund, the PureFunds ETFx HealthTech ETF (IMED).
Trading on the Nasdaq, IMED invests in companies that are providing new solutions and transformative technology to the healthcare and medical industries. All of its 60 constituents are engaged in healthcare informatics, medical instruments and/or medical appliances.
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Source: PureFunds/ETF Managers Group
PureFunds Solactive FinTech ETF Launches on NASDAQ
August 31, 2016--FINQ Focuses on the Transformative FinTech Industry
ETF Managers Group in partnership with PureFunds today debuted their newest fund, the PureFunds Solactive FinTech ETF (FINQ).
Trading on the NASDAQ, FINQ invests in global companies disrupting the multi-trillion dollar financial industry by offering technology-based solutions designed to revolutionize how financial industry firms interact with their customers and run their businesses.
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Source: PureFunds/ETF Managers Group
SEC scrutinizing more sellers of F-Squared portfolios based on bad performance
August 31, 2016--After charging 13 firms for using discredited marketing claims from the now-defunct investment adviser F-Squared, the Securities and Exchange Commission said it is looking more broadly at other companies that used a portfolio strategy for exchange-traded funds (ETFs) whose claims of market-beating results were based on false data.<
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Source: Reuters
Preliminary Annual Report On U.S. Holdings Of Foreign Securities At Year-End 2015
August 31, 2016--Preliminary data from an annual survey of U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2015 were released today and posted on the Treasury website.
The final survey report, which will include additional detail as well as possible revisions to the data, will be released on October 31, 2016.
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Source: treasury.gov
CFTC.gov Swaps Report Update
August 1, 2016--CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
SEC Proposes Amendments to Require Hyperlinks to Exhibits in Filings
August 31, 2016--The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed rule and form amendments that would require registrants to include a hyperlink to exhibits in their filings.
The proposed changes should make it significantly easier to locate documents attached to company filings," said SEC Chair Mary Jo White.
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Source: SEC.gov
Fee Rate Advisory #1 for Fiscal Year 2017
August 31, 2016--The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that in fiscal year 2017 the fees that public companies and other issuers pay to register their securities with the Commission will be set at $115.90 per million dollars.
The securities laws require the Commission to make annual adjustments to the rates for fees paid under Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Sections 13(e) and 14(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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Source: SEC.gov
Dilma Rousseff Is Ousted as Brazil's President in Impeachment Vote
August 31, 2016--The Senate on Wednesday impeached Dilma Rousseff, Brazil's first female president, and removed her from office for the rest of her term, the capstone of a power struggle that has consumed the nation for months and toppled one of the hemisphere's most powerful political parties.
The Senate voted 61 to 20 to convict Ms. Rousseff on charges of manipulating the federal budget in an effort to conceal the nation's mounting economic problems.
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Source: NY Times
Dorsey, Wright & Associates, a Nasdaq Company, Named Sub-Advisor of AdvisorShares Actively Managed International ADR ETF (AADR)
August 30, 2016--AdvisorShares, a leading sponsor of actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs), announced today that Dorsey, Wright & Associates (DWA), a Nasdaq Company, will assume sub-advisor responsibilities of the AdvisorShares WCM/BNY Mellon Focused Growth ADR ETF (NYSE Arca: AADR) on September 1, 2016.
On that date, the fund will be subsequently renamed the AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright ADR ETF, and will retain the AADR ticker symbol.
Toronto's equity markets are the best performing in the world, so far in 2016.
August 30, 2016--As at the end of July the S&P/TSX Composite Index was up 12%, far outstripping S&P 500, the FTSE 100, the NASDAQ Composite and all other major indices.
Even more impressive, the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index was up by 51%.
