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Zacks Launched the Israel 150 Platform
March 12, 2024--Providing the investment community with a platform focused on Israeli companies listed on the US exchanges.
Zacks Investment Research, a leading provider of investment-related data, research, and commentary, proudly announces the launch of Zacks Israel 150- https://israel150.zacks.com.
This new platform focuses on Israeli companies listed on US exchanges, providing global investors with easy access to valuable information.
Zacks Israel 150 allows investors to rank Israeli equities based on criteria such as annual sales, market cap, assets, exchange, industry, and sectors. This feature helps investors focus on companies of interest and access initial and expanded information for their investment portfolios.
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Source: Zacks Investment Research
CBO-Monthly Budget Review: February 2024
March 8, 2024--Summary
The federal budget deficit totaled $830 billion in the first five months of fiscal year 2024, the Congressional Budget Office estimates. That amount is $108 billion more than the deficit recorded during the same period last fiscal year: Although revenues this year were $121 billion (or 7 percent) higher, outlays rose more-by $228 billion (or 9 percent).
Outlays in the first five months of each year were reduced by shifts of certain payments that otherwise would have been due on October 1, which fell on a weekend. (Those payments were made in September 2022 and September 2023, respectively). If not for those shifts, the deficit thus far would have been $903 billion, $117 billion more than the shortfall for the same period in fiscal year 2023.
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Source: CBO (Congressional Budget Office)
MarketVector Indexes Licenses REIT Index to Tidal to Capture REIT Opportunity
March 6, 2024--Crypto ETN providers head for UK but urge rethink on retail ban
The FCA has said it will allow listing requests but only give access to 'professional investors'
MarketVector IndexesTM ("MarketVector") announces the licensing of the iREIT-MarketVectorTM Quality REIT Index (ticker: IRET) to Tidal Investments, LLC ("Tidal"), highlighting MarketVector's ability to provide customizable indexes in varying sectors for clients across the globe.
In partnership with Tidal, leading real estate analyst Brad Thomas, CEO of Wide Moat Research, launched the IRET ETF (ticker: IRET) built on an index Brad designed with MarketVector. This unique product invests in REITs across all property sectors, utilizing fundamental analysis to provide investors with exposure to diversification, potentially higher yields, and a focus on quality and value investing.
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Source: MarketVector Indexes
Global Financial Stability Notes-The US Banking Sector since the March 2023 Turmoil: Navigating the Aftermath
March 5, 2024-Summary:
In March 2023, the US banking sector turmoil sent a shockwave through the global financial system. Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the 16th largest bank in the country, collapsed in a matter of days, followed by Signature Bank (SBNY) and First Republic Bank (FRB), marking the largest bank failures after Washington Mutual Bank in 2008.
Triggered by sizable deposit outflows, this event raised concerns about the soundness of the rest of the US banking sector, in particular, other banks of similar or smaller size with large amounts of uninsured deposits, unrealized losses, and commercial real estate exposures.
The March turmoil is a powerful reminder of the challenges posed by the interaction between tighter monetary and financial conditions and the buildup in vulnerabilities-challenges amplified by ineffective interest, liquidity, and credit risk management practices at some banks. This note offers an analysis of the main attributes of the affected banks to assess the extent to which vulnerabilities persist in a weak tail of banks . Furthermore, the note provides a prospective assessment by evaluating the medium-term risks to financial stability posed by this weak tail.
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Source: imf.org
ETF industry observers advise caution when adjusting portfolios
March 1, 2024--Global elections, regional conflicts and sky-high US equity prices might test the patience of investors this year
Passive investors whose ethos is to try to take very long-term views on their portfolio construction face some hard choices.
This year, a record number of people globally will go to the polls, conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East show no signs of abating and on a purely technical basis investors have to ask themselves whether the US market, which tends to have a heavy weighting in many portfolios, can continue to trade at record highs.
Andrew Prosser, head of investments at InvestEngine, a UK neobroker that provides DIY and model portfolio solutions using ETFs, advises patience.
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Source: ft.com
Regan Capital Launches the Regan Floating Rate MBS ETF (NYSE: MBSF)
February 28, 2024--Veteran asset-backed securities portfolio manager Skyler Weinand launches MBSF, an actively managed exchange-traded fund that invests in floating rate Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities.
Regan Capital, an investment firm with $1.3 billion in assets under management, today announced the launch of the Regan Floating Rate MBS ETF (NYSE: MBSF), an actively managed exchange-traded fund that invests primarily in floating rate Agency Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS).
Agency RMBS typically offer higher yields than Treasury bonds without significant additional risk, since Agency RMBS are issued by government sponsored entities, such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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Source: Regan Capital, LLC
Xtrackers by DWS Launches its First Active ETF: NRES
February 27, 2024--Global Natural Resources Fund Combines Strength of DWS' Xtrackers Platform and Liquid Real Assets Expertise
DWS, one of the world's leading asset managers, announced today the listing of its first actively-managed exchange-traded fund (ETF), the Xtrackers RREEF Global Natural Resources ETF (NASDAQ: NRES) (the "Fund").
The Fund is designed to provide investors with exposure to global natural resources (GNR) companies primarily through investments in equity and equity related securities. The Fund seeks total return from both capital appreciation and current income and, as an actively managed ETF, does not seek to replicate the performance of a specific index.
For DWS, this listing marks its entry into the fast-growing actively managed ETF market in the US[1]."More and more investors are recognizing the advantages of this form of investment. Active strategies can adapt to a wide range of market conditions, especially in times of great uncertainty," says Arne Noack, Head of Systemic Investment Solutions, Americas. "Adding the actively managed Xtrackers RREEF Global Natural Resources ETF to our range of US-listed ETFs, combines two of DWS’ global core competencies and expands the range of best-in-class specialty investment solutions, while leveraging the liquidity, cost efficiency, transparency, and potential tax benefits of the ETF structure."
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Source: dws.com
Synthetic convertible ETF aims at Magnificent Seven bond problem
February 26, 2024--Despite their outsized influence, megacap US companies cannot be accessed by traditional convertible bond investor
The world's largest convertible bond manager has unveiled a "synthetic convertibles" exchange traded fund to spread the concept to companies that are so cash-rich they do not need to issue real bonds.
Last year saw a boom in convertibles - a type of bond that can be swapped for shares if a company's stock price hits a pre-agreed level-with issuance jumping 77 per cent to $48bn, according to LSEG.
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Source: ft.com
Global X ETFs hires CEO from Goldman Sachs AM after senior executive exodus
Ryan O' Connor joins
February 22, 2024--Global X ETFs has appointed Ryan O'Connor as its new chief executive officer, following a senior management exodus at the firm.
Effective from 8 April, O'Connor will be responsible for driving the firm's strategy, 'reinvigorating" its product suit and leading the team into a "new, growth-focused era".
Prior to joining Global X, he was global head of ETF product at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. He was originally hired by the firm in 2017 to build its US fund strategist model portfolio business. Global X ETFs CIO to exit-amid senior management exodus O'Connor also spent over a decade at State Street Global Advisors, where he led product and capital markets teams for the SPDR ETF franchise.
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Source: investmentweek.co.uk
SEC Charges Van Eck Associates for Failing to Disclose Influencer's Role in Connection with ETF Launch
February 16, 2024-The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that registered investment adviser Van Eck Associates Corporation has agreed to pay a $1.75 million civil penalty to settle charges that it failed to disclose a social media influencer's role in the launch of its new exchange-traded fund (ETF).
According to the SEC's order, in March 2021, Van Eck Associates launched the VanEck Social Sentiment ETF (NYSE:BUZZ) to track an index based on "positive insights" from social media and other data.
The provider of that index informed Van Eck Associates that it planned to retain a well-known and controversial social media influencer to promote the index in connection with the launch of the ETF. To incentivize the influencer's marketing and promotion efforts, the proposed licensing fee structure included a sliding scale linked to the size of the fund so, as the fund grew, the index provider would receive a greater percentage of the management fee the fund paid to Van Eck Associates. However, as the SEC's order finds, Van Eck Associates failed to disclose the influencer’s planned involvement and the sliding scale fee structure to the ETF’s board in connection with its approval of the fund launch and of the management fee.
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Source: SEC.gov
