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Emerging Global Advisors' Survey Finds Investors Looking to Increase Allocations to Emerging Markets
April 26, 2016--Emerging Global Advisors (EGA) today announced the results of its latest Emerging Markets (EM) Investor Sentiment Survey, a quarterly poll of asset managers and financial advisors focusing on their sentiment and equity allocations to emerging markets.
The EGA EM Investor Sentiment Survey score increased 9% from 495 in the fourth quarter of 2015 to 538 in the first quarter of 2016.
Goldilocks Levels For US Home Inventories
Market Update-US Mortgage Market, Q1 2016
April 26, 2016--After bottoming out at 63.4% in summer 2015, the US home ownership rate has been gradually increasing.
January and February of this year saw the Case-Schiller home price index flatten, indicating that there was neither an excess nor shortage of homes for sale-the market has reached Goldilocks levels.
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Source: GAM
Rafferty Asset Management Closing Two Currency Hedged ETFs
April 25, 2016--The Board of Trustees of the Direxion Shares ETF Trust has decided to liquidate and close the Direxion Daily MSCI Europe Currency Hedged Bull 2X Shares (HEGE) and the Direxion Daily MSCI Japan Currency Hedged Bull 2X Shares (HEGJ) ("the Funds") based on the recommendation of Rafferty Asset Management, LLC, the Trust's advisor.
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Source: Direxion
First Asset Global launches financial sector ETF
April 25, 2016--First Asset Investment Management Inc. has announced that First Asset Global Financial Sector ETF will commence trading today on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol FSF.
Signature Global Asset Management, a division of CI Investments Inc., is the portfolio manager of the fund.
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Source: advisor.ca
OppenheimerFunds Hires Sharon French as Head of Beta Solutions
April 25, 2016--Oppenheimer Funds, a leading global asset manager, today announced that Sharon French joined the firm as Head of Beta Solutions
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Source: Oppenheimer Funds
BlackRock Introduces iShares Sustainable MSCI Global Impact ETF
April 22, 2016--Fund aims to help investors achieve financial objectives while encouraging positive social and environmental impact.
BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) has expanded its suite of socially responsible ETFs with the launch of the iShares Sustainable MSCI Global Impact ETF (MPCT). Launched on Earth Day, the fund aims to help investors use their investment portfolios to target companies that enable positive social and environmental change.
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Source: BlackRock
Infographic-The March of the Zombie Miners Continues
April 22, 2016--New report shows that over half (52%) of all Canadian-listed mining companies are zombies
Canada has a reputation worldwide as the epicenter for mining exploration, and over the years the country's junior-listed companies have created billions of dollars in wealth through new mineral discoveries.
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Source: visualcapitalist.com
WisdomTree Announces Plans to Launch ETFs in Canada
Raj Lala Will Lead Company's Efforts in Canada
April 22, 2016--WisdomTree Investments, Inc. (NASDAQ:WETF), an exchange-traded fund ("ETF") and exchange-traded product ("ETP") sponsor and asset manager, today announced it has established an office in Toronto, and pending Canadian regulatory approval, will distribute Canadian ETFs,
offering Canadians new investment strategies through which to build and manage their portfolios.
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Source: WisdomTree
Bats Global Markets Reports Strong March Market Share
April 21, 2016--Acquires ETF.com, Announces the SPYIX Volatility Index
Corporate highlights for March include:
Bats remained the #1 U.S. market operator for ETF trading, executing 25.8% of all March volume.
Bats remained the second-largest U.S. Equities market operator with 21.0% market share.
In U.S. Options, Bats reported 10.3% market share for March.
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Source: Bats Global Markets
SEC Issues Order Modifying and Extending the Pilot Period for the National Market System Plan to Address Extraordinary Market Volatility
April 21, 2016--The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued an order to extend for one year the pilot period of the National Market System Plan to Address Extraordinary Market Volatility, commonly known as the limit up-limit down (LULD) plan.
The Commission also approved a modification to the manner in which the LULD plan establishes the reference price in cases where a security does not trade in the opening auction on the primary listing exchange. In these circumstances, a security's reference price will now be the previous trading day's closing price or, if no closing price exists, the last reported sale on the primary listing exchange.
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Source: SEC.gov
