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Lightly Leveraged ETFs Still Cause Concerns
Some analysts, regulators worry that Direxion's new funds could burn some investors
April 6, 2015--Like a brewer selling a light beer, Direxion Investments is hoping its lightly leveraged exchange-traded funds will appeal to a wider audience than its more-intense versions.
But the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Wall Street's self-regulator, and investment-research firm Morningstar Inc. still view the funds as complex instruments that could trip up some investors.
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Source: Wall Street Journal
Leveraged-Loan Sales Slump to Worst Since 2010 on Fed Scrutiny
April 6, 2015--The market for loans to below-investment grade companies is off to its slowest start in five years as regulators step up efforts to curb risky underwriting and investors put their money elsewhere.
About $63 billion of leveraged loans have been sold to money managers this year, down 69 percent from 2014 and the least since $53 billion was issued during the same period in 2010, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
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Source: Bloomberg
BlackRock Plans Money Fund Changes to Meet New SEC Regulations
April 6, 2015--BlackRock Inc., the world's largest asset manager, said it would change its lineup of money-market mutual funds to make them comply with new federal regulations.
BlackRock, in an April 6 letter to investors, said it would offer funds that invest solely in government securities and others with floating net asset values that would invest in corporate debt.
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Source: Bloomberg
Big Investor Involvement Could Boost Bitcoin
Major players could reduce volatility, increase acceptance of virtual currency
April 5, 2015--Some of the U.S.'s biggest proprietary traders and investors are testing the waters for a bigger move into bitcoin, giving a potential boost to the fledgling virtual-currency industry.
While still cautious of becoming exposed to "cryptocurrencies," some of the firms, which trade with their own money on their own behalf...
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Source: Wall Street Journal
CFTC.gov Commitments of Traders Reports Update
April 2, 2015--The current reports for the week of March 31, 2015 are now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
ETF Providers Pursue Institutional Investors
April 2, 2015--ETFs are not only for the retail investor looking to make investments on the cheap; product providers and researchers report institutions are increasingly driving ETF inflows by adding them to portfolios.
As a result there's an opportunity for ETF providers to position their products to institutions considering a move, says Eric R. Ervin, CEO and co-founder of Reality Shares, noting that capturing even a single institutional investor can bring millions to a fund almost instantaneously.
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Source: mmexecutive.com
ValueShares Cancels Participation in BATS CLP Program
April 2, 2015--Due to registration of (7) Authorized Participants and several additional AP applications in progress, the Advisor has determined the CLP program is no longer needed to promote liquidity.
Effective 1 April, ValueShares will no longer participate in the BATS Exchange CLP program for QVAL and IVAL.
Certain ETFs listed on the BATS exchange participate in the BATS Competitive Liquidity Provider ("CLP") Program. The BATS CLP Program is designed to incent market makers to provide liquidity in less actively traded products to help strengthen their investment appeal.
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Source: ValueShares
Altavista-Sector SPDR Analyzer + Equal Sector Weight ETF-April 2015
April 2, 2015--The monthly update on each of the nine Select Sector SPDRs plus the ALPS Equal Sector Weight ETF is now available.
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Source: AltaVista Research
Barclays Announces Changes to the Atlantic Trust Select MLP Index
Atlantic Trust Select MLP Index used as underlying index in the Barclays ETN+ Select MLP ETNs
April 2, 2015--Barclays Bank PLC announced today that following the close of business on Friday, April 9, 2015, the following two index constituents will be added to the Atlantic Trust Select MLP Index (the "Index"):
MPLX LP MPLX,-0.22% ;
Phillips 66 Partners LP PSXP.
The Barclays ETN+ Select MLP ETNs are linked to the performance of the Volume-Weighted Average Price ("VWAP") of the Index.
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Source: Barclays Bank PLC
Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta ("LAB") Index Up 0.29% in March
April 2, 2015--The Credit Suisse LAB Index was up 0.29% in March.
The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index ("CSLAB"), which aims to reflect the performance of the overall hedge fund industry, finished up 0.29% in March.
The Managed Futures strategy was the strongest performer, finishing up 4.28% in March, and remained the highest performer year-to-date, up 11.35%.
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Source: Credit Suisse AG
