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PowerShares "Temporarily" Halts Creations in 11 ETFs
February 25, 2015--Fund company PowerShares "temporarily suspended" share creations in nearly a dozen commodities and currency exchange-traded funds on Wednesday as it assumes full responsibility for those funds' management.
The suspension affects 11 ETFs including the $4 billion PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund (DBC) and the $1.2 billion PowerShares DB Dollar Index Bullish Fund (UUP), and curtails the ability of specialized dealers to create new ETF shares, possibly increasing investors' trading costs.
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Barron's
Horizons ETFs Launches Horizons Active US Dividend ETF
The new ETF uses Guardian Capital's award-winning dividend strategy to select U.S. stocks
February 25, 2015--Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. ("Horizons ETFs") and its affiliate, AlphaPro Management Inc., are pleased to announce the launch of the Horizons Active US Dividend ETF ("HAU"), an actively managed ETF that invests in U.S. dividend stocks with attractive yield and return opportunities.
Class E and Advisor Class units of HAU will begin trading today on the Toronto Stock Exchange...
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Source: Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc.
Hartford Funds to launch NextShares ETMFs
February 25, 2015--Eaton Vance (EV) locked down Hartford Funds as its third partner for a hybrid fund type that blends characteristics of mutual funds with those of exchange-traded funds.
Hartford, which manages $73 billion, announced on Wednesday that it will partner with Eaton Vance for NextShares products, the brand name for recently approved exchange-traded managed funds. Mario Gabelli's GAMCO Investors (GBL) joined up earlier this month, while American Beacon Advisors was first last month.
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Source: Barron's
Nasdaq to Begin Listing Tuttle Tactical Management Fund on Wednesday, February 25, 2015
February 25, 2015--Effective Wednesday, February 25, 2015, Nasdaq will list one new ETF:
Tuttle Tactical Management U.S. Core ETF (Symbol: TUTT)
Issue Name for ETF:
Tuttle Tactical Management U.S. Core ETF
Nasdaq-listed Trading Symbol:
TUTT
Intraday Portfolio Value: TUTT.IV
Estimated Cash Amount Per Creation Unit: TUTT.EU
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Source: Nasdaq.com
Federal Reserve Monetary Policy report
February 24, 2015--The Federal Reserve has released the Federal Reserve Monetary Policy report.
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Source: Federal Reserve
Deutsche Bank Renames 26 Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs)
February 24, 2015--Deutsche Bank announced today that the 26 exchange traded notes (ETNs) listed in the table below have been renamed, effective immediately.
The ticker symbols for the renamed ETNs will remain unchanged. This follows Deutsche Bank and Invesco Distributors, Inc.'s decision to no longer market Deutsche Bank's ETNs under the "PowerShares" brand.
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Source: Deutsche Bank AG
State Street Global Advisors and DoubleLine Capital Partner to Launch Actively Managed Fixed Income ETF
SPDR(R) DoubleLine(R) Total Return Tactical ETF Strives to Deliver Better Risk-Adjusted Returns with Less Interest-Rate Risk than Broad Bond Market
February 24, 2015--State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), the asset management business of State Street Corporation (NYSE:STT), announced that the SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF (Symbol: TOTL) began trading today on the NYSE Arca. Developed by SSGA and DoubleLine Capital, TOTL is the first actively managed ETF to offer investors access to DoubleLine's investment research process.
This core fixed income strategy seeks to maximize total return over a full market cycle by actively investing across global fixed income sectors.
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Source: DoubleLine Capital
Goldman Sachs Gets Go-Ahead for Active, Index-Tracking ETFs
February 24, 2015--Regulators this week granted Goldman Sachs (GS) permission to launch both actively managed and index-based exchange-traded funds, clearing the way for the firm's asset management arm to step into the fast-growing ETF market.
The Securities and Exchange Commission gave the OK for both ETF styles in separate documents on Monday. Goldman filed initial paperwork for the ETFs in September.
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Source: Barron's
Vanguard program puts funds together in client portfolios
February 24, 2015--The Vanguard Group is selling to investors model portfolios with assets of about $1.6 billion in what's occasionally called the exchange-traded fund strategist business.
Mike Lucci, a senior sales strategist at Vanguard, said the Vanguard ETF strategic model portfolio program is in response to demand...
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Source: SmartBrief
Exclusive: BATS Global Markets names Concannon CEO as of March 31
February 24, 2015--BATS Global Markets is appointing Chris Concannon, who recently joined it from electronic trading firm Virtu Financial LLC, to succeed Joseph Ratterman as chief executive officer of the exchange operator, Ratterman said in an interview on Tuesday.
Concannon, 47, who until December was chief operating officer of Virtu, said BATS was mulling expansion moves including opening a second U.S. options exchange. He will take over as CEO from Ratterman, 48, on March 31.
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Source: Reuters
