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AdvisorShares Weekly Market Update: Swiss National Bank Causes Havoc
For the week of January 12-January 16
January 22, 2015--Macro
Thursday was a truly monumental day in the capital markets
as the Swiss National Bank (SNB) threw in the towel on trying to maintain its currency at 1.20 to the euro. The reason forthe peg was to keep its exports competitive in the European
market.
The natural inertia has been franc strength against the euro due to Switzerland’s relative economic strength.
The immediate reaction to the news sent Swiss franc up 30% against the euro and 25% against the US dollar before closing the day with gains of 19% and 18% respectively. These would be large moves for multi-year periods let alone one day.
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Source: AdvisorShares
Highland Capital Management Announces Expansion of ETF Platform
January 22, 2015--Dallas-based investment management firm Highland Capital Management Fund Advisors, L.P. (together with its affiliates "Highland"), is pleased to announce the expansion of its suite of Exchange Traded Funds ("ETFs") with the initial registration of 17 new ETFs.
These new products will invest across various alternative asset classes and will focus on providing efficient access to sophisticated strategies at an attractive price.
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Source: Highland Capital Management Fund Advisors
Direxion Launches 3X Leveraged ETFs Tracking FTSE Developed Europe Index
New Products Provide Bull and Bear Traders with Exposure to Developed European Markets
January 22, 2015--Direxion, a leader in alternative investment solutions, has launched a pair of leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tracking the equity performance of mid-and large-capitalization companies in Europe's developed markets.
The Direxion Daily FTSE Europe Bull 3X Shares (EURL) seeks to generate daily investment results of 300 percent of the FTSE Developed Europe Index's performance, before fees and expenses.
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Source: Direxion
CFTC.gov Swaps Report Update
January 22, 2015--CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
U.S. CFTC grants SGX U.S. futures clients direct access
January 22, 2015--The Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Thursday granted the Singapore Exchange Ltd the right to provide clients located in the United States direct access to its derivatives trading platform.
The futures and swaps regulator said that Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Limited (SGX-DT) had shown that the Monetary Authority of Singapore's regulatory regime was comparable to that exercised by the CFTC.
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Source: Reuters
White House Readies Attack on "Perverse Incentives" in Fiduciary Proposal
January 21, 2015-Still hoping that the latest iteration of the fiduciary rule proposal would preserve a broad seller's exemption for the small retirement plan market or allow retirement plan advisors to continue to offer rollover advice to participants?
Better think again, based on a recently leaked White House memo that purports to lay out the "evidence" that "perverse incentives" in the current regulatory environment governing retirement plan professionals "cost savers billions of dollars a year."
view the Memo Draft Conflict of Interest Rule for Retirement Savings
Source: Napa-net.org
Horizons ETFs launches the Horizons Cdn Insider Index ETF
Horizons Cdn Insider Index ETF is the first Canadian ETF to track insider commitment to determine stock holdings
January 21, 2015--Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. ("Horizons ETFs") is pleased to announce the launch of the Horizons Cdn Insider Index ETF ("HII"),
an innovative ETF that uses insider commitment to select and confirm the performance potential of its stock holdings.
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Source: Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc.
iShares Goes Global in Expansion of Factor ETF Lineup
January 21, 2015--BlackRock's (BLK) iShares unit, the world's largest issuer of exchange traded funds, expanded its already successful lineup of factor-based ETFs with last week's launches of two international factor funds.
The iShares MSCI International Developed Momentum Factor ETF (IMTM) and the iShares MSCI International Developed Quality Factor ETF (IQLT) debuted last week.
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Source: Yahoo Finance
AdvisorShares Active ETF Report: Year-End Review
January 21, 2015--Report Highlights
The Active ETF count grew in 2014 from 73 to 125 while assets grew $2.4 billion or 16.5% to $17.265 billion.
There were several new comers to the actively managed space including WBI which has raised $1.1 billion in AUM.
ProShares also threw its hat into the active ring last year.
There were large changes in the market share picture as the field got wider. PIMCO's share dropped from 52% to 39% while First Trust shot up from 4% to just over 12% of the active market. Also noteworthy was the drop in share for WisdomTree falling from 20% down to 10%.ααChange at the strategy level was less dramatic as Global Bond remained the second largest category but its market share fell from 25% to 17%. Foreign bond fell from 12% of the market to just under 6%.
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Source: AdvisorShares
Horizons ETFs CEO leaves
January 20, 2015--Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. says CEO Adam Felesky has left the company.
No reason was given for his departure.
Taeyong Lee, executive chairman of Horizons ETFs, has assumed Felesky's duties and responsibilities until a new CEO is appointed.
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Source: Benefits Canada
