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$2 billion company betting big on marijuana
January 8, 2015--Until now, it's been a few rich individuals who secretly funded burgeoning pot companies, but for the first time, a major investment firm is going to put multimillion dollars behind marijuana.
It's a partnership between two investors and the first institutional investments in pot, reports CBS News correspondent Anthony Mason.
Geoff Lewis's firm, Founders Fund, a $2 billion company...
In technical terms, market cap weighted indexes became float-adjusted market cap indexes. Companies with high
levels of inside ownership receive decreased weightings in
most of the major index companies. view more
Source: Toroso Investments
Finadium launches Finadium for Investors, a new buy-side focused research subscription
January 7, 2015--Finadium for Investors is a new service from Finadium designed for asset managers, hedge funds, plan sponsors and other purchasers of bank services, equities and fixed income products.
This subscription builds on Finadium's successful 10 year track record providing leading market intelligence in securities finance and asset servicing to the investments industry. The additional reports come as an added benefit to existing Finadium research clients.
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Source: Securities Finance Monitor
Minutes Of The Federal Open Market Committee, December 16-17, 2014
January 7, 2015--The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on December 16-17, 2014.
A summary of economic projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Reserve Bank presidents for the meeting is also included as an addendum to these minutes.
The minutes for each regularly scheduled meeting of the Committee ordinarily are made available three weeks after the day of the policy decision and subsequently are published in the Board’s Annual Report.
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Source: federalreserve.gov
Exchange operator BATS calls for U.S. regulatory reform
January 6, 2015--Exchange operator BATS Global Markets on Tuesday called for changes to U.S. stock market rules, including slashing exchange fees for the most actively traded stocks, in the latest plea for regulatory reform from within the industry.
The rules that govern exchanges were put in place a decade ago by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and while the markets function reasonably well, it may be time to make some improvements, BATS' Chief Executive Joseph Ratterman said in an open letter to the industry.
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Source: Reuters
FINRA Releases 2015 Regulatory and Exam Priorities Letter
Five Challenges Firms Should Address Highlighted in 10th Anniversary of Letter
January 6, 2015--The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today released its 2015 Regulatory and Examination Priorities letter highlighting significant risks and issues that, if not properly addressed, could adversely affect investors and market integrity.
This year's letter, the tenth edition of providing such guidance to firms, focuses on key sales practice, financial and operational, and market integrity matters, and identifies challenges in five key areas that should be addressed to get ahead of the concerns raised in the letter.
view the FINRA 2015 Regulatory and Examination Priorities letter Vanguard to Introduce Its First Municipal Bond Index Fund and ETF view filing Finra to investigate payment for order flow view more
Morgan Stanley ETF Weekly Update US-Listed ETFs: Estimated Flows by Market Segment
ETFs posted net inflows of $5.8 bln last week; 13th consecutive week of net inflows
13-week flows remain positive among most asset classes; combined $118.6 bln in net inflows US-Listed ETFs: Estimated Largest Flows by Individual ETF
Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR (XLY) posted net inflows of $1.7 bln last week, the most of any ETF US-Listed ETFs: ETF Dollar Volume
ETF monthly $ volume as a % of listed trading jumped to 30% in December, up from 23% in November; over the last 5 years, ETF monthly $ volume as a % of listed trading volume averaged 28%
Over the last five years, ETF monthly $ volume as a % of listed trading volume peaked in August 2011 at 36%
ETF $ volume increased by $39 bln last week compared to the prior week; amid a short trading week, ETF $ volume was 30% below its 13-week average
Fixed Income ETFs accounted for 8% of ETF $ Volume last week, above their 6% 13-week average; Fixed Income ETFs comprise 15% of ETF market cap US-Listed ETFs: Short Interest Data Unchanged: Based on data as of 12/15/14
Energy Select Sector SPDR (XLE) had the largest increase in USD short interest at $1.0 bln
The average shares short/shares outstanding for ETFs is currently 3.9%, down from 4.2% last period US-Listed ETFs: Most Successful Recent Launches by Assets
$8.0 bln in total market cap of ETFs less than 1-year old
The top 10 most successful launches make up 44% of the market cap of ETFs launched over the past year request report
Source: FINRA
January 6, 2015--Vanguard today filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to offer a national municipal bond index fund with an exchange-traded fund (ETF) share class.
Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond Index Fund will be the firm's first tax'exempt index fund and ETF.
Source: Vanguard
January 6, 2015--The brokerage industry's self-regulator will spend 2015 looking into whether deals between brokers and exchanges are taking money out of investors' pockets, regulators said in a letter outlining the year's oversight priorities.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority will also review whether customers get fair prices on electronic bond-trading platforms and how brokers market financial products that are sensitive to interest-rate changes such as alternative mutual funds, structured retail products and bank-loan mutual funds, it said.
Source: Futures Magazine
January 5, 2015--Weekly Flows: $5.8 Billion Net Inflows
Thirteenth Consecutive Week of Net Inflows
We Estimate 2014 ETF Net Inflows at $240.4 Billion
High-conviction ETF Recommendations Slide
ETF Assets Stand at $2.0 Trillion
One ETF Launch Last Week
ProShares Announces 17 ETF Closures
Last week's net inflows were led by US Sector & Industry ETFs at $4.5 bln; conversely, Fixed Income ETFs posted net outflows of $1.2 bln, the most of any category we measured
Eight of the 15 categories we measured posted net inflows last week
We estimate ETFs generated net inflows of $240.4 bln in 2014
ETF assets stand at $2.0 tln; ETF assets were up 18% in 2014
US Large-Cap ETFs generated net inflows of $49.6 bln over the last 13 weeks, the most of any category, and accounted for 42% of total ETF net inflows
International-Emerging ETFs exhibited net outflows of $2.6 bln over the last 13 weeks, the most of any category, and one of only four sectors to post net outflows
In addition to XLY, the First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX Fund (FXD) also had a solid week with net inflows of $467 mln
Nine of the 10 ETFs to generate the largest net inflows last week were US equity-based with the lone exception being the WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund (DXJ)
Despite posting net outflows of $1.3 bln last week, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) had net inflows of $29.5 bln over the last 13 weeks, leading all ETFs by a meaningful margin
The iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF (SHV) posted net outflows of $2.2 bln last week, the most of any ETF
Over the last 13 weeks, the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) has exhibited net outflows of $3.4 bln, the most of any ETF
XLE's shares short at 66 mln are at their highest level since 9/30/11 as oil prices have declined dramatically over the past few months
Notably, shares short for the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) at 106 mln are at their lowest level since 1/15/09
595 ETFs exhibited short interest increases while 774 experienced short interest declines over the last period
Aggregate ETF USD short interest declined by $3.2 bln over the period ended 12/15/14
For the second straight period, the CurrencyShares Euro Trust (FXE) was the most heavily shorted ETF as a % of shares outstanding at 457%
Seven of the 10 most heavily shorted ETFs as a % of shares outstanding are sector based (SMH, XOP, XRT, XBI, IYR, OIH, DRV)
Based on multiple borrowings and the ability to continuously create new shares, shares short as a % of shares outstanding can exceed 100% (only seven ETFs exhibited shares short as a % of shares outstanding greater than 100%)
Active ETFs account for 26% of recently launched ETF market share, the most of any ETF category; notably, Active ETFs have posted $307 mln in net outflows over the last 13 weeks coming primarily from the First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF (FTSM)
Over the last 13 weeks, International-Developed ETFs have generated net inflows of $919 mln, the most of any category
190 new ETF listings and 72 closures in 2014 (additional 18 closures announced); this compares to 143 launches and 50 liquidations in 2013
Four ETF sponsors and two asset classes (equity and fixed income) were represented in top 10 most successful launches
Interestingly, in 2014, BlackRock launched more ETFs at 29 than any other ETF issuer, accounting for a market cap of $1.7 bln; First Trust, on the other hand, launched only 15 ETFs, but those 15 ETFs have a total market cap of $2.0 bln, the most of any issuer
Source: Morgan Stanley
