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An Innovative Series Trust for Actively Managed ETFs Enters the Market
June 19, 2013--Forum Investment Advisors, LLC (FIA) has launched Forum ETF Trust, a series trust designed for independent investment advisers to launch and operate adviser-branded actively managed ETFs.
Forum ETF Trust offers all the benefits of a traditional shared trust, with an important innovation. The Trust will use an investment manager–investment adviser structure rather than the typical adviser–sub adviser structure. The distinction is important because, while FIA will serve as investment manager to the Trust and has responsibility for certain compliance and oversight functions, the Trust’s advisers have sole responsibility for investment decisions.
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Source: Atlantic Fund Services
New 'High Income' ETF Targets Closed-End Funds for Yield
June 19, 2013--Investors will get a new ETF this week that seeks to provide income by investing in a basket of closed-end funds.
Exchange Traded Concepts LLC in conjunction with YieldShares LLC earlier this year filed a registration statement, including a preliminary prospectus, for the YieldShares High Income ETF (YYY). The fund is expected to list Friday, June 21.
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Source: Yahoo Finance
Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement
June 19, 2013--Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in May suggests that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace.
Labor market conditions have shown further improvement in recent months, on balance, but the unemployment rate remains elevated. Household spending and business fixed investment advanced, and the housing sector has strengthened further, but fiscal policy is restraining economic growth. Partly reflecting transitory influences, inflation has been running below the Committee's longer-run objective, but longer-term inflation expectations have remained stable.
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Source: Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Board and Federal Open Market Committee release economic projections from the June 18-19 FOMC meeting
June 19, 2013--The table and charts released on Wednesday summarize the economic projections and the target federal funds rate projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Federal Reserve Bank presidents for the June 18-19 meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee
The table will be incorporated into a summary of economic projections released with the minutes of the June 18-19 meeting. Summaries of economic projections are released quarterly.
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Source: Federal Reserve
Wall Street Investors Sample Marijuana Industry
June 18, 2013--Twenty companies serving the legal marijuana industry displayed their wares on Wall Street last week in search of investment capital-possibly the first baby steps of what some view as a budding sector.
“The writing is on the wall. This is going to be the next great American industry,” said Troy Dayton, cofounder and CEO of the ArcView Group, a San Francisco-based network that seeks to match investors with marijuana-related businesses.
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Source: Private Wealth
DB-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-North America-US ETF Weekly Review-Prices put pressure on ETP assets, but flows receded to neutral
June 18, 2013--Market and Net Cash Flows Review
Most equity markets moved lower last week. The US (S&P 500) fell by 1.01%; while, outside the US, the MSCI EAFE (in USD) rose by 0.45% and the MSCI EM (USD) dropped by 2.63%.
Moving on to other asset classes, the 10Y US Treasury Yield dropped by 3 bps last week; while the DB Liquid Commodity Index was almost flat (-0.14%). Similarly, the Agriculture sector (DB Diversified Agriculture Index) pulled back by 1.72% and the WTI Crude Oil, Gold and Silver rose by 1.9%, 0.56% and 2%, respectively. Last but not least, Volatility (VIX) rose by 13.28% during the same period.
The total US ETP flows from all products registered $0.56bn (-0.0% of AUM) of outflows during last week vs. $9.26bn (-0.6%) of outflows the previous week, setting the YTD weekly flows average at +$3bn (+$72.43bn YTD in total cash flows).
Equity, Fixed Income, and Commodity ETPs experienced flows of +$1.37bn (0.12%), -$1.68bn (-0.63%), -$0.19bn (-0.24%) last week vs. -$3.87bn (-0.35%), -$4.8bn (-1.75%), -$0.33bn (-0.42%) in the previous week, respectively.
Among US sectors, Energy (+$0.3bn, +1.24%) and Industrials (+$0.3bn, + 4%) received the top inflows, while Financials (-$0.36bn, -0.62%) and Utilities (-$0.11bn, -1.22%) experienced the largest outflows.
Top 3 ETPs & ETNs by inflows: SPY (+$3.9bn), TLT (+$0.6bn), XLE (+$0.5bn)
Top 3 ETPs & ETNs by outflows: EEM (-$2.5bn), IFG (-$0.9bn), LQD (-$0.5bn)
New Launch Calendar: commodity ETNs
There were 2 new ETNs listed during last week. Both notes focus on Commodity indices. One the notes employs a diversified approach and the other employs a rotation strategy.
Turnover Review: Floor activity decreased by 20%
Total weekly turnover decreased by 19.8% to $346.01bn vs. $431.63bn in the previous week. However, last week's turnover level was 28% over last year's weekly average.
Assets under Management (AUM) Review: assets dropped by $17bn
US ETP assets dropped by $1.27bn (-0.9%) totaling $1.456 trillion at the end of the week. As of last Friday, US ETPs have accumulated an asset growth of 9.2% YTD. Assets for Equity, Fixed Income and Commodity ETPs moved -$10.1bn, -$2.1bn, -$0.4bn during last week, respectively.
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Source: Deutsche Bank-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-North America
Sudden Stock Crashes Usually Caused by Human Error, SEC Says
June 18, 2013--Concern that American stock markets have become more susceptible to split-second crashes due to computerization isn't supported by the data, a Securities and Exchange Commission official said.
Most “mini-flash crashes,” a term sometimes applied when an individual U.S. stock briefly surges or plunges for no obvious reason, are the result of human errors, not broken software, said Gregg Berman, head of the SEC’s Office of Analytics and Research.
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Source: Bloomberg
CFE modifies pricing for S&P 500 Variance futures contract
Pricing Method Now Similar to OTC Variance Swaps
June 17, 2013--CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE) on Monday, June 24 will revise the pricing method for its S&P 500 Variance (VA) futures contract, which began trading on CFE in December 2012.
The change involves the timing of when CFE converts volatility points to futures prices so that the prices of VA futures are more directly comparable to prices in the over-the-counter (OTC) variance swap market.
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Source: CBOE Futures Exchange
S&P Dow Jones Indices Announces Changes To The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices
A Share Update In The S&P/TSX Composite And 60 Indices
June 17, 2013--S&P Dow Jones Canadian Index Services will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices:
The shareholders of EACOM Timber Corporation (TSXVN:ETR) have accepted the all-cash takeover offer from Kelso & Company.
Shareholders of EACOM Timber will receive $CDN0.38 cash for each share held. The shares of EACOM Timber will be removed from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Tuesday, June 18, 2013.
Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices
NASDAQ OMX and Accretive Asset Management Announce Partnership on BulletShares Indexes
New partnership will result in co-branding of all BulletShares Indexes
BulletShares currently have over $2.5 billion in exchange-traded fund assets tracking indexes
NASDAQ OMX and Accretive to develop new BulletShares and other fixed income index products
June 17, 2013--The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and Accretive Asset Management, LLC. today announced a new partnership involving Accretive,s innovative BulletShares(R) Corporate Bond Index family.
NASDAQ OMX and Accretive have agreed to co-brand the indexes and work jointly to promote the BulletShares concept around the world.
"Accretive was quick to identify an opportunity in the bond index field and develop an innovative solution to meet the needs of investors with the first fixed-maturity corporate bond indexes. NASDAQ OMX is excited to partner with Accretive to expand the BulletShares brand globally and bring these indexes to investors around the world," said John L. Jacobs, Executive Vice President, NASDAQ OMX Global Indexes.
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Source: NASDAQ OMX
