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SEC Proposes Enhanced Safeguarding Rule for Registered Investment Advisers
February 15, 2023--The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed rule changes to enhance protections of customer assets managed by registered investment advisers. If adopted, the changes would amend and redesignate rule 206(4)-2, the Commission's custody rule, under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and amend certain related recordkeeping and reporting obligations.
The proposed rules would exercise Commission authority under section 411 of the Dodd-Frank Act by broadening the application of the current investment adviser custody rule beyond client funds and securities to include any client assets in an investment adviser's possession or when an investment adviser has authority to obtain possession of client assets. Like the current rule, the proposed rule would entrust safekeeping of client assets to qualified custodians, including, for example, certain banks or broker-dealers.
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Source: SEC.gov
SEC Finalizes Rules to Reduce Risks in Clearance and Settlement
February 15, 2023--Final rules will shorten process for settling securities transactions from two business days to one.
The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted rule changes to shorten the standard settlement cycle for most broker-dealer transactions in securities from two business days after the trade date (T+2) to one (T+1). The final rule is designed to benefit investors and reduce the credit, market, and liquidity risks in securities transactions faced by market participants.
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Source: SEC.gov
Wall Street's Mutual Fund-to-ETF Magic Trick Is Failing to Wow
February 13, 2023--February 13, 2023--Many converted funds see outflows as ETFs overall lure cash
Quant giant Dimensional’s products are bucking the trend
A parade of money managers who converted mutual funds into exchange-traded funds in a bid to ride rampant demand for the newer, easier-to-trade structures are discovering it may not be so simple to tap the ETF boom.
More than one-third of converted funds have posted net outflows since they made the switch, according to data compiled by Bloomberg, while 61% have attracted less than $10 million each. In fact, only quant giant Dimensional Fund Advisors’s funds have seen significant positive net flows since converting. Even JPMorgan Asset Management, whose overall ETF business is booming, saw net outflows for its converted funds.
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Source: bloomberg.com
This Fund Might Just Be 'Stacked' in Your Favor
February 9, 2023--White-label issuer Tidal Financial Group continues to do what it does best: working with some of the brightest folks in the industry to bring truly innovative exchange-traded funds to market. This time they partnered with Newfound Research and Resolve Asset Management to launch the first of a series of what they call "Return Stacked ETFs".
Return Stacking?
Newfound Research principal Corey Hoffstein, and Rodrigo Gordillo from Resolve Asset Management authored a paper discussing return stacking in 2021 and have been actively discussing the strategy over the past year or so as evidenced by this podcast, and this video which, if you want to get into the weeds on this, I highly recommend.
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Source: realmoney.thestreet.com
Treasury Yield-Curve Inversion Reaches Deepest Level Since 1980s
February 9, 2023-- Two-year yield exceeded 10-year by as much as 86 basis points
Short-maturity yields track outlook for Fed's policy rate
US government bond investors pushed two-year yields above 10-year yields by the widest margin since the early 1980s Thursday, a sign of flagging confidence in the economy's ability to withstand additional Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes.
The yield on the shorter-dated Treasury at one point exceeded the longer-dated note's by as much as 86 basis points. The two-year rate was 4.10% on Feb. 2, before stronger-than-expected January employment data sparked a reassessment of how much higher the Fed's policy rate might need to go to stifle inflation.
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Source: bloomberg.com
CBO-Monthly Budget Review: January 2023
February 8, 2023--Summary
The federal budget deficit was $459 billion in the first four months of fiscal year 2023, the Congressional Budget Office estimates-$200 billion more than the shortfall recorded during the same period last year. Outlays were 9 percent higher and revenues were 3 percent lower from October through January than during the same period in fiscal year 2022.
Outlays in fiscal year 2023 were reduced by the shifting of certain payments-totaling $63 billion-from October 1, 2022 (the first day of fiscal year 2023), into fiscal year 2022 because October 1 fell on a weekend. If not for those shifts, the deficit would have been $522 billion, double the shortfall during the same period in fiscal year 2022.
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Source: CBO (Congressional Budget Office)
ETFs following US lawmakers' stock trades go live
February 7, 2023--NANC and KRUZ will be aligned with either Democratic or Republican Congress members' own transactions
Investors who believe that members of the US Congress have access to information that could give them a trading advantage can now trade two exchange traded funds that follow members' stock transactions.
Subversive Capital Advisor, an asset manager, and Unusual Whales, an option flow platform and data provider, on Tuesday launched the Unusual Whales Subversive Democratic ETF (NANC) and the Unusual Whales Subversive Republican ETF (KRUZ).
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Source: FT.com
Calamos Investments Announces the Listing of the Calamos Antetokounmpo Global Sustainable Equities ETF (SROI)
February 6, 2023--Launched in partnership with NBA Superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo, fund is based on one of the longest-running ESG research programs in the nation
SROI is a global stock-based ETF that seeks above-average returns with lower volatility by focusing on companies that generate potentially higher returns on capital and maintain what the advisor believes to be a competitive edge.
Fund invests in companies with strong ESG characteristics believed to be better equipped to adapt to change and potentially avoid certain liabilities, thereby contributing to return potential and risk reduction.
SROI is part of a broader partnership with NBA superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo that has committed to donating a portion of profits to charity.
Calamos Investments LLC ("Calamos"), a premier global investment provider, in partnership with Giannis Antetokounmpo, today announced the listing of the Calamos Antetokounmpo Global Sustainable Equities ETF (ticker: SROI) on NYSE ARCA. SROI seeks to deliver long-term capital appreciation through
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Source: calamos.com
Matthews Asia plans to convert $80mn Korea Fund to an ETF
Febraury 2, 2023--If approved the conversion will go ahead later this year, filings show
Matthews Asia plans to convert its $80mn Korea Fund into an ETF, a filing shows.
All or substantially all of the fund's assets are expected to move into the newly formed Korea Active ETF, the manager has disclosed.
The fund's board expects to consider the conversion in early 2023, according to the filing. If the board approves the plan, the fund will be converted to the actively managed ETF sometime this year.
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Source: ft.com
Morgan Stanley Makes Historic ETF Comeback With Six New Funds
February 1, 2023--Firm returns to industry after decades with ESG-tilted range
Wall Street giant has $5.5 trillion in wealth, investment arms
Three decades after helping give birth to the ETF industry, Morgan Stanley is officially back in the game in what could be a milestone moment for the investing world.
Six new products from the James Gorman-led firm began trading Wednesday, offering socially conscious strategies that target US and international equities and fixed income. They’re set to be the first of many from the bank, as they form the basis of a new ETF platform in its investment management unit.
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Source: bloomberg.com
