Archive for 2017
Dec 29th, 2017 |
By Guest
From the Asian equity desk at Nikko Asset Management.
A robust global economy and monetary policy tightening could benefit export-oriented economies in Asia. Coupled with a recovery of consumption within the region, we continue to believe that Asian equities provide better earnings growth prospects at a more attractive valuation relative to developed markets.
Posted in Equities |
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Tags: Asia Pacific, China, Emerging and Frontier, Equities, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, Japan, Themes and Strategy
Dec 29th, 2017 |
By James Lord, CFA
First Asset Investment Management has announced that the First Asset Can-Energy Covered Call ETF (OXF CN) is to close. The fund, currently listed on Toronto Stock Exchange, will be de-listed on 15 February 2018.
Posted in Alternatives / Multi-Asset |
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Tags: CI First Asset, Equities, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, High Income, Smart Beta, Themes and Strategy, United States and Canada
Dec 29th, 2017 |
By James Lord, CFA
Toronto-based Purpose Investments has launched the actively managed Purpose Enhanced Dividend Fund (PDIV CN), combining a portfolio of high-quality North American dividend-paying equities with a tactical covered-call option overlay.
Posted in Alternatives / Multi-Asset |
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Tags: Equities, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, ETF Launch, High Income, Themes and Strategy, United States and Canada
Dec 27th, 2017 |
By James Lord, CFA
Invesco has lowered the fees charged on two NYSE Arca-listed ETFs, the PowerShares S&P 500 Momentum Portfolio (SPMO US) and the PowerShares S&P 500 Enhanced Value Portfolio (SPVU US), from 0.25% to 0.13%, effective 1 January 2018. Dan Draper, global head of ETFs at Invesco, commented, “We are constantly evaluating our product offerings to ensure that we are offering cost-efficient investment solutions to meet the needs of our investors.”
Posted in Equities |
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Tags: Equities, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, ETF Launch, Invesco, S&P Dow Jones, Smart Beta, Themes and Strategy, United States and Canada
Dec 23rd, 2017 |
By James Lord, CFA
Angelos Gousios, director, European retail research, at Cerulli, notes that MiFID II’s drive for transparency on costs will shift the balance further in favour of passive investing, benefiting products such as ETFs.
Posted in ETF and Index News |
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Tags: Emerging and Frontier, Equities, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, Europe, Global, Smart Beta, Themes and Strategy, United States and Canada
Dec 22nd, 2017 |
By James Lord, CFA
Frankfurt-based index provider Solactive has unveiled the Solactive Bitcoin Front Month Rolling Futures 5D Index, tracking the performance of bitcoin futures listed on Cboe Global Markets. Steffen Scheuble, CEO of Solactive AG, commented: “This is unprecedented in the history of capital markets and clearly opens the door to new bitcoin-based investment products.”
Posted in Alternatives / Multi-Asset |
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Tags: Currencies, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, ETF Launch, Solactive, Themes and Strategy, United States and Canada
Dec 21st, 2017 |
By James Lord, CFA
WisdomTree has launched two new ETFs on NYSE Arca – the WisdomTree ICBCCS S&P China 500 Fund (WCHN US) and the WisdomTree Balanced Income Fund (WBAL US) – providing exposure to Chinese equities and a portfolio of ETFs composed of equity and fixed income exposures.
Posted in ETF and Index News |
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Tags: China, Emerging and Frontier, Equities, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, ETF Launch, Fixed Income, Global, S&P Dow Jones, United States and Canada, WisdomTree
Dec 21st, 2017 |
By James Lord, CFA
Innovator Capital Management has licensed the IBD ETF Leaders Index from Investor’s Business Daily (IBD) to underlie a new ETF. The Innovator IBD ETF Leaders ETF (LDRS US) is expected to begin trading shortly on NYSE Arca.
Posted in Equities |
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Tags: Active ETFs, Equities, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, ETF Launch, Fixed Income, Global, S&P Dow Jones, Themes and Strategy, United States and Canada
Dec 20th, 2017 |
By Rosemary Pearson
ICRA Management Consulting Services (IMaCS) has announced the launch of ICRA Fixed Income Indices, providing performance representation for different segments of the Indian debt market. Sanjeev Sinha, CEO of IMaCS, said, “ICRA Fixed Income Indices will enable asset managers and investors with effective benchmarks to measure the risk-return dynamics of the fixed income market.”
Posted in Fixed Income |
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Tags: Asia Pacific, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, Fixed Income, Global, Themes and Strategy
Dec 20th, 2017 |
By James Lord, CFA
ETFs listed in Europe gathered €9.6 billion in net new assets during November with equity funds leading the charge after gathering €6.8bn net inflows during the month, according to analysis by European ETF provider Amundi.
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Tags: Amundi, Emerging and Frontier, Equities, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, Europe, Fixed Income, Smart Beta, Themes and Strategy