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Vanguard moves into smart beta with actively managed factor ETFs

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… Vanguard, the world’s second largest exchange-traded fund provider, has expanded its low-cost ETF range with the launch of its first active ETFs on the London Stock Exchange. The funds are designed to provide …

Canadian Securities Regulators Seek Comments on a Mutual Fund Risk Classification Methodology

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… MONTRÉAL, Dec. 10, 2015 /CNW Telbec/ - The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published … to use a standardized risk classification methodology (the Proposed Methodology) when determining a risk level for … mutual funds and exchange-traded mutual funds (ETFs) in the Fund Facts and in the proposed ETF Facts, respectively... …

ETFs open the door to Saudi kingdom

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The introduction in September 2015 of the first exchange-traded fund listed in the US giving exposure to Saudi Arabia will be an important …

Dark side of ETFs erode active managers' outperformance

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… have poured $199bn into ETFs (funds and products) in the first seven months of 2015, an increase of 21 per cent on the same period last year, according to ETFGI, the consultancy. The report entitled “Is there a dark side …

Betterment Announced as Partner with Social Security Administration to Help Workers Plan for a Better Retirement

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… Betterment, the largest automated investing service, announced today in connection with the White House Conference on Aging that it will update its … available Social Security data. To assist Americans in their financial planning, the Social Security Administration …

Multi-factor ETFs bring better returns—and risks

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… This year, the fastest-growing strategy in the realm of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has been the use of multi-factor models. This strategy—which provides …

ANZ enters $18b ETF market with six listings

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… ANZ Banking Group has become the first Australian bank to enter the $18 billion Australian exchange traded fund market, … London-based ETF Securities to list six new securities on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) that are tied to …

Nuveen Commodity Funds Provide Update on Proposed ETF Conversion

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… individual investors, today announced that shareholders of the Nuveen Long/Short Commodity Total Return Fund (NYSE MKT: CTF), have approved the plan to convert the fund into open-ended exchange-traded fund (ETF). The

IOSCO Releases Report on Protection Against Investment Fraud

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The International Organization of Securities Commissions … a final report titled “Survey on Anti-Fraud Messaging.” The report provides information and real examples of strategies that may help other IOSCO members identify effective methods of educating …

CBOE Begins Trading Options on VelocityShares' EVIX

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… CBOE) today announced it has begun trading options on the VelocityShares® 1x Long VSTOXX Futures ETN (Bats: EVIX), which are based on the VSTOXX Short-Term Futures Investable Index. The options, which began trading at Chicago Board Options …