As the events in Greece escalate to a frenzy, global macro strategists are lining up to opine on what might happen as the EU and the world calculate the impact of a Grexit. MarketsMuse tapped into one of the industry's most thoughtful strategists and one who is notorious for having…Read More
Hull Tactical Asset Allocation, LLC announces the launch of the Hull Tactical US ETF, an actively managed exchange traded fund designed by industry veteran Blair Hull. The ETF is designed to deliver hedge fund-type management and trading tactics to a broad investor audience. Working in partnership with Exchange Traded Concepts,…Read More
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., which is looking to issue exchange-traded funds this year, hired BlackRock Inc. veteran Tony Kelly as head of product development for that unit. Kelly, who spent 15 years working in the iShares ETF business at Barclays Plc and BlackRock, will join Goldman Sachs as a managing…Read More
The True Pain Trade in Yields and Euro…Not the Wall Street Pain Trade of Equities Greece, Grexit and the notorious ‘pain trade’ commentary below is courtesy of MarketsMuse’s extracted rendition of today’s above-titled edition of “Sight Beyond Sight”, the global macro commentary and investment insight newsletter published by Rareview Macro…Read More
MarketsMuse updates that State Street Corp., which lost its lead in exchange-traded funds after being a pioneer in the business more than two decades ago, is now betting on hedge funds. The firm is expanding hedge funds and alternative investment strategies that can be offered to individual investors, Ronald O'Hanley,…Read More
MarketsMuse ETF update profiles the inevitable: The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) now has their cross-hairs on the exchange-traded fund industry. As reported by Traders Magazine (among others), the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it is seeking public comment to help inform its review of the listing and…Read More
One of the biggest investment banks on Wall Street, Goldman Sachs, is making a change to its business model--adopting what seems to be tactics advanced by startups. Soon, Goldman will offer loans online to both consumers and to small businesses as it looks to tap into a marketplace worth nearly…Read More
MarketsMuse ETF update profiles an amended proposal by NYSE Arca to adopt generic listing standards for actively managed ETFs. NYSE Arca asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to amend existing rules and cut out a key, time-intensive step fund companies must undertake to launch active ETFs. Such generic listings standards, which generally don’t apply to…Read More
MarketsMuse ETF update courtesy of FundsEurope.com profiles French asset management firm Lyxor, and their plan to launch a China government bond exchange-traded fund (ETF) in Europe. The firm has been awarded a licence on the S&P China Sovereign Bond 1-10 Year Spread Adjusted Index by S&P Dow Jones Indices (SPDJI).…Read More
In advance of the June 17 ETF.com Global Macro Conference in NYC, MarketsMuse.com is pleased to provide our readers with a teaser of what is expected to be one of this summer's best programs for investment managers, RIAs and Family Office practitioners who embrace the underlying approach and value proposition…Read More
Diageo Plc, the maker of Guinness stout and Johnnie Walker whisky, surged in London trading on a report that a billionaire backer of Anheuser-Busch InBev NV is considering a takeover bid. Jorge Paulo Lemann and other executives are in early stages of mulling an acquisition, according to a column on…Read More
Decomposing the Move in Yields...Global Fixed Income Coming Closer to Decoupling from German Bunds MarketsMuse Global Macro and Fixed Income departments merge to provide insight courtesy of "Sight Beyond Sight", the must read published by global macro think tank Rareview Macro LLC. Below is the opening extract from 10 June…Read More
MarketsMuse ETF update profiles a soon-to-launch Saudi Arabia-flavored ETF courtesy of iShares, and concurrent with the Kingdom opening up its equity trading pipeline for global access.. Below extract courtesy of ETF.com snapshot by Olly Ludwig The iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia Capped ETF appears to be nearing launch, perhaps as early as mid-June,…Read More
BATS Global Markets now is the leading U.S. marketplace for exchange traded funds (ETFs), executing 26.1 percent of all ETF trading in May. MarketsMuse ETF and Tech Talk depts merge to provide following update, courtesy of James Dornbrook Kansas City Business Journal On Thursday, the Lenexa-based stock exchange welcomed the…Read More
"What Goes Up, Must Come Down" MarketsMuse ETF update is courtesy of a special trade post sent this afternoon to subscribers of "Sight Beyond Sight", the global macro trade newsletter published by Rareview Macro LLC and authored by Neil Azous. The trade alert was also posted to Twitter via @RareviewMacro.…Read More
MarketsMuse Global Macro Trading dept. merges with our ETF dept. to provide the following excerpt profiling a compelling and conservative Crude Oil-centric strategy courtesy of global macro think tank Rareview Macro LLC. The following was posted to subscribers of “Sight Beyond Sight” on Wednesday, May 27. Irrespective of subsequent three…Read More
MarketsMuse blog update highlights the must watch ETFs for the first week of June. The ETFs range from health care, to oil, the Japanese Yen. This update is courtesy of the Benzinga's author, David Fabian, and his article, "Healthcare, Yen And Oil ETFs To Watch This Week", with an excerpt from the…Read More
MarketsMuse ETF update profiles a story that is now official: exchange-traded funds have surpassed mutual funds for being the most popular investment vehicle for investment advisers. Extract below courtesy of reporting by Chuck Jaffe/MarketWatch.com A nail gun is a handy tool, so long as you’re not shooting yourself in the…Read More