Meet the Newest ETF in Cybersecurity
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
First Trust Advisors L.P.  expects to launch a new etf, the First Trust NASDAQ CEA Cybersecurity. The fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield (before the fund’s fees and expenses) of an equity index called the Nasdaq CEA Cybersecurity IndexSM. Cybersecurity is gaining global attention following recent high profile security […] Read More

7 July, 2015

Hull Launches First ETF Product for U.S.
In ETF News, People Profiles> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
Hull Tactical Asset Allocation, LLC (“HTAA”), announces the launch of the Hull Tactical US ETF (“HTUS”), 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, LLC, the white-label […] Read More

7 July, 2015

Looking to Hit That Pot ETF? Here’s What It…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
Pot has been generating lots of buzz both in the public and private sectors. Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana, either for medicinal or personal use, while an additional 13 have planned votes by 2016. If the trend toward legalization continues, there’s big profit potential, considering $2.5 billion in legal sales last year—and the estimated $60 […] Read More

30 June, 2015

What’s Next: ETFs For Crowdfunding Industry?
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
This post was written by Pete Hoegler, Washington DC-based Social Media Savant for The JLC Group.  Three years after the JOBS Act was passed, it seems that Washington is back for more–a curtain call if you will–making it easier for small ventures to raise capital. The House Financial Services Committee in early June floated a draft […] Read More

29 June, 2015

Its All Greek..A RareView View…
In ETF News, Fixed Income, Global Macro Strategy> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
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 both ‘sight beyond sight’ and […] Read More

29 June, 2015

FINtech is On Fire: 3-Fold Jump In Deals Funded
In Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
As reported by FINalternatives.com and extract below, MarketsMuse tech talk editors note that investments in financial technology (FINtech) deals nearly tripled in the United States in 2014, according to a new report by Accenture and the Partnership Fund for New York City. The value of fintech investments in the United States soared to $9.89 billion […] Read More

28 June, 2015

Hull Tactical Asset Allocation Jumps Into ETF Market
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
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, LLC, the white-label ETF issuer […] Read More

25 June, 2015

Tony Kelly To Spearhead Goldman Sachs’ ETF Development
In ETF News, People Profiles> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
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 director, according to an internal […] Read More

23 June, 2015

Greece and The True Pain Trade-A Rare Global Macro…
In ETF News, Global Macro Strategy> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
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 LLC. Added bonus: a thesis […] Read More

22 June, 2015

Electronifying The Corporate Bond Market Chapter 15: Liquidnet Tosses…
In Fixed Income, Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse editors are almost starting to lose count when it comes to the number of electronic trading initiatives from FinTech aficionados who purportedly intend to make the institutional corporate bond market more transparent, and hence more liquid.. Thanks to Liquidnet, the latest player to plug into the corporate bond market movement and throw their hat […] Read More

19 June, 2015

Frmr NYSE Capo Niederauer Backs Bitcoin-based ‘smart securities’ startup…
In People Profiles, Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
Tech Talk: Bitcoin’s Distributed Ledgers: A FinTech Innovation.. MarketsMuse Trading Technology/FinTech department profiles Wall Street’s rapid embracement of the tools that power Bitcoin with a look at Symbiont, a company that aspires to disrupt the capital markets process. Distributed ledgers, the technology behind the Bitcoin blockchain, can be used to issue, trade and process an […] Read More

19 June, 2015

State Street Loses Lead in ETFs; Moves On to…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
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, who in April replaced Scott […] Read More

18 June, 2015

SEC Has Eye On ETFs
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
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 trading of new, novel, or […] Read More

17 June, 2015

Goldman FinTech Fixation Sneaks Into Start-Up Space with Online…
In ETF News, Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
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 $850 billion. The new unit […] Read More

16 June, 2015

NYSE Proposal Would Lower ETF Listing Standards, Save You…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
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 index-tracking ETFs, could reduce the […] Read More

15 June, 2015

French Firm Aims At China; Lyxor Launches Chinese Govt…
In ETF News, Fixed Income> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
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). The index is made up […] Read More

15 June, 2015

Broker-Dealer Gives Back: Fundraising Yields $20k Payout for Semper…
In Fixed Income, People Profiles> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
BrokerDealer Gives Back and Pays It Forward; Mischler Financial’s “Memorial Day Month” Pledge Yields $20k for Semper Fi Fund. MarketsMuse is honored to be the first financial industry news outlet to report an inspiring story that profiles thought-leadership on the part of boutique brokerdealer, Mischler Financial Group and their financial support of Semper Fi Fund. […] Read More

15 June, 2015

ETF.com June 17 Global Macro Conference Preview
In ETF News, Global Macro Strategy, People Profiles> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
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 to global macro-style investing. The […] Read More

11 June, 2015