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Some Problems Today with some Powershares ETFs

heezsafe
edited February 2015 in The Bullpen
Powershares has announced "temporary suspension" today in shares creation in 11 of their ETFs. Involved areas include currencies, commodities/agriculture, precious metals, and energy/oil.
http://blogs.barrons.com/focusonfunds/2015/02/25/powershares-halts-creations-in-11-etfs/?mod=BOLBlog

Apparently, there have been disruptions in their "normal trading mechanism."
http://blogs.barrons.com/focusonfunds/2015/02/25/why-etf-creation-halts-are-dangerous-in-two-charts/?mod=BOLBlog

How did this come to happen? I'm not sure I understand.

update: Deutsche Asset Wealth & Management pulls away, Invesco takes over. Tickers affected are:
http://seekingalpha.com/news/2325026-powershares-temporarily-suspends-creations-on-11-etfs?auth_param=12erif:1aes28b:1ae86c991e3e19d2929a806d2cb6e6cc&uprof=
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