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ISE Reports Business Activity for October 2011
November 1, 2011 –ISE is the largest equity options exchange in October with market share of 20.1%, excluding
dividend trades.
Dividend trades made up 1.2% of industry volume in October 2011.
The International Securities Exchange (ISE) today reported average daily volume of 3.4 million contracts
in October 2011. This represents an increase of 16.9% compared to October 2010. Total options volume
for the month was 72.1 million contracts.
ISE was the largest U.S. equity options exchange in October
with market share of 20.1%*. ISE market share has gained steadily for the past four months, due in part
to the completion of the Optimise™ rollout and its related enhancements, including lower latency, new
functionality and improved reliability and stability. ISE’s new trading rights program for Competitive Market
Makers has also benefitted the exchange by adding new liquidity providers.
Business highlights for the month of October include:
On October 5, ISE announced that UBS had launched the ETRACS Monthly 2xLeveraged ISE Cloud Computing Total Return Index ETN (Ticker: LSKY). This exchange-traded note (ETN) is
based on the ISE Cloud Computing Index™, a benchmark tracking companies actively involved in the cloud computing industry.
On October 25, ISE introduced the ISE Implied Volatility and Greeks FeedTM, a joint offering from ISE and Hanweck Associates. Powered by Hanweck Associates’ high-performance VoleraTM
engine, this feed provides real-time, low-latency, tick-level options analytics for all equity, index
and ETF options traded on the nine U.S. options exchanges.
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Source: International Securities Exchange (ISE)
Start of trading for two new ETFs on BM&FBOVESPA: IT Now ISE and IT Now IGCT
November 1, 2011--Trading starts on BM&FBOVESPA on Monday (October 31) for two new Exchange Traded Funds, (ETFs): the IT Now ISE Index Fund and the IT Now IGCT Index Fund, which respectively track the BM&FBOVESPA Corporate Sustainability Index (ISE) and BM&FBOVESPA Corporate Governance Trade Index (IGCT).
The ticker symbol for the IT Now ISE Index Fund is ISUS11 and for the IT Now IGCT Index Fund is GOVE 11.
Source: BM&FBOVESPA
iShares files with the SEC
November 1, 2011--iShares has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Energy Sector Capped Index Fund.
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Source: SEC.gov
iShares files with the SEC
November 1, 2011--iShares has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the iShares MSCI All Country Asia Information Technology Index Fund.
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Source: SEC.gov
CFTC-SEC Statement on MF Global
October 31, 2011--The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission today made the following joint statement:
“For several days, the SEC, CFTC and other regulators had been closely monitoring developments affecting MF Global, Inc., a jointly registered futures commission merchant and broker-dealer, in anticipation of a transaction that would include the transfer of customer accounts to another firm. Early this morning, MF Global informed the regulators that the transaction had not been agreed to and reported possible deficiencies in customer futures segregated accounts held at the firm. The SEC and CFTC have determined that a SIPC-led bankruptcy proceeding would be the safest and most prudent course of action to protect customer accounts and assets. SIPC announced today that it is initiating the liquidation of MF Global under the Securities Investor Protection Act (SIPA).”
Source: CFTC.gov
CFTC and SEC Approve Confidential Private Fund Risk Reporting
October 31, 2011--The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today approved a final rule requiring certain advisors to private funds that are dually registered with the CFTC and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to report information to the SEC for use by the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) in monitoring risks to the U.S. financial system.
The SEC approved the joint rule on October 26, 2011.
The Commissions’ final rules, which implement Sections 404 and 406 of the Dodd-Frank Act, require SEC-registered investment advisers and dually registered CFTC registrants with at least $150 million in private fund assets under management to periodically file a new reporting form (Form PF). The information reported on Form PF will remain confidential.
Private fund advisers are divided by size into two broad groups – large advisers and smaller advisers. The amount of information reported and the frequency of reporting depends on the group to which the adviser belongs. Both the CFTC and the SEC anticipate the relatively limited number of large advisers providing more detailed information will represent a substantial portion of industry assets under management. As a result, these thresholds will allow FSOC to monitor a significant portion of private fund assets while reducing the reporting burden for private fund advisers.
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Source: CFTC.gov
Treasury Announces Marketable Borrowing Estimates
October 31, 2011-- The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced its current estimates of net marketable borrowing for the October – December 2011 and the January - March 2012 quarters:
During the October – December 2011 quarter, Treasury expects to issue $305 billion in net marketable debt, assuming an end-of-December cash balance of $60 billion. This borrowing estimate is $21 billion higher than announced in July 2011. The increase in borrowing relates to lower receipts, higher outlays, and changes in the cash balance assumptions partially offset by higher net issuances of State and Local Government Series securities.
During the January - March 2012 quarter, Treasury expects to issue $541 billion in net marketable debt, assuming an end-of-March cash balance of $60 billion.
During the July - September 2011 quarter, Treasury issued $286 billion in net marketable debt, and ended the quarter with a cash balance of $58 billion. In July 2011, Treasury estimated $331 billion in net marketable borrowing and assumed an end-of-September cash balance of $110 billion. The decrease in borrowing was related to lower receipts offset by lower outlays and cash balance adjustments that lowered the estimated end-of-quarter cash balance.
Additional financing details relating to Treasury’s Quarterly Refunding will be released at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 2, 2011.
Source: US Department of the Treasury
Van Eck files with the SEC
October 31, 2011-Van Eck has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the Market Vectors Biotech ETF.
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Source: SEC.gov
Report on U.S. Portfolio Holdings of Foreign Securities at End-Year 2010
October 31, 2011--The findings from an annual survey of U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2010 were released today and posted on the Treasury web site at link.
The survey was undertaken jointly by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
A complementary survey measuring foreign holdings of U.S. securities also is conducted annually. Data from the most recent such survey, which reports on securities held on June 30, 2011, are currently being processed. Preliminary results are expected to be reported on February 29, 2012.
Overall Results
This survey measured the value of U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2010 of approximately $6.8 trillion, with $4.6 trillion held in foreign equity, $1.7 trillion held in foreign long-term debt securities (original term-to-maturity in excess of one year), and $0.4 trillion held in foreign short-term debt securities. The previous such survey, conducted as of year-end 2009, measured U.S. holdings of approximately $6.0 trillion, with $4.0 trillion held in foreign equity, $1.6 trillion held in foreign long-term debt securities and $0.4 trillion held in foreign short-term debt securities. The increase in the value of U.S. portfolio holdings between the two surveys primarily reflects valuation changes in foreign equity during 2010.
U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities by country at the end of 2010 were the largest for the United Kingdom ($1,001 billion), followed by Canada ($695 billion), and Japan ($519 billion) (see Table 2). These three countries attracted about one-third of the total U.S. portfolio investment.
The surveys are part of an internationally-coordinated effort under the auspices of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to improve the measurement of portfolio asset holdings.
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Source: US Department of the Treasury
Van Eck files with the SEC
October 31, 2011-Van Eck has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the Market Vectors Renminbi Bond ETF.
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Source: SEC.gov
