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Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices
July 22, 2011--Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes:
The Non-Cumulative Class A Preferred Shares, Series 30, of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (TSX:CM.PR.H) have been called for redemption at $C25.75 cash per share and will be removed from the S&P/TSX North American Preferred Stock Index
and the S&P/TSX Preferred Share Index after the close of Friday, July 29, 2011.
Company additions to and deletions from an S&P equity index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.
Source: Standard & Poor's
First Trust files with the SEC
July 21, 2011-First Trust has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the First Trust ISE Cloud Computing Index Fund.
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Source: SEC.gov
Component Changes Made To Dow Jones Emerging Markets Sector Titans Indexes
July 21, 2011--Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced that Polyus Gold ADS (Russia, Basic Resources, PLZL.RS) will be removed from the Dow Jones Emerging Markets Basic Materials Titans 30 and Dow Jones Emerging Markets Metals & Mining Titans 30 Indexes.
In the Dow Jones Emerging Markets Basic Materials Titans 30 Index, Polyus Gold ADS (Russia, Basic Resources, PLZL.RS) will be replaced by Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd (Malaysia, Chemicals, 5183.KU).
In the Dow Jones Emerging Markets Metals & Mining Titans 30 Index, Polyus Gold ADS (Russia, Basic Resources, PLZL.RS) will be replaced by Industrias Penoles S.A.B. de C.V. (Mexico, Basic Resources, PE&OLES.MX).
Polyus Gold ADS is being removed due to its acquisition by KazakhGold Group Ltd. (Kazakhstan, Basic Resources, KZG.LN). All changes in the Dow Jones Emerging Markets Basic Materials Titans 30 and Dow Jones Emerging Markets Metals & Mining Titans 30 Indexes will be effective as of the open of trading on Tuesday, July 26, 2011.
Further information on the Dow Jones Emerging Markets Sector Titans Indexes can be found at www.djindexes.com
Source: Dow Jones Indexes
ISDA Marks First Anniversary of Dodd-Frank Act: Clearing, Transparency Drive Improvements in OTC Derivatives Markets
July 21, 2011--At the first anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Act, market participants, policymakers and others are assessing the safety of the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives markets in light of the legislation as well as efforts the industry has undertaken over the past few years in conjunction with global regulators.
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) believes the markets are safer and more efficient today, as evidenced by the following:
•First, more OTC derivatives are being cleared. As of the end of June 2011, nearly $300 trillion of interest rate swaps are centrally cleared. This is up from slightly over $100 trillion at the end of 2007, and now represents well over 50 percent of the global interest rate swap market. Similarly, the volume of uncleared interest rate swaps has fallen from $201 trillion at the end of 2007 to $116 trillion at the end of 2010, the most recent date for which data is available. For both eligible interest rate and credit derivatives, over 90 percent of new transactions are currently being cleared.
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Source: ISDA
TMX Group Board Of Directors Authorizes Discussions With Maple Group Acquisition Corporation
July 21, 2011--TMX Group Inc. today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized management and its advisors to hold discussions with the Maple Group Acquisition Corporation (Maple) regarding its unsolicited offer to acquire TMX Group.
The TMX Group Board is making no recommendation to shareholders regarding the current Maple offer and there can be no assurance that any agreement or recommendation will result from TMX Group's discussions with Maple.
According to the Maple take-over bid circular dated June 10, 2011 as varied on June 24, 2011, the current Maple offer is open for acceptance until August 8, 2011 and is subject to a number of conditions; Maple has publicly disclosed that it expects to complete the Maple offer in the fall of 2011. Therefore, there is no necessity for TMX shareholders to take any action with respect to the Maple offer at this time.
Source: TMX Group (TSX-X)
CFTC and SEC Staffs to Host Public Roundtable to Discuss International Issues relating to the Implementation of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act
July 21, 2011--The staffs of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will hold a joint public roundtable on August 1, 2011, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, to discuss international issues related to the implementation of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Panelists will be announced at a later date.
The roundtable will be held in the Conference Center at the CFTC’s Headquarters, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC. The discussion will be open to the public with seating on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Source: CFTC.gov
BNP Paribas files with the SEC
July 21, 2011--BNP Paribas has filed a Form S-1 with the SEC for the BNP Paribas Enhanced Volatility Fund.
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Source: SEC.gov
Dow Jones Indexes To License Two Israel Sector Indexes For New ETFs
July 21, 2011--Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced the launch of two sector indexes for Israel – the Dow Jones Israel Select Consumer Index and the Dow Jones Israel Select Oil & Gas Index – which it has licensed to KSM, a leading index product manager in Israel.
Part of the Excellence Nessuah group, KSM will be adding the KSM Dow Jones Consumer Index ETF and the KSM Dow Jones Energy Index ETF to its expanded family of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which collectively have AUM totaling $5.5 billion as of June 30, 2011. Both of the new KSM ETFs began trading today on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
“The licensing of these two new indexes is indicative of growing interest among Israeli investors in a wider array of index-based products,” said Michael A. Petronella, President, Dow Jones Indexes. “These new indexes will allow investors to make more-precise investment decisions by considering the performance of individual sectors.”
Dow Jones Indexes and KSM have worked together before: in 2004, KSM licensed the iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average from Dow Jones Indexes to issue the KSM Dow Jones 30 – the first ETF traded in Israel.
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Source: Dow Jones Indexes
Massachusetts Suing RBC Capital Over Leveraged ETF Sale
June 20, 2011---Massachusetts’ top securities regulator is suing RBC Capital Markets LLC over the sale of leveraged and inverse exchange-traded funds, saying they sold them to clients who didn’t understand the investments.
Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin said RBC Capital and Michael D. Zukowski, a former agent, used “dishonest practices” in selling the funds, according to a statement e-mailed today. The lawsuit seeks restitution to Massachusetts investors, a cease and desist order, and an administrative fine.
“The point of the complaint is not that the investors lost money,” Galvin said in the statement. “The dishonesty here is that the investors, and indeed the agent soliciting their investment, did not understand the workings of these funds.”
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Source: Bloomberg Businessweek
BM&FBOVESPA Announces Questionnaire For Selection Of 2012 ISE Portfolio - Questionnaire Approved By The ISE Deliberative Council Includes New Transparency Question
Questionnaire approved by the ISE Deliberative Council includes new Transparency question
July 20, 2011--The questionnaire to decide the companies for the 2012 Corporate Sustainability Index (ISE) portfolio is available on the website www.isebvmf.com.br. BM&FBOVESPA announced on Tuesday.
The questionnaire was drawn up by the Sustainability Study Center (GVces) of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV) and was approved by the ISE Deliberative Council after a public consultation with companies and society, which ended June 24. The eligible companies are on the list of the 200 most traded on the Exchange and must register by July 31 and answer the questions by September 16.
The Index was launched on December 1, 2005, based on methodology developed by GVces and with the financial backing of the International Finance Corporation (IFC). ISE assesses separate sustainability questions as a whole, within the dimensions of General, Nature of the Product, Corporate Governance, Economic-Financial, Social, Environmental, and Climate Change.
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Source: BM&FBOVESPA
