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ETF Securities Expands US Sales Team
June 21, 2011--As part of aggressive US business expansion plans and continued growth in the US physically backed Exchange Traded Product (“ETP”) platform (SGOL, SIVR, PPLT, PALL, AGOL, GLTR & WITE), ETF Securities (US) LLC (“ETFS”), has appointed Dan Magnusson to the US Sales team.
Dan Magnusson
Senior Vice President Sales, US
Dan will be based in San Francisco and will work with retail and institutional Advisors and Wealth Managers within the Western region. Prior to joining ETFS, Dan was Regional
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Source: BusinesWire
iShares files with the SEC
June 21, 2011--iShares has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the iShares Floating Rate Note Fund.
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Source: SEC.gov
BNY Mellon to Provide ETF Services for Nine New Direxion Funds
Investments in Technology, Client Service Continue to Attract New Mandates
June 20, 2011-- BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, the global leader in investment services, has been selected to provide exchange-traded fund (ETF) services, custody, fund accounting and fund administration for eight recently introduced leveraged ETFs and one non-leveraged ETF from Direxion Shares.
The 3X Leveraged Bull and Bear ETFs seek daily investment results of 300 percent and daily inverse results of 300 percent, respectively, of the price performance of their underlying indices. The Daily Total Market Bear 1X ETF seeks inverse daily investment results that mirror the price performance of its underlying index.
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Source: PR Newswire
AdvisorShares Set to Launch 3 Madrona Funds ETFs
June 20, 2011--- AdvisorShares Investments, a sponsor of actively managed Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), today announced that it will begin trading in three ETFs managed by Madrona Funds of Everett, Washington, tomorrow, June 21st.
The new ETFs are the AdvisorShares Madrona Forward Domestic ETF (NYSE: FWDD), the AdvisorShares Madrona Forward International ETF (NYSE: FWDI), and the Madrona Forward Global Bond ETF (NYSE: FWDB).
The Madrona Forward Global Bond Fund is the first broadly diversified global multi-sector bond ETF that uses forward-looking yield curve analysis to reallocate across the targeted global bond sectors. The Madrona Forward Domestic and International Funds offer investors a broadly diversified forward-looking allocation strategy based on analyst consensus estimates of the present value of future projected earnings relative to the price of each security.
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Source: AdvisorShares
Morgan Stanley-US ETF Weekly Update
June 20, 2011--Weekly Flows: $10.2 Billion Net Inflows
Launches: 10 New ETFs
WisdomTree Makes Changes to Seven ETFs
PowerShares Makes Changes to Seven ETFs
Direxion Changes Tickers on China ETFs
US-Listed ETFs: Estimated Flows by Market Segment
ETFs exhibited net inflows of $10.2 billion last week; 2nd highest weekly net inflows YTD
US Large-Cap ETFs posted the largest net inflows last week, primarily driven by SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
ETF assets stand at $1.1 trillion, up 6% YTD; mostly from net new money
13-week flows remained mostly positive among asset classes
$33.9 billion net inflows into ETFs over past 13 weeks (Fixed Income up $9.7 bln; Commodity down $3.9 bln)
We estimate ETFs have generated net inflows 15 out of 24 weeks YTD
US-Listed ETFs: Estimated Largest Flows by Individual ETF
SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) generated net inflows of $12.0 billion last week, the most of any ETF
SPY’s weekly net inflows were its largest since we began tracking weekly flows on 1/4/10
Financials Select Sector SPDR (XLF) exhibited the most net outflows last week; XLF’s flows have been very
volatile YTD (net inflows one week, net outflows the next)
5 of the top 10 ETFs to post the largest net outflows over the past 13 weeks were commodity ETFs (precious
metals, energy and agriculture ETFs)
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Source: Morgan Stanley
Dow Jones Indexes Launches Two European Blue-Chip Indexes
First in a Series of Europe-Focused Indexes,
New Indexes Reflect Dow Jones Indexes’ Commitment to Europe
June 20, 2011-Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced the launch of two European blue-chip stock indexes, marking the first in a series of new geographically specific products that underscore the firm’s commitment to Europe.
The Dow Jones Eurozone Titans 80 Index and the Dow Jones Europe Titans 80 Index measure leading companies within each region. Because the new indexes are diversified, easy to replicate and contain well-established, blue-chip names, they are well-suited for licensing as the basis of investment products such as ETFs, structured products and exchange-traded derivatives.
On a related note, the Dow Jones Eurozone Titans 80 Index and the Dow Jones Europe Titans 80 Index both have been recently licensed to UniCredit, the pan-European financial institution, to serve as a basis for structured products to be issued today. UniCredit announced that open end certificates on each new index would be offered in Germany under “HypoVereinsbank onemarkets”, as well as in Austria under “UniCredit onemarkets”.
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Source: Dow Jones Indexes
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index
June 20, 2011--Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Monday, June 20, 2011:
CanAlaska Uranium Ltd. (TSXVN:CVV) will be removed from the index. The company will graduate to trade on TSX under the same ticker symbol.
Creston Moly Corp. (TSXVN:CMS) will be removed from the index. The shares of the company have been acquired by Mercator Minerals Ltd. (TSX:ML).
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
International Reserve Adequacy in Central America-IMF Working paper
June 20, 2011--Summary: Countries' absolute and relative international reserves adequacy has recently attracted considerable attention
The analysis has however concentrated on the largest and most advanced economies. We apply various methodologies for assessing reserve adequacy in Central America, taking into account the region’s high degree of deposit dollarization. We find that reserve cover is low both in an absolute and relative sense, suggesting further reserve accumulation is an important policy option for reducing vulnerabilities.
The analysis has however concentrated on the largest and most advanced economies. We apply various methodologies for assessing reserve adequacy in Central America, taking into account the region’s high degree of deposit dollarization. We find that reserve cover is low both in an absolute and relative sense, suggesting further reserve accumulation is an important policy option for reducing vulnerabilities.
view the IMF working paper-International Reserve Adequacy in Central America
Source: IMF
WisdomTree Previously Announced Changes for Seven Equity ETFs Take Effect
June 20, 2011--WisdomTree (Pink Sheets: WSDT - News), an exchange-traded fund
(“ETF”) sponsor and asset manager, announced today that previously declared changes to seven equity ETFs became effective as of the close of business on June 17, 2011.
Four of the seven funds trade under new ticker symbols as indicated in the summary
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Source: WisdomTree
Claymore files with the SEC
June 20, 2011--Claymore has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the Guggenheim ABC High Dividend ETF.
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Source: SEC.gov
