Federal Court Gives Regulators Until Dec. 30 to Respond in Volcker Case
Regulators Want Additional Time to Respond to ABA's Demand to Halt Provision of Volcker Rule
December 26, 2013--A federal court Thursday partially granted banking regulators' request for additional time to respond to an industry group's demand that they halt a provision of the Volcker rule.
The Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency have until Monday to respond to the American Bankers Association's request to delay the provision, according to an order filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
CFTC.gov Swaps Report Update
December 26, 2013--CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.
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Van Eck files with the SEC
December 24, 2013--Van Eck has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC. This filing relates solely to the following series of the Registrant: Market Vectors Emerging Markets Aggregate Bond ETF.
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iShares files with the SEC
December 24, 2013--iShares has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC.
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KraneShares files with the SEC
December 24, 2013--KraneShares has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement for the
The KraneShares BAML Ultra Short Bond ETF.
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ETFis files with the SEC
December 24, 2013--ETFis has filed a pre-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the
Mana Core Equity Enhanced Dividend Income Fund (Ticker: MANA).
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Guggenheim files with the SEC
December 24, 2013--Guggenheim has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC.
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Guggenheim files with the SEC
December 24, 2013--Guggenheim has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC.
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DBX files with the SEC-db X-trackers Harvest China A-Shares
December 23, 2013--DBX has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the
db X-trackers Harvest China A-Shares
Technology Sector Fund NYSE Arca, Inc.: ASHK
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DBX files with the SEC-db X-trackers Harvest China A-Shares Materials Sector Fund
December 23, 2013--DBX has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the
db X-trackers Harvest China A-Shares Materials Sector Fund NYSE Arca, Inc.: ASHB
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DBX files with the SEC-db X-trackers Harvest China A-Shares
December 23, 2013--DBX has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the db X-trackers Harvest China A-Shares
Industrial Sector Fund
NYSE Arca, Inc.: ASHI
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DBX files with the SEC-db X-trackers Harvest China A-Shares
December 23, 2013--DBX has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the
db X-trackers Harvest China A-Shares
Health Care Sector Fund NYSE Arca, Inc.: ASHV .
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DBX files with the SEC-db X-trackers Harvest China A-Shares
December 23, 2013--DBX has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the
db X-trackers Harvest China A-Shares
Financial Sector Fund NYSE Arca, Inc.: ASHF.
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DBX files with the SEC-db X-trackers Harvest China A-Shares
December 23, 2013--DBX has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the
db X-trackers Harvest China A-Shares
Consumer Staples Sector Fund
NYSE Arca, Inc.: ASHP.
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DB-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-North America-US ETF Market Weekly Review- Growth ETPs led Equity weekly inflows of $9.6bn
December 23, 2013--Data in this report is as of Fri, Dec 20th
Market and Net Cash Flows Review
The US (S&P 500) edged higher by 2.42%; while, outside the US, the MSCI EAFE (in USD) rose by 2.57% and the MSCI EM (USD) dropped by 0.21%. In the meantime, performance was positive across US sectors; the Industrials (+3.39%) and Materials (+2.80%) sectors recorded the largest weekly gains.
The DB Liquid Commodity Index rose by 1.02%; similarly, the Agriculture sector (DB Diversified Agriculture Index) and the WTI Crude Oil rose by 0.42% and 2.82%, respectively; while Gold and Silver prices fell by 2.87% and 1.40%, respectively. Moving into other asset classes, the 10Y US Treasury Yield rose 1bps ending at 2.89%. Last but not least, Volatility (VIX) dropped by 12.50% during the same period.
The total US ETP flows from all products registered $7.9bn (+0.5% of AUM) of inflows during last week vs. $7.6bn (+0.5%) of inflows the previous week, setting the YTD weekly flows average at +$3.5bn (+$176.9bn YTD in total cash flows).
Equity, Fixed Income and Commodity ETPs experienced flows of +$9.6bn (+0.7%), -$0.7bn (-0.3%) and -$1.1bn (-1.7%) last week vs. +$7.4bn (+0.6%), +$0.7bn (+0.3%) and -$0.5bn (-0.9%) in the previous week, respectively.
Among US sectors, Industrials (+$0.6bn, +4.5%) and Materials (+$0.4bn, +3.7%) received the top inflows, while Energy (-$0.2bn, -0.8%) and Utilities (-$0.1bn, -1.5%) experienced the largest outflows.
Top 3 ETPs & ETNs by inflows: VO (+$1.3bn), VXF (+$1.0bn), VB (+$0.9bn)
Top 3 ETPs & ETNs by outflows: SPY (-$1.9bn), GLD (-$0.5bn), QQQ (-$0.5bn)
New Launch Calendar: USD, JGB, US HY Corporate and US broad bonds
There were six new ETFs listed by WisdomTree during the previous week. The new products offer exposure to the US broad bond market (AGZD; AGND) and below investment grade corporate bonds (HYZD; HYND) while seeking to manage interest rate risk through the use of short positions in US Treasuries; changes in Japanese interest rates (JGBB), and the value of the US dollar against a basked of developed and emerging market currencies (USDU).
Turnover Review: Floor activity increased by 32.4%
Total weekly turnover increased by 32.4% to $369.4bn vs. $279.0bn from the previous week; Furthermore, last week's turnover level was 37.0% over last year's weekly average. Equity, Fixed Income and Commodity ETPs turnover increased by $81.9bn (+32.8%), $4.2bn (+23.6%) and $3.4bn (+38.6%) during the same period, respectively.
Assets under Management (AUM) Review: assets increased by $28.3bn
US ETP assets rose by $28.3bn (+1.7%) totaling $1.650 trillion at the end of the week. As of last Friday, US ETPs had accumulated an asset growth of +23.8% YTD. Assets for Equity, Fixed Income and Commodity ETPs moved +$31.2bn, -$0.7bn and -$2.2bn during last week, respectively.