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Standard & Poor's Announces Changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices
March 11, 2011-- Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes as a result of the Quarterly S&P/TSX Composite Index Review. These changes will be effective at the open on Monday, March 21, 2011:
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Source: S&P Indices
iShares files with the SEC
March 11, 2011--iShares has filed a Amendment No. 2 to Form S-1 for the iShares® Copper Trust.
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Source: SEC.gov
PowerShares files with the SEC
March 11, 2011-- PowerShares has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio (NYSE Arca, Inc.
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Source: SEC.gov
Global X files with the SEC
March 11, 2011--Global X has filed an Amended and Restated Application for an Order to Supersede a Prior Order under (i) Section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
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Source: SEC.gov
CFTC's Division of Market Oversight Issues Advisory Regarding Ongoing Duty to Update Account Identification Form
March 11, 2011-The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Market Oversight issued an Advisory reminding futures commission merchants, clearing members and foreign brokers (reporting firms) to submit an updated Form 102 when changes occur in an existing account.
The Advisory reiterates the existing legal obligation that reporting firms submit an updated Form 102 to the Commission within three business days after information contained in a previously submitted Form 102 is no longer accurate.
Minutes Of The U.S. Federal Open Market Committee, January 25-26, 2011
March 19, 2011--The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on January 25-26, 2011. A summary of economic projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Reserve Bank presidents for the January 25-26, 2011 meeting is also included as an addendum to these minutes.
The minutes for each regularly scheduled meeting of the Committee ordinarily are made available three weeks after the day of the policy decision and subsequently are published in the Board’s Annual Report. Summaries of economic projections are released on an approximately quarterly schedule. The descriptions of economic and financial conditions contained in these minutes and in the Summary of Economic Projections are based solely on the information that was available to the Committee at the time of the meeting.
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Source: Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market
Statement From Chairman Schapiro on Independent Consultant Report of SEC Organization and Operations
March 10, 2011-- An independent consultant today presented Congress with a report examining the organization and operations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, as required by Section 967 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
The consultant, the Boston Consulting Group, focused its attention on four broad areas: organization structure, personnel and resources, technology and resources, and the SEC's relationship with self-regulatory organizations.
In response to the report, SEC Chairman Mary L. Schapiro issued the following statement:
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Source: SEC.gov
Component Changes Made To Dow Jones Indexes
March 10, 2011--Component changes have been made to the following indexes
Regular Review Results for Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes
Component Changes Made to Dow Jones SAFE Indexes
http://press.djindexes.com/index.php/component-changes-made-to-dow-jones-summerwinter-games-index-7/
Source: Dow Jones Indexes
U.S. Regulators Encourage Comments on CPSS-IOSCO Consultative Report on Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures
March 10, 2011--The Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) and the Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commission (IOSCO) today released for comment the consultative report on the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures. The CPSS and IOSCO expect these principles to play an important role in the future regulation of financial market infrastructures around the world.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (members of the Technical Committee of IOSCO) and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (a member of the CPSS) encourage interested persons to review and comment on the consultative report.
The deadline for submitting comments on the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures is July 29, 2011.
The consultative report contains updated and new proposed international principles for systemically important payment systems, central securities depositories, securities settlement systems, central counterparties and trade repositories. The 24 proposed principles would replace existing CPSS and CPSS-IOSCO standards for payment, clearing and settlement systems previously published in the Core Principles for Systemically Important Payment Systems, Recommendations for Securities Settlement Systems and Recommendations for Central Counterparties and introduce principles for trade repositories for the first time.
The consultative report on the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures is available at www.bis.org/publ/cpss94.htm. Comments on the report should be sent via e-mail to cpss@bis.org and fmi@iosco.org.
Source: CFTC.gov
Direxion files with the SEC
March 10, 2011-Direxion has filed a post effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for 12 ETFs. The funds are:
1X BEAR FUNDS
Domestic Equity Index Funds
Direxion Daily Dow 30® Bear 1X Shares
Direxion Daily Large Cap Bear 1X Shares
Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 1X Shares
Direxion Daily Total Market Bear 1X Shares
Fixed Income Funds
Direxion Daily 7-10 Year Treasury Bear 1X Shares (TYNS)
Direxion Daily 20+ Year Treasury Bear 1X Shares (TYBS)
Direxion Daily Corporate Bond Bear 1X Shares
Direxion Daily Municipal Bond Taxable Bear 1X Shares
Direxion Daily Total Bond Market Bear 1X Shares (SAGG)
International Funds
Direxion Daily Developed Markets Bear 1X Shares
Direxion Daily Emerging Market Bear 1X Shares
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Source: SEC.gov
