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S&P Dow Jones Indices Announces Changes to the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices
A Share Update in the S&P/TSX Composite and 60 Indices June 24, 2013--S&P Dow Jones Canadian Index Services will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices:
On Monday, June 24, 2013, Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (TSX:VRX) announced the closing of a public offering of common shares.
As a result of the increase in the number of shares outstanding of the company, the relative weight of Valeant will increase in the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite and the S&P/TSX 60 and 60 Capped indices. There will be no weight change effective in the S&P/TSX Composite Equal Weight, the S&P/TSX 60 Equal Weight, the S&P/TSX Capped Health Care or the S&P/TSX 60 130/30 Strategy Indices. These changes will be effective after close on Tuesday, July 2, 2013.
Trading Community Looks To Big Data To Uncover Patterns of Abuse
June 24, 2013--Heralding the next big thing in financial market enforcement, regulators, exchanges and trading firms are turning their attention from specific alerts of insider trading to identifying larger patterns of abuse.
The trading community is applying Big Data and "moving from cross-market to cross-asset surveillance,” explained Bill Nosal, Nasdaq’s associate vice president for business development and Smart products. “Unlike Europe, the U.S. market was designed for transparency. Now technology is providing the basis to look not just across exchanges, but across a given asset such as a security or a futures contract,” said Nosal in an interview last week with Securities Technology Monitor.
Vanguard's $500bn ETF gamble is already showing signs of paying off
June 23, 2013--Vanguard's evangelisation of the low-cost model for investing is legendary, and the company is not afraid to make bold moves to further its efforts.
It will do so even when its actions cause big shockwaves in the US mutual fund industry-as the asset manager’s chief executive, William McNabb, found out six months ago.
Northern Lights files with the SEC
June 21, 2013--Northern Lights has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC.
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EGA Emerging Global Shares files with the SEC
June 21, 2013--EGA Emerging Global Shares has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the
EGShares Emerging Markets Dividend Growth ETF
EGShares Emerging Markets Natural Resources ETF.
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DBX files with the SEC
June 21, 2013--DBX has filed a post-effective amendment registration statement with the SEC.
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CFTC's Division of Clearing and Risk Issues Extension of Time-Limited No-Action Relief from Required Clearing for Swaps Entered into by Certain Cooperatives
June 21, 2013--The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) Division of Clearing and Risk (DCR) today announced the issuance of a time-limited, no-action letter granting relief from required clearing under section
2(h)(1)(A) of the Commodity Exchange Act and part 50 of the Commission’s regulations for certain swaps entered into by qualifying cooperatives.
iShares files with the SEC
June 21, 2013--iShares has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the iShares MSCI Colombia Capped ETF.
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Market Vectors Announces Reverse Share Split of Seven ETFs
June 21, 2013--Market Vectors ETF Trust announced today that its Board of Trustees has approved reverse share splits of seven ETFs.
The effective date of the split will be at market open on July 1, 2013. The Funds will continue to trade on the NYSE Arca under their current ticker symbols, but their current CUSIP numbers will be discontinued and the Funds’ new CUSIP numbers will be as follows, effective July 1, 2013.
First Trust files with the SEC
June 21, 2013--First Trust has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the International Multi-Asset Diversified Income Index Fund.
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AdvisorShares files with the SEC
June 21, 2013--AdvisorShares has filed a pst-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the AdvisorShares Treesdale Rising Rates ETF.
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Exchange Traded Concepts, LLC files with the SEC
June 21, 2013--Exchange Traded Concepts, LLC has filed a fourth amended and restated application for exemptive relief with the SEC.
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Calamos Advisors LLC files with the SEC
June 21, 2013--Calamos Advisors LLC., has filed a application for exemptive relief with the SEC-actively-managed ETFs.
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Charles Schwab files with the SEC
June 21, 2013--Charles Schwab has third amended application for exmptive relief with the SEC.
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Direxion files with the SEC
June 21, 2013--Direxion has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC.
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