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U.S. Department of the Treasury TIC Annual and Benchmark Surveys Update

Noevember 1, 2010--The U.S. Department of the Treasury TIC Annual and Benchmark Surveys have been updated and is now available.

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Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury


Joint CFTC-SEC Advisory Committee on Emerging Regulatory Issues to Meet

October 29, 2010--The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will hold a public meeting of the Joint CFTC-SEC Advisory Committee on Emerging Regulatory Issues on November 5, 21010, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, to:

Receive a summary and recap from the staffs of the CFTC and SEC on the report issued September 30, 2010;

hear a report from the subcommittee on cross-market linkages;

hear a report from the subcommittee on pre-trade risk management; and

discuss potential recommendations and responses.

The meeting will be held in the Lobby Level Hearing Room at the CFTC’s Headquarters. Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW, Washington, D.C.

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Source: CFTC.gov


U.S. International Reserve Position

October 29, 2010--The Treasury Department today released U.S. reserve assets data for the latest week. As indicated in this table, U.S. reserve assets totaled $135,793 million as of the end of that week, compared to $136,532 million as of the end of the prior week.

I. Official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets (approximate market value, in US millions)

 

 

 

October 22, 2010

A. Official reserve assets (in US millions unless otherwise specified) 1

 

 

135,793

(1) Foreign currency reserves (in convertible foreign currencies)

Euro

Yen

Total

(a) Securities

9,862

15,950

25,813

of which: issuer headquartered in reporting country but located abroad

 

 

0

(b) total currency and deposits with:

 

 

 

(i) other national central banks, BIS and IMF

14,576

7,837

22,413

ii) banks headquartered in the reporting country

 

 

0

of which: located abroad

 

 

0

(iii) banks headquartered outside the reporting country

 

 

0

of which: located in the reporting country

 

 

0

 

 

(2) IMF reserve position 2

13,058

 

 

(3) SDRs 2

58,347

 

 

(4) gold (including gold deposits and, if appropriate, gold swapped) 3

11,041

--volume in millions of fine troy ounces

261.499

 

 

(5) other reserve assets (specify)

5,120

--financial derivatives

 

--loans to nonbank nonresidents

 

--other (foreign currency assets invested through reverse repurchase agreements)

5,120

B. Other foreign currency assets (specify)

 

--securities not included in official reserve assets

 

--deposits not included in official reserve assets

 

--loans not included in official reserve assets

 

--financial derivatives not included in official reserve assets

 

--gold not included in official reserve assets

 

--other

 

 

 

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Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury


Report On U.S. Portfolio Holdings of Foreign Securities at End-Year 2009

October 29, 2010--The findings from an annual survey of U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2009 were released today.
The survey was undertaken jointly by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

A complementary survey measuring foreign holdings of U.S. securities also is conducted annually. Data from the most recent such survey, which reports on securities held on June 30, 2010, are currently being processed. Preliminary results are expected to be reported on February 28, 2011.

Overall Results

This survey measured the value of U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2009 of approximately $6.0 trillion, with $4.0 trillion held in foreign equity, $1.6 trillion held in foreign long-term debt securities (original term-to-maturity in excess of one year), and $0.4 trillion held in foreign short-term debt securities. The previous such survey, conducted as of year-end 2008, measured U.S. holdings of approximately $4.3 trillion, with $2.7 trillion held in foreign equity, $1.3 trillion held in foreign long-term debt securities and $0.3 trillion held in foreign short-term debt securities. The increase in the value of U.S. portfolio holdings between the two surveys primarily reflects valuation changes in foreign equity during 2009.

U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities by country at the end of 2009 were the largest for the United Kingdom ($958 billion), followed by Canada ($540 billion), and Japan ($419 billion) (see Table 2). These three countries attracted about one-third of the total U.S. portfolio investment.

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Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury


Dow Jones Indexes and UBS Announce 2011 Weights of Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index

October 29, 2010--Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and UBS Investment Bank announced the new target weightings for the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity IndexSM that will become effective in early January 2011.

The new target weights for the commodity components, which were determined and approved by the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Supervisory Committee following consultation with the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Advisory Committee, are listed below.

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Source: Dow Jones Indexes


SEC Staff Publishes Progress Report on Work Plan for Global Accounting Standards

October 29, 2010--The Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of the Chief Accountant and Division of Corporation Finance today published their first progress report on the Work Plan related to global accounting standards.

The Commission directed agency staff earlier this year to execute the Work Plan to provide the information needed to evaluate the implications of incorporating International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) into the financial reporting system for U.S. issuers. The Commission indicated that following successful completion of the Work Plan and the convergence projects of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), it will be in a position in 2011 to determine whether to incorporate IFRS into the U.S. financial reporting system.

"The staff has invested significant time and effort in executing the Work Plan, and we've made great progress to date," said SEC Chief Accountant Jim Kroeker. "This progress report emphasizes the importance of transparency in the staff's activities, and can help the public's understanding of the magnitude of this project and the staff's progress."

The Work Plan addresses six key areas:

Sufficient development and application of IFRS for the U.S. domestic reporting system.

The independence of standard setting for the benefit of investors.

Investor understanding and education regarding IFRS.

Examination of the U.S. regulatory environment that would be affected by a change in accounting standards.

The impact on issuers both large and small, including changes to accounting systems, changes to contractual arrangements, corporate governance considerations, and litigation contingencies.

Human capital readiness.

The SEC staff expects to continue to report periodically on the status of the Work Plan in 2011.

Work Plan for the Consideration of Incorporating International Financial Reporting Standards into the Financial Reporting System for U.S. Issuers

Source: SEC.gov


U.S. Department of the Treasury Economic Statistics - Quarterly Data Update

October 29, 2010--The U.S. Department of the Treasury Economic Statistics - Quarterly Data has been updated is now available.

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Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury


ETFs role in rising equity correlations

October 29, 2010--Growing use of exchange traded funds has contributed to an increase in correlations between individual equities, posing particular problems for long-short equity hedge funds, according to Hennessee Group, the consultant.

Hennessee said the growing popularity of ETFs and their rising share of overall trading volumes was contributing to the stock market being driven more by sentiment about broad economic issues rather than company fundamentals.

“The ‘risk on-risk off’ trade, driven largely by macro sentiment, continues to dominate the financial markets,” said Charles Gradante, co-founder of Hennessee. “Until we see fundamentals return to the forefront of investing, we believe hedge funds will have difficult executing their investment strategy, particularly on the short side.”

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Source: FT.com


NASDAQ OMX Reports Solid Third Quarter 2010 Results

EPS of $0.50 Represents 19% Increase Over Prior Year Non-GAAP Results
Net Revenues Grow 7% to $372 Million
October 29, 2010--The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. ("NASDAQ OMX(R)") (Nasdaq:NDAQ) reported solid results for the third quarter of 2010. Net income attributable to NASDAQ OMX for the third quarter of 2010 was $101 million, or $0.50 per diluted share, compared with $96 million, or $0.46 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2010, and $60 million, or $0.28 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2009. Included in the third quarter of 2010 results are $4 million of expenses associated with workforce reductions, merger and strategic initiatives, and other items, offset by $4 million of benefits associated with the tax impact of these items and certain other tax adjustments.

Financial Highlights:
Net exchange revenues grew 7% over prior year results to $372 million

Non-GAAP operating income improved to $169 million, up 11% from third quarter of 2009 results, while operating margins increased to 45%

Non-GAAP EPS increased to $0.50, up from $0.42 in the prior year quarter

GAAP EPS of $0.50 represents a 79% increase over third quarter of 2009 results

Completed $300 million of the $400 million authorized share repurchase program thus far, representing 15.1 million shares. Board has authorized an additional $150 million for the program, bringing the total authorized amount to $550 million.

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Source: NASDAQ OMX


CFTC.gov Commitments of Traders Reports Update

October 29, 2010--The CFTC.gov Commitments of Traders Reports has been updated for the week of October 26, 2010and are now available.

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Source: CFTC.gov


SEC Filings


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Europe ETF News


July 02, 2025 Valour Launches Eight New ETPs on Spotlight Stock Market, Including Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Unus Sed Leo (LEO), OKB (OKB), Polygon (POL), Algorand (ALGO), Filecoin (FIL), Arbitrum (ARB), and Stacks (STX)
June 16, 2025 ESMA's activities in 2024 focused on strengthening the EU capital markets and putting citizens and businesses at the heart of it
June 12, 2025 Janus Henderson launches active fixed income ETF
June 12, 2025 ifo Institute Raises Growth Forecast for Germany
June 10, 2025 ESMA publishes latest edition of its newsletter

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Asia ETF News


July 02, 2025 Fujitsu to develop ETF trading platform based on TSE's CONNEQTOR and provide it to Australian Securities Exchange
June 25, 2025 QFIIs Gain Access to Onshore ETF Options As A-share Market Opening Deepens
June 18, 2025 Mirae Asset Global Investments Launches MIRAE ASSET TIGER CHINA GLOBAL LEADERS TOP3 PLUS ETF, Tracking Solactive-KEDI China Global Leaders TOP3Plus Index
June 13, 2025 Post-Adjustment ChiNext Index Attracts Global Assets with Low Valuation and High Growth Potential
June 13, 2025 Unlocking Consumption to Sustain Growth in China -World Bank Economic Update

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Global ETP News


July 03, 2025 Flow Traders-Tokenization in Capital Markets: A Market Maker's Perspective
June 14, 2025 Global Economic Prospects-Global Economy Faces Trade-Related Headwinds
June 12, 2025 Disclosing Public Debt Boosts Investor Confidence, Cuts Borrowing Costs 
June 10, 2025 Global Economy Set for Weakest Run Since 2008 Outside of Recessions

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Middle East ETP News


June 19, 2025 GCC: Growth on the Rise, but Smart Spending Will Shape a Thriving Future
June 16, 2025 Saudi Exchange leads market losses across the GCC

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Africa ETF News


June 24, 2025 East Africa's regional 20 share index
June 16, 2025 African Credit Rating Agency to Launch September 2025
May 27, 2025 African Economic Outlook 2025-Africa's short-term outlook resilient despite global economic and political headwinds

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ESG and Of Interest News


June 18, 2025 Global Energy Transition Gains Ground, but Security and Capital Challenges Persist
June 17, 2025 Pacific Economic Update: Slowing Growth Highlights Need for More Inclusive Workforce
June 10, 2025 Global Carbon Pricing Mobilizes Over $100 Billion for Public Budgets
June 07, 2025 Accelerating Blue Finance: Instruments, Case Studies, and Pathways to Scale
June 03, 2025 The Longevity Dividend

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White Papers


May 30, 2025 IMF Working Paper-Interest Rate Sensitivity Scenarios to Guide Monetary Policy

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