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Launching Wednesday, November 10 Global X FTSE Norway 30 ETF Ticker: NORW

November 9, 2010-On November 10, 2010 Global X will launch the Global X FTSE Norway 30 ETF.

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Source: Global X


Pimco files with the SEC

November 9, 2010--Pimco has filed a post effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for
PIMCO Global Advantage Inflation-Linked Bond Strategy Fund

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Source: SEC.gov


NY Fed outlines plan for ‘QE2’ buying

November 9, 2010-- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York will on Wednesday tell Treasury traders and investors how it will implement the vast bond purchases dictated under the central bank’s new round of quantitative easing, or “QE2” .

Aside from the $600bn of Treasuries slated for purchase under “QE2” until the end of next June, the Fed will also buy an estimated $300bn of additional Treasuries..

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Source: FT.com


Knight’s Algorithmic Execution Strategies Win Buy-Side Technology Awards

November 8, 2010---- Knight Capital Group, Inc. today announced that its smart order execution algorithm, FAN, has been named "Best Broker-Supplied Tool/Technology," and its Oasis smart order execution algorithm for sourcing small- and mid-cap liquidity has been named "Best Buy-Side New Product" by Waters Technology in the magazine's 2010 Buy-Side Technology Awards.

"We see an increasing number of institutions adopting sophisticated liquidity-sourcing technology, including next-generation algorithms like FAN and Oasis," said Joseph Wald, Managing Director at Knight. "Both are examples of execution strategies that allow buy-side firms of all sizes to participate in the markets on a level playing field using the most sophisticated technology available."

Knight's algorithmic suite is accessed through Knight Direct, Knight's multi-asset class execution management system, as well as through a number of third-party execution and order management systems via Knight Direct's FIX capabilities. The algorithms are powered by FAN, a smart order execution algorithm which sources liquidity from multiple destinations simultaneously, while adapting to market conditions in real time and re-circulating orders to where executions are occurring. Oasis uses innovative logic to source liquidity in thin and difficult-to-trade names with increased efficiency and opportunities for price improvement as well as greater fulfillment.

"Single-stock algorithms are still evolving through ever-new and better ways to access the markets, with tangible and valuable differences between the offerings. We thank our clients for recognizing what sets Knight apart and helping us to gain recognition through respected independent parties like Waters Technology, as well as for continuing to trust Knight for high-quality trade executions."

To learn more about Knight's algorithmic offering, please contact Joe Wald 212.479.2335 or jwald@knight.com.

Source: Knight Capital Group


Online brokers boost trade in ETFs: BlackRock

November 8, 2010-- Online brokers such as Charles Schwab Corp, Fidelity Investments and TD Ameritrade Holding are using low cost exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to attract new customers to their trading platform, a managing director at BlackRock said.

"ETFs are an area of increasing focus in the U.S. and globally," said Deborah Fuhr, global head of ETF trading at BlackRock, the world's biggest money manager.

"The goal is for people to come to the platform," Fuhr told Reuters in an interview in Tel Aviv.

BlackRock last year bought Barclays Global Investors for $13.5 billion, mainly for its iShares ETF business, which is the world's largest ETF with a 45 percent market share.

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Source: Reuters


SEC Approves New Rules Prohibiting Market Maker Stub Quotes

November 8, 2010--The Securities and Exchange Commission approved new rules proposed by the exchanges and FINRA to strengthen the minimum quoting standards for market makers and effectively prohibit "stub quotes" in the U.S. equity markets.

A stub quote is an offer to buy or sell a stock at a price so far away from the prevailing market that it is not intended to be executed, such as an order to buy at a penny or an offer to sell at $100,000. A market maker may enter stub quotes to nominally comply with its obligation to maintain a two-sided quotation at those times when it does not wish to actively provide liquidity. Executions against stub quotes represented a significant proportion of the trades that were executed at extreme prices on May 6, and subsequently broken.

"By prohibiting stub quotes, we are reducing the risk that trades will be executed at irrational prices, and then need to be broken, if the markets become volatile," said SEC Chairman Mary L. Schapiro. "While we continue to look at other potential obligations for market participants, this is an important step in our effort to improve the functioning of the U.S. markets, and restore investor confidence following the events of May 6."

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Source: SEC.gov


JP Morgan files with the SEC

November 8, 2010--JP Morgan has filed an application for exemptive relief with the SEC. The Future Funds may include one or more exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) which invest in other investment companies and/or ETFs (“Fund of Fund ETFs”).

The Initial Fund and the Future Funds together are referred to herein as the “Funds.” Each Fund relying on the exemptive relief will operate as an actively managed ETF.

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Source: SEC.gov


CDS Spreads and Default Risk

U.S. Broker-Dealers
November 8, 2010--In response to interest received from several market participants, Fitch Ratings is following up on its recent study analyzing the performance of credit default swap (CDS) spreads as indicators of default risk for U.S. sectors that incurred pronounced market volatility during the financial crisis.

More specifically, this report analyzes the CDS spread history and implied annual probability of default (PD) for the U.S. broker-dealers over the past several years.

The prior study, which focused on the North American bank, insurance, monoline insurance, real estate investment trust, and homebuilder sectors, did not address U.S. broker-dealers given their small sample size. In effect, only two out of five entities within this sector continued to operate independently after year-end 2008.

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Source: Fitch Ratings


New Report Outlines Causes of Market Distortions Choking Recovery and Preventing New Growth Companies from Going Public

Report provides recommendations for SEC to mitigate ETF dangers
November 8, 2010-- A form of indexed securities known as “exchange traded funds”—or ETFs—are distorting the markets to such an extent that they are threatening the growth of new companies by effectively curtailing their access to capital, according to a provocative new report issued today by Harold Bradley and Robert Litan of the Kauffman Foundation.

Moreover, it is these derivatives and not the phenomenon known as high-frequency trading (HFT)—commonly critiqued as contributing to the “flash crash” of May 6, 2010—that pose serious threats to market stability in the future.

Numerous factors have been pointed to as contributing to the significant downward trend in IPOs over the past decade, some of which, like the higher regulatory costs of going and remaining public under the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002, are widely agreed to as one of the main culprits.

But, as Bradley, Kauffman’s chief investment officer, and Litan, Kauffman’s vice president of research and policy, argue, ETFs represent a far more important and heretofore unrecognized deterrent to companies going public because they are artificially distorting stock prices and thereby dissuading new growth companies – on which the growth of our economy depends – from going public.

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Source: Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation


Opening Statement, Meeting of the: Joint CFTC-SEC Advisory Committee on Emerging Regulatory Issues

Chairman Gary Gensler
November 5, 2010--Good morning. I am pleased to join Chairman Schapiro in welcoming the members of the Joint CFTC-SEC Advisory Committee on Emerging Regulatory Issues to our fourth public meeting. I would like to thank Chairman Schapiro, her fellow Commissioners and the staff of the SEC for all they’re doing on the review of the unusual market events that took place on May 6, 2010, as well as our strong collaboration with regard to the Dodd-Frank Act.

I also would like to thank the staff of the CFTC for all of their hard work planning this meeting, reviewing the circumstances surrounding May 6 and releasing their thorough report on the contributing factors.

I also want to recognize and thank my fellow CFTC Commissioners, Mike Dunn, Jill Sommers, Bart Chilton and Scott O’Malia.

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Source: CFTC.gov


SEC Filings


September 10, 2025 SSGA Active Trust files with the SEC-SPDR SSGA My2035 Corporate Bond ETF and SPDR SSGA My2031 Municipal Bond ETF
September 10, 2025 WisdomTree Digital Trust files with the SEC-WisdomTree Private Credit and Alternative Income Digital Fund
September 10, 2025 EA Series Trust files with the SEC-City Different Investments SMID Cap Core Equity ETF and City Different Investments Global Equity ETF
September 10, 2025 ETF Opportunities Trust files with the SEC-Golden Eagle Dynamic Hypergrowth ETF
September 10, 2025 Truth Social Funds files with the SEC-5 ETFs

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Europe ETF News


September 04, 2025 Global X Launches Two High Dividend ETFs, Tracking Solactive European and United Kingdom SuperDividend Indices
September 03, 2025 The T+1 Thursday conundrum pushing instantaneous settlement on traders
September 01, 2025 ETF and ETP Listings on September 1, 2025, new on Xetra and Borse Frankfurt
August 29, 2025 21Shares Launches First ETP Tracking Hyperliquid, the Market Leader in Decentralized Perpetuals
August 27, 2025 ETF and ETP Listings on August 27, 2025, new on Xetra and Borse Frankfurt

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Asia ETF News


September 08, 2025 Samsung Securities Launches Two ETNs Tracking Solactive China Mobility Top 5 Hedged to KRW Index and AI Tech Top 5 Hedged to KRW Index in First Collaboration with Solactive
September 03, 2025 SGX Securities Welcomes The Listing Of SPDR J.P. Morgan Saudi Arabia Aggregate Bond UCITS ETF
September 03, 2025 BTIG Begins Offering Access To Tokyo Stock Exchange's CONNEQTOR Platform
September 03, 2025 Exclusive: US trading firm Jane Street files appeal against India markets regulator
September 02, 2025 Hana Asset Management Launches 1Q Xiaomi Value-Chain Active ETF Tracking the Solactive-KEDI Xiaomi Focus China Tech Index

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Global ETP News


September 04, 2025 Infographic-G20 Inflation Tracker: July
September 03, 2025 Ondo Brings Over 100 Tokenized U.S. Stocks and ETFs Onchain, Starting on Ethereum
August 27, 2025 FBS Analysis Highlights How Political Shifts Are Redefining the Next Altcoin Rally

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Middle East ETP News


September 02, 2025 Indxx US Infrastructure Index Licensed by KSM Mutual Funds Ltd. for an Index Tracking Fund
September 01, 2025 Lunate Launches Boreas Solactive Quantum Computing UCITS ETF, the First Thematic ETF to List on ADX, Tracking the Solactive Developed Quantum Computing Index
August 20, 2025 Mideast Stocks: Gulf bourses trade lower ahead of key Fed speech
August 14, 2025 Saudi, UAE drive GCC assets under management growth to $2.2trln
August 12, 2025 Exchanges get religion in pursuit of Muslim cryptobros

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Africa ETF News


August 24, 2025 Africa: Nigeria Leads Africa in Stablecoin Adoption With $22bn in Transactions

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ESG and Of Interest News


August 28, 2025 Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds
August 06, 2025 Why investing in Southern Africa's critical minerals is key for the global energy transition
August 04, 2025 World Cannot Recycle Its Way Out of Plastics Crisis, Report Warns
August 02, 2025 The Brain Economy: The New New Thing

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White Papers


September 08, 2025 Economic development, carbon emissions and climate policies

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