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BlackRock Lists iShares MSCI New Zealand Investable Market Index Fund on NYSE Arca

September 2, 2010--NYSE Euronext (NYX) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, NYSE Arca, today began trading the iShares MSCI New Zealand Investable Market Index Fund (Ticker: ENZL). The fund is advised by BlackRock Fund Advisors.

The fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI New Zealand Investable Market Index, which is free-float adjusted market capitalization weighted index designed to measure the performance of equity securities in the top 99% by market capitalization of equity securities listed on stock exchanges in New Zealand.

The fund’s prospectus and other information are available at www.ishares.com.

Source: NYSE Euronext


NSX Releases August 2010 ETF Data Reports

September 2, 2010--Highlights from the August report include:
Assets in U.S. listed Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF) and Exchange-Traded Notes (ETN) totaled approximately $814.8 billion at August 2010 month-end, an increase of approximately 21% over August 2009 month-end when assets totaled $672.3 billion.

August 2010 net cash outflows from all ETFs/ETNs totaled approximately $1.9 billion, with year-to-date net cash inflows totaling $47.6 billion.

Total Global/Int'l Equities led all product categories with over $4.5 billion in net cash inflows. Total U.S. Equities had net cash outflows of over $10.9 billion for the month of August 2010.

At the end of August 2010, the number of listed products reached 1046, with 437 ETFs/ETNs posting > $100 million in Assets Under Management (AUM).

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Source: NSX


SEC Adopts Temporary Rule Requiring Municipal Advisors to Register With Agency

September 2, 2010--The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has adopted a temporary rule requiring municipal advisors to register with the SEC by October 1, a deadline established by the newly-enacted Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Municipal advisors provide advice to state and local governments and other borrowers involved in the issuance of municipal securities. The advice typically relates to municipal derivatives, guaranteed investment contracts, investment strategies or the issuance of municipal securities. Municipal advisors also solicit business from a state or local government for a third party.

Municipal advisors can now access and complete the new registration form (Form MA-T) on the SEC's website. Municipal advisors are encouraged to begin the registration process as soon as possible because of the impending registration deadline and the requirement that applicants first obtain an ID and password.

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Source: SEC.gov


Standard & Poor's Announces Changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

September 2, 2010--Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes:
The unitholders of Vermilion Energy Trust (TSX:VET.UN) have approved the conversion of the company to a corporate structure through a Plan of Arrangement. The units will be exchanged on a 1-for-1 basis for Vermilion Energy Inc. (TSX:VET).

As a result of the conversion, Vermilion Energy Trust will be removed from the S&P/TSX Income Trust and Capped Energy Trust Indices. Vermilion Energy Inc. will be added to the S&P/TSX Equity, Capped Equity and Equity Completion Indices. The conversion is effective after the close of Friday, September 3, 2010. The name and ticker change, with no change in capitalization, will be effective in the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX Completion and the S&P/TSX Capped Energy indices.

Company additions to and deletions from an S&P equity index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.

Source: Standard & Poors


Flash crash probe plays down quote-stuffing

September 2, 2010--Regulators probing the causes of the May 6 flash crash have concluded that quote-stuffing – placing and then almost immediately cancelling large numbers of rapid-fire orders to buy or sell stocks – was not a “major factor” in the turmoil, a person familiar with the inquiry said on Thursday.

However, the practice of quote-stuffing has come under increased scrutiny by regulators in both the equities and futures markets.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Thursday confirmed it was reviewing data from Nanex, a database developer, which has suggested high-frequency trading firms could have used quote-stuffing to create arbitrage opportunities by slowing down electronic stock-trading networks or distracting their rivals.

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Source: FT.com


Claymore files with the SEC

September 1, 2010--Claymore has filed a post-effective registration statement, registration statement with the SEC.

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Source: SEC.gov


NEXT ETF’s LLC files with the SEC

September 1, 2010--NEXT ETF’s LLC has filed an application for exemptive relief with the SEC.

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Source: SEC.gov


Barclays Launches Exchange Traded Note Linked to S&P 500® Dynamic VEQTORTM Total Return Index

September 1, 2010--Barclays Capital today announced the listing of the Barclays ETN+ VEQTORTM Exchange Traded Note (ETN) on the NYSE Arca stock exchange under the ticker symbol VQT. The ETN is designed to provide investors with broad equity market exposure.
“Today’s launch expands our suite of volatility-linked products, underscoring our commitment to providing solutions that seek to meet our clients’ needs,” said Philippe El-Asmar, Managing Director, Head of Investor Solutions at Barclays Capital. “The VEQTOR ETN provides investors with an exchange-traded way to access US equity returns with a long volatility overlay designed by Standard & Poor’s to provide an alternative to the S&P 500.”

The Barclays ETN+ VEQTORTM ETN is linked to the performance of the S&P 500® Dynamic VEQTORTM Total Return Index (the “Index”). The Index seeks to provide investors with broad equity market exposure with an implied volatility hedge by dynamically allocating its notional investments among three components: equity, volatility and cash. The equity component of the Index is represented by the S&P 500® Total Return IndexTM and the volatility component of the Index is represented by the S&P 500® VIX Short-Term FuturesTM Index.

For further information please contact:

Kristin Friel
Tel: 212 412 7521

Source: Barclays Capital


ISE Reports Monthly Volume For August 2010

September 1, 2010--The International Securities Exchange (ISE) today reported average daily volume of 2.4 million contracts in August 2010. Average daily trading volume for all options contracts decreased 36.9% to 2.4 million contracts in August as compared to 3.7 million contracts during the same period in 2009.

Total options volume for the month decreased 33.9% to 51.8 million contracts from 78.4 million contracts in the same year-ago period.

On a year-to-date basis, average daily trading volume of all options decreased 24.3% to 3.1 million contracts traded. Total year-to-date options volume through August 2010 decreased 24.3% to 510.3 million contracts from 673.8 million contracts in the same period last year.

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Source: International Securities Exchange (ISE)


Barclays ETN+ S&P VEQTOR™ ETN list on NYSE Arca

September 1, 2010-- NYSE Euronext (NYX) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, NYSE Arca, today began trading Barclays ETN+ S&P VEQTOR™ ETN (Ticker: VQT) . The ETNs are linked to the S&P 500® Dynamic VEQTOR™ (Volatility Equity Target Return) Total Return Index which is calculated, maintained and published by Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P” or the “index sponsor”).

The Barclays ETN+ S&P VEQTOR™ ETN seek to provide investors with broad equity market exposure with an implied volatility hedge by allocating its notional investments among three components: equity, volatility and cash. The equity component of the Index is represented by the S&P 500® Total Return Index™ (the “S&P 500 TR”) and the volatility component of the Index is represented by the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures™ Index TR (the “Short-Term VIX TR” and together with the S&P 500 TR, the “Constituent Indices”).

The S&P 500 TR is intended to provide a performance benchmark for the U.S. equity markets, and the Short-Term VIX TR seeks to model the return from a daily rolling long position in the first and second month CBOE Volatility Index® (the “VIX Index”) futures contracts.

Source: NYSE Euronext


SEC Filings


March 17, 2025 Russell Investments Exchange Traded Funds files with the SEC-5 ETFs
March 17, 2025 Exchange Listed Funds Trust files with the SEC-Long Pond Real Estate Select ETF
March 17, 2025 WisdomTree Trust files with the SEC-WisdomTree High Income Laddered Municipal Fund
March 17, 2025 WisdomTree Trust files with the SEC-WisdomTree Core Laddered Municipal Fund
March 17, 2025 GraniteShares ETF Trust files with the SEC

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Europe ETF News


March 12, 2025 Nasdaq Stockholm welcomes HANetf as new ETP provider
March 12, 2025 New on Xetra: crypto ETN from 21Shares with access to the crypto basket of Bitcoin and Ethereum
March 10, 2025 European approval for semi-transparent ETFs sparks debate
March 05, 2025 European investors dump US equity ETFs in February
March 04, 2025 Euronext plan to consolidate ETF trading venues sparks scepticism

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Asia ETF News


March 12, 2025 Coinbase returns to India: Crypto exchange confirms securing FIU regulatory nod
March 11, 2025 KB Asset Management Launches KB RISE US Quantum Computing ETF, Tracking the Solactive US Quantum Computing Technology Index
February 17, 2025 ETFs jump to two-thirds of all Taiwan fund assets
February 17, 2025 China explores relaxing rules to allow multi-asset ETFs

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Global ETP News


February 17, 2025 ETFGI reports assets invested in the global ETFs industry surpassed the hedge fund industry by US$10.33 trillion at the end of 2024

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Middle East ETP News


March 03, 2025 Saudi Tadawul profit surges 60% on higher trading value
February 28, 2025 Egypt's economic growth likely to accelerate, says bank
February 20, 2025 Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange welcomes the listing of Chimera iBoxx US Treasury Bill ETF

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Africa ETF News


February 11, 2025 Digital public infrastructure (DPI) will drive AI for Africa's economic transformation

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ESG and Of Interest News


March 05, 2025 Half of world's CO2 emissions come from 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows
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February 12, 2025 OECD Services Trade Restrictiveness Index Policy Trends up to 2025

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White Papers


February 09, 2025 White Paper-Monetary Policy Predicts Currency Movements

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