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S&P Dow Jones Indices Announces Changes To The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices
A Deletion From The S&P/TSX SmallCap Index
December 21, 2012--S&P Canadian Index Services will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices:
The shareholders of Queenston Mining Inc. (TSX:QMI) have accepted the terms of a Plan of Arrangement whereby the company will be acquired by Osisko Mining Corporation (TSX:OSK).
Shareholders of Queenston Mining will receive 0.611 shares of Osisko Mining for every share held. Queenston Mining will be removed from the S&P/TSX SmallCap Index effective after the close of Friday, December 28, 2012.
CFTC's Division of Market Oversight Provides Additional Information Concerning its Existing No-Action Relief (CFTC Letter No. 12-46) for Reporting Parties Regarding Legal Entity Identifiers and Certain Identifying Information
December 21, 2012--The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (Division) today is providing additional information pertaining to its existing no-action relief for reporting parties under Parts 20, 45 and 46 of the Commission's regulations (CFTC Letter No. 12-46 or Letter).
The additional information provided today specifies that reporting parties eligible for relief pursuant to CFTC Letter No. 12-46 may, for purposes of this Letter only, meet the Letter’s requirement for a “written opinion of outside legal counsel” through a legal memorandum from outside legal counsel that includes the following attestation:
“We confirm that the rigor of the analysis we provided in our memorandum was no less extensive or involved than if we were to provide the same analysis in the form of a written, legal opinion. We confirm that we consider our memorandum to represent advice for which our firm takes full responsibility. We would, therefore, be obliged to stand behind such advice equally as we would for advice delivered in the form of a legal opinion.”
Getco Co-Founders Slated for Board Seats in Knight Merger
December 21, 2012--The co-founders of Getco LLC will serve as directors of the new company formed by the trading firm's planned takeover of Knight Capital Group Inc., according to a regulatory filing.
Stephen Schuler and Dan Tierney will serve as two of four board members selected by Getco, joining the as-yet-unnamed trading company's board alongside Getco Chief Executive Daniel Coleman and Knight CEO Thomas Joyce, who is slated to become executive chairman.
Getco on Wednesday agreed to acquire Knight for $1.4 billion, a deal that will bring Getco's high-speed, proprietary-trading heft together with Knight's core business of trading shares with online brokerage firms.
FactorShares files with the SEC
December 20, 2012--FactorShares has filed a pre-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the PureFundsTM ISE Diamond/Gemstone ETF
PureFundsTM ISE Mining Service ETF
PureFundsTM ISE Junior Silver (Small Cap Miners/Explorers) ETF.
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Artivest Advisors files with the SEC
December 20, 2012--Artivest Advisors has filed a application for exemptive relief with the SEC.
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Pyxis files with the SEC
December 20, 2012--Pyxis has filed a fifth amended and restated application for exemptive relief with the SEC-for actively-managed ETFs.
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ALPS Announces the Launch of New ETFs by Teaming Up With Goldman Sachs
Four New ETFs Launched Based on Goldman Sachs Proprietary Indices
December 20, 2012--ALPS, A DST Company, announced today the launch of four new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) each of which seeks to track a Goldman Sachs proprietary index.
Three of the new ETFs seek to track Goldman Sachs indices based on the "GS Momentum Builder(R)" framework which seeks to capture momentum exposure to select asset classes or markets with a risk control mechanism. The fourth ETF seeks to track a Goldman Sachs index that reflects a hypothetical portfolio of U.S. stocks that are anticipated to have the highest risk-adjusted returns based on volatility adjusted target prices of a consensus of industry analysts for the stocks in the Russell 1000(R) Index.
DBX files with the SEC
December 19, 2012--DBX has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the
db-X Ultra-Short Duration fund
db-X Managed Municipal Bond Fund.
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AdvisorShares files with the SEC
December 19, 2012--AdvisorShares has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the
Recon Capital Alternative Income ETF.
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ProShares
December 19, 2012--ProShares has filed a second amended and restated application for exemptive relief with the SEC-actively-managed ETFs.
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AdvisorShares Launches New Business Cycle ETF DBIZ
December 19, 2012--AdvisorShares, the leader in actively managed ETFs, rolled out its 17th ETF Wednesday: Pring Turner Business Cycle ETF (DBIZ).
Pring Turner Capital Group of Walnut Creek, Calif., with $147 million in assets under management, is managing the ETF. It's using an investment strategy it says it's used since 2000 for individual investors called the PTCG Conservative Growth Composite.
It invests in foreign and domestic stocks, bonds, commodities and cash "utilizing its proprietary business cycle research," the ETF prospectus states.
CFTC's Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight Issues Time-Limited No-Action Relief Regarding the Treatment of Swap Transactions by Persons Engaging in Floor Trader Activities, for Purposes of Making Calculations Under the Swap Dealer Definitio
December 19, 2012--The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today issued a time-limited no-action letter that provides relief for persons engaging in floor trader activities.
The relief provided in the letter expires on July 1, 2013. During that limited time period, the Division will not recommend that the Commission take an enforcement action against an entity for failure to include, in its calculation of the aggregate gross notional amount of swaps connected with its swap dealing activity for purposes of Commission Regulation 1.3(ggg)(4), a swap that is submitted for clearing to a registered derivatives clearing organization, provided that: (1) the entity does not have a registered swap dealer affiliate; (2) the entity entered into the swap using proprietary funds for its own account; and (3) the entity complies with the requirements set forth in Commission Regulations 1.3(ggg)(6)(iv)(D)-(H).
CFTC's Division of Market Oversight Issues Time-Limited, No-Action Relief for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants From the Reporting Provisions of Part 45 for CDS Clearing-Related Swaps
December 19, 2012--The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's ("Commission") Division of Market Oversight ("Division") today issued a no-action letter providing time-limited relief to Swap Dealers ("SDs") and Major Swap Participants ("MSPs") from the obligation to report swap data under part 45 of the Commission's regulations for cleared credit default swaps ("CDS") that are entered into pursuant to a derivatives clearing
organization’s (“DCO”) rules related to its price submission process for determining end-of-day settlement prices for cleared CDS (“CDS Clearing-Related Swaps”).
Gemini, Arrow Partner To Launch Northern Lights ETF Trust
Shared Fund Trust Provides ETF Operational and Cost Efficiencies for Advisers
December 19, 2012--Gemini Fund Services, LLC (Gemini), an engaged partner to independent advisers as a provider of comprehensive, pooled investment solutions, and Arrow Investment Advisors, LLC (Arrow), the adviser to Arrow Funds and ArrowShares, have teamed up to launch the Northern Lights ETF Trust (NLET), a shared fund trust designed to bring innovative exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to market.
NLET will provide benefits to advisers similar to Gemini's shared fund trusts for mutual funds. The trust will be comprised of independent ETFs managed by separate investment advisers. Like Gemini's shared mutual fund trusts, NLET will provide ETF advisers with operational efficiencies and economies of scale they would not be able to achieve on their own.
