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ISE Reports Monthly Volume for July 2010

August 2, 2010--The International Securities Exchange (ISE) today reported average daily volume of 2.5 million contracts in July 2010.
Average daily trading volume for all options contracts decreased 38.7% to 2.5 million contracts in July as compared to 4.1 million contracts during the same period in 2009. Total options volume for the month decreased 41.5% to 53.0 million contracts from 90.6 million contracts in the same year-ago period.

On a year-to-date basis, average daily trading volume of all options decreased 22.5% to 3.2 million contracts traded. Total year-to-date options volume through July 2010 decreased 23.0% to 458.6 million contracts from 595.5 million contracts in the same period last year.

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Source: International Securities Exchange (ISE)


Emerging Markets Week in Review -7/26/2010 - 7/30/2010

August 2, 2010--The Dow Jones Emerging Markets Sector Titans Composite Index advanced 0.57% last week, closing out a strong month for emerging market sectors.

Consumer Goods and Financials led the market up by increasing 2.37% and 1.56% respectively. Materials was the only negative sector last week, declining 0.46% and, despite a strong month of July, remains the worst performer this year.

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Source: Emerging Global Advisors


Invesco PowerShares Announces Shift to Fundamental Index® Approach for High Yield Corporate Bond Portfolio (PHB)

Fund renamed to reflect change to new Index
August 2, 2010-- Invesco PowerShares, a leading provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), announced that effective Aug. 2, 2010, the PowerShares High Yield Corporate Bond Portfolio (PHB) began tracking the RAFI® High Yield Bond Index and was renamed the PowerShares Fundamental High Yield® Corporate Bond Portfolio. PHB is the first fixed-income ETF to use Research Affiliates’ Fundamental Index methodology.

“We are very pleased to expand our relationship with Research Affiliates and offer investors another industry first with the introduction of an innovative fixed-income index strategy that incorporates the Fundamental Index methodology,” said Ben Fulton, Invesco PowerShares managing director of global ETFs. Invesco PowerShares already offers eight equity ETFs based on FTSE RAFI indexes, which also make use of the Fundamental Index methodology.

Traditional bond indices give the largest weights to the biggest debtors, potentially exposing investors to greater risks of default. In contrast, Research Affiliates’ Fundamental Index methodology uses fundamental measures of company size, including book value, sales, dividends and cash flow, to set constituent weights.

“By weighting companies based on fundamental measures of their resources available to service debt, we believe the PowerShares Fundamental High Yield Corporate Bond Portfolio represents a compelling alternative to market-cap-weighted fixed-income portfolios and provides investors the potential for improved risk-adjusted returns,” Mr. Fulton added.

“Traditional bond indexes are flawed. Why would you want to give the biggest portion of assets to those companies that are the biggest debtors?” said Rob Arnott, chairman and founder of Research Affiliates, LLC, which developed the new index in conjunction with Ryan ALM, Inc. “The RAFI High Yield Bond Index offers a compelling alternative to traditional high-yield bond indexes.” Ron Ryan, CEO of Ryan ALM, adds, "We believe the index rules that we designed and maintain for the RAFI Index provide the highest liquidity, creditworthiness, investability and interest rate risk balance for a high-yield index today."

PHB will normally invest at least 80% of its total assets in high-yield bonds that comprise the Index. The Index measures potential returns of a theoretical portfolio of high yield, U.S. dollar denominated corporate bonds registered for sale in the United States whose issuers are public companies listed on a major U.S. stock exchange.

The underlying index is rebalanced at the end of every month based on the index rules and weighted according to a composite RAFI weight that is calculated for each eligible company. Composite RAFI weights are calculated using the following four factors: current book value of assets as well as gross sales, gross dividends and cash flow, each based on five-year averages. The target RAFI weights are reconstituted annually.

The Fund previously tracked the WellsFargo® High Yield Bond Index. The fund continues to be offered on the NYSE Arca under the existing ticker symbol PHB.

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC is leading the Intelligent ETF Revolution® through its family of more than 120 domestic and international exchange-traded funds, which seek to outperform traditional benchmark indexes while providing advisors and investors access to an innovative array of focused investment opportunities. With franchise assets over $44 billion as of June 30, 2010, PowerShares ETFs trade on both U.S. stock exchanges. For more information, please visit us at www.invescopowershares.com.

Source: Invesco PowerShares


S&P 500 ETF rallies above 200-day average

August 2, 2010--Monday's stock rally pushed the SPDR S&P 500 ETF above its 200-day moving average, a closely watched technical indicator.

Shares of the ETF rose nearly 2% to $112.35 in morning trade, above their 200-day moving average of $110.84.

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Source: MarketWatch


Exchange-Traded Funds: US ETF Weekly Update-Morgan Stanley

August 2, 2010--Highlights
Weekly Flows: $6.4 Billion Net Inflows
ETFsTraded $318 Billion Last Week
Launches: 1 New ETF
US-Listed ETFs: Estimated Flows by Market Segment
ETFs had net cash inflows of $6.4 blnlast; 4thweek in a row of net inflows

Weekly flows driven by largest 10 ETFs, which took in $5.6 blnin new money.

EM Equity ETFshave stronger flows vs. International Developed markets on a 1-, 4-, and 13-week basis

Fixed Income ETFsexhibit strongest net inflows over past 13 weeks with $12.1 billion

$28.6 bln net inflows into ETFs over 13 wks; Fixed Income getting 42% of new money vs. 16% mktshare

US-Listed ETFs: Estimated Largest Flows by Individual ETF
SPY has the largest net inflows for US ETFs at $1.5 billion last week

Weekly SPY flows have been very choppy. We estimate YTD outflows of $11.6 billion

Despite the largest net outflows last week, GLD has strongest net inflows of any ETF over past 13 weeks

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Source: Morgan Stanley


The Options Industry Council Announces July Options Trading Volume Decreased 9 Percent

August 2, 2010-The Options Industry Council (OIC) announced today that total options trading volume in July was 277,370,315 contracts, down 9.29 percent compared to July 2009 volume of 305,772,164 contracts.
Year-to-date volume stood at 2,278,247,433 contracts, up 7.41 percent over the same point last year when 2,121,088,367 contracts were traded. Average daily trading volume for 2010 is 15,712,051 contracts, up 8.15 percent compared to last year’s 14,528,002 contracts.

Additionally, average daily trading volume for July was 13,208,110 contracts, 4.97 percent lower than last year when 13,898,735 contracts were traded on average each day in July.

OIC also reported that equity options volume in July came in at 257,060,882 contracts, a decrease of 10.04 percent compared to the 285,749,752 contracts traded during the same period last year. Daily equity options volume had an average of 12,240,994 contracts per day in July, which is 5.76 percent less than the same period last year when 12,988,625 contracts were traded on average each day. Year-to-date equity options stood at 2,100,073,623 contracts, representing an increase of 5.92 percent compared to the same point last year when 1,982,777,934 contracts were traded.

Source: Options Industry Council (OIC)


CBOE Reports July 2010 Trading Volume

Leads U.S. options exchanges in market share
Year-to-date average daily volume up 5%
August 2, 2010-- The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today reported that daily volume in July averaged 3.9 million contracts, a six-percent decline from June 2010 average daily volume (ADV) of 4.1 million contracts and down 11 percent from July 2009 ADV of 4.3 million contracts.

With one less trading day in the month, July 2010 trading volume at CBOE totaled just under 81.0 million contracts, versus 90.7 million contracts in June 2010 and 95.1 million contracts in July 2009.

Year-to-date ADV through July was up five percent compared with the same period in 2009.

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Source: CBOE


Funds’ Derivatives Disclosures Inadequate, SEC Says

August 2, 2010-- U.S. regulators said mutual funds aren’t telling investors enough about why they use derivatives, with some funds providing “generic” disclosures and others failing to explain how the products affect performance.

Regulators said they are concerned that the use of derivatives has increased in the mutual-fund industry without shareholders comprehending the risks or investment strategies. Some funds offer information that “may not be consistent with the intent” of required registration forms, the Securities and Exchange Commission wrote in a July 30 letter to the Investment Company Institute, the industry’s biggest trade group.

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Source: Bloomberg Business Week


BM&FBOVESPA: First Previews For The Indices Theoretical Portfolios Valid From September To December, 2010

August 2, 2010--BM&FBOVESPA announces the first preview for the Ibovespa theoretical portfolio, which will be valid for the period of September to December, 2010. BM&FBOVESPA also announces the first previews for the other indices.

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Source: BM&FBOVESPA


CBOE Stock Exchange (CBSX) Sets Record Monthly Volume In July

August 2, 2010 - The CBOE Stock Exchange, LLC (CBSX) today announced that CBSX trading volume in July reached an all-time monthly high with 598.0 million shares traded, an average daily volume (ADV) of 28.0 million shares. This surpasses the previous monthly volume record set in October 2008 when 490.0 million shares (23.0 million ADV) changed hands at CBSX.

CBSX launched in 2007 as a multi-asset trading model for traders looking to reduce transaction costs and latency related to the hedging of options and futures market-making. The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and CBSX offer fully automated executions for combined option and stock trades through a single electronic platform.

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Source: CBOE Group


SEC Filings


July 11, 2025 RMB Investors Trust files with the SEC
July 11, 2025 Mutual Fund Series Trust files with the SEC
July 11, 2025 Simplify Exchange Traded Funds files with the SEC-Simplify Government Money Market ETF
July 11, 2025 Tortoise Capital Series Trust files with the SEC-Tortoise Global Water Fund
July 11, 2025 Tortoise Capital Series Trust files with the SEC-Tortoise Global Water Fund

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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

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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 07, 2025 WTO issues new edition of World Tariff Profiles
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 

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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


July 04, 2025 South Africa: African Development Bank Country Focus Report highlights urgent need for economic transformation as GDP growth remains subdued
July 01, 2025 Africa's Trade Projected to Hit $1.5 Trillion in 2025
June 26, 2025 National stock exchange launched in Somalia
June 24, 2025 East Africa's regional 20 share index
June 16, 2025 African Credit Rating Agency to Launch September 2025

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ESG and Of Interest News


June 30, 2025 OECD-Environment at a Glance Indicators
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

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