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Van Eck files with the SEC
June 28, 2010--Van Eck has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for
Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF
Ticker Symbol:EMLC
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses: 0.49%
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Source: SEC.gov
iShares files with the SEC
June 28, 2010--iShares has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for
iShares 10+ Year Credit Bond Fund
Ticker: CLY
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Source: SEC.gov
Bankers pore over Wall St reform details
June 28, 2010--Some of the largest commodity traders on Wall Street could face changes under the US financial reform bill advanced by lawmakers last week, with some banks being forced to spin off the units that handle assets such as oil, gas, coal and industrial metals.
The bill would also require the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to limit the size of traders’ positions in commodity derivatives, potentially blocking large investors from using basic materials as an inflation hedge or a bet on global growth.
House and Senate lawmakers agreed to the bill’s language late last week, though the death on Monday of Robert Byrd, a Democrat in the US Senate, put final passage in doubt.
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Source: FT.com
Global Equity Index & ETF Research -- US Weekly ETP Market Review
June 25, 2010--New Listings and Delistings
There were no new listings during the previous week.
Net Cashflows
Overall the US ETP market experienced outflows for $1.2 bn. Fixed Income, Commodity and Currency ETPs had inflows of $1.7 bn, $22 mm and $10 mm, respectively. Equity ETPs, in contrast, experienced outflows of $3.0 bn.
Within Equity ETPs, Small Cap ETPs received the largest inflows ($1.3 bn) followed by Emerging Markets Regional ETPs, while Large Cap ETPs saw the largest outflows ($3.1 bn) followed by US Sector ETPs.
Among Fixed Income ETPs, Corporates ($776 mm), and Sovereign ETPs ($450 mm) contributed the most to the positive flows within the asset class.
Within Commodity ETPs, Gold ETPs led the discrete inflows with an incipient $65 mm flow.
Turnover
Avg. Daily Turnover retreated for third week in a row, and decreased by 7.1% totaling $94 bn.
Assets Under Management (AUM)
US ETPs AUM increased by 2.3% totaling $829 bn at the end of the week. Equity ETPs account for 73% of the assets with $601 bn, followed by Fixed Income funds with $132 bn and 16% of market share.
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Source: BO-a Huang-DB Index Research
Lawmakers agree on historic Wall Street reform package
June 25, 2010--US lawmakers hammered out a historic overhaul of financial regulations as dawn broke over the nation’s capital on Friday, handing President Barack Obama a major domestic victory on the eve of a global summit devoted to financial reform.
In a marathon session of more than 21 hours, legislators agreed to a rewrite of Wall Street rules that will crimp the industry’s profits and saddle it with tougher oversight and tighter restrictions.
The reform must still win final approval from both chambers of Congress before Obama can sign it into law, giving Wall Street one final chance to deploy its army of lobbyists on Capitol Hill. Quick approval is expected and the reform could go to Obama for his signature by July 4.
The bill has actually gotten tougher in its yearlong journey through the halls of Congress. Democrats rode a wave of public disgust at an industry that awarded itself rich paydays while much of the country struggled through a deep recession caused by its actions. “We worry about big money. I worry about big money having a corrupting influence, but it is reassuring to know that when public opinion gets engaged, it will win,” said Democratic Representative Barney Frank, who headed the panel.
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Source: Todays Zaman
Standard & Poor's licenses S&P 500 to Vanguard
June 25, 2010--Standard & Poor's, the world's leading index provider, announced today that is has licensed the S&P 500, the most widely followed gauge of the U.S. equity markets, to Vanguard for the creation and listing of an Exchanged Traded Fund (ETF) based upon the Index. The licensing agreement also enables Vanguard to launch eight new equity funds and ETFs targeting the growth and value segments of the S&P 500, and the growth, value and blend segments of the S&P MidCap 400 and the S&P SmallCap 600.
The agreement with Vanguard follows Standard & Poor's announcement in May that it had licensed seven European ETF sponsors to create and list S&P 500 Exchange Traded Funds on exchanges in major European cities. It also comes on the heels of Standard & Poor's groundbreaking March announcement that it had licensed the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) to create and list Indian Rupee-denominated futures contracts on the S&P 500.(1)
"Since it was first published in 1957, the S&P 500 has served as the cornerstone for the global development of ETF products, as well as other index-based investments throughout the world," says Alex Matturri, Executive Managing Director at S&P Indices. "Our agreement with Vanguard, and just recently with the seven European ETF sponsors and the NSE, underscores Standard & Poor's commitment to providing global investors with greater access to the products they need to meet their trading objectives."
Widely regarded as the best single gauge of the U.S. equity market since it was first introduced in 1957, the S&P 500 Index has over $4.83 trillion benchmarked to it globally, and approximately $1.1 trillion indexed. The Index includes 500 leading companies in leading industries of the U.S. economy.
The S&P MidCap 400 provides investors with a benchmark for mid-sized companies. The Index seeks to remain an accurate measure of mid-sized companies, reflecting the risk and return characteristics of the broader mid-cap universe on an on-going basis.
The S&P SmallCap 600 measures the small cap segment of the market that is typically renowned for poor trading liquidity and financial instability. The Index is designed to be an efficient portfolio of companies that meet specific inclusion criteria to ensure that they are investable and financially viable.
For more information on all of Standard & Poor's indices, please visit www.standardandpoors.com/indices.
Source: Standard & Poors
NASDAQ Closing Cross Had a Record Day for the Seventh Year on Russell Index Reconstitution
June 25, 2010--he NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) today announced the NASDAQ Closing Cross had a record day today as it was used to reconfigure the entire family of U.S. Russell indexes during their annual reconstitution.
A record 1.042 billion shares representing $11.2 billion were executed in the Closing Cross in 0.85 seconds across some 2,942 NASDAQ-listed stocks. This compares with 1.002 billion shares representing $9.3 billion executed in 2.9 seconds during Russell's annual reconstitution in 2009.
NASDAQ official closing prices (NOCPs) determined by the NASDAQ Closing Cross are widely used throughout the industry, including by Russell Investments, Standard & Poor's, Dow Jones, and mutual funds across the country.
"For the past seven years, market makers, index providers, mutual fund managers and the investing public have consistently demonstrated their confidence in NASDAQ’s leading price discovery facility,” said Eric Noll, Executive Vice President of Transaction Services, NASDAQ OMX. “The NASDAQ Closing Cross had another record-breaking performance during one of the heaviest trading sessions of year due to NASDAQ’s speed, market integrity and the reliability of our global technology platform.”
The Closing Cross brings together the buy and sell interest in specific NASDAQ, NYSE and NYSE Amex stocks and executes all shares for each stock at a single price, one that reflects the true supply and demand for these securities. All nationally-listed securities are eligible for the NASDAQ Closing Cross.
The Russell U.S. Indexes include only common stocks incorporated in the U.S., its territories, and certain countries or regions offering U.S. companies operational, tax, political or other financial benefits. All U.S. indexes are subsets of the Russell 3000E™ Index, which represents approximately 99% of the U.S. equity market. Russell U.S. Indexes allow investors to track current and historical market performance by specific market segment (large cap/small cap) or investment style (growth/value). Today, more than $3.9 trillion in assets are benchmarked to the Russell Indexes.
Russell reconstitution day is usually one of the most highly anticipated and heaviest trading days in the U.S. equity market as asset managers seek to reconfigure their portfolios to reflect the composition of Russell's U.S. indexes. The index reconstitution process was completed today and the newly reconstituted index membership will take effect before markets open on Monday, June 28, 2010.
For more information about the NASDAQ Closing Cross, please visit http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/Trader.aspx?id=OpenClose.
Source: NASDAQ OMX
CFTC.gov Commitments of Traders Reports Update
June 25, 2010--The CFTC.gov Commitments of Traders Reports for the week of June 22, 2010 are now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
U.S. Department of the Treasury Economic Statistics - Quarterly Data Update
June 25, 2010--The Quarterly Data for U.S. Department of the Treasury has recently been updated, and is now available.
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Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury
State Street files with the SEC
June 25, 2010--State Street has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the
SPDR S&P Global Natural Resources ETF
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Source: SEC.gov