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Index IQ files registration with SEC

June 28, 2010---Index IQ has filed a Amendment No. 5, registration statement with the SEC for
IQ ALPHA Hedge Strategy Fund

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Source: SEC.gov


Index IQ files with the SEC

June 28, 2010--Index IQ has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for
IQ Hedge Multi-Strategy Tracker ETF
Cusip:45409B107
Ticker: QAI

IQ Hedge Macro Tracker ETF
Cusip:45409B206
Ticker:MCRO

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Source: SEC.gov


Direxion files with the SEC

June 28, 2010--Direxion has filed a post-effective amendment No.12, registration statement with the SEC for
Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bull 3X Shares, Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bear 3X Shares, Direxion Daily Basic Materials Bull 3X Shares, Direxion Daily Basic Materials Bear 3X Shares, Direxion Daily Consumer Discretionary Bull 3X Shares, Direxion Daily Consumer Discretionary Bear 3X Shares, Direxion Daily Consumer Staples Bull 3X Shares

Direxion Daily Consumer Staples Bear 3X Shares, Direxion Daily Healthcare Bull 3X Shares, Direxion Daily Healthcare Bear 3X Shares, Direxion Daily Retail Bull 2X Shares, Direxion Daily Retail Bear 2X Shares, Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Shares, Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X Shares, Direxion Daily Utilities Bull 3X Shares and Direxion Daily Utilities Bear 3X Shares

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Source: SEC.gov


Chairman Schapiro Statement on Regulatory Reform Legislation

June 28, 2010--The following is a statement from SEC Chairman Mary L. Schapiro regarding legislation to be considered this week by the Congress:
"On Friday, Congress took a giant step toward achieving important comprehensive financial regulatory reform.

"The bill that emerged from the conference to be considered this week will improve oversight of large interconnected institutions, fill significant regulatory gaps, provide greater oversight and transparency over hedge funds and over-the-counter derivatives, improve the SEC's funding process and provide additional investor protections."

Source: SEC.gov


Claymore Adds Key Talent to Enhance Private Client Group

June 28, 2010--Claymore Securities, Inc., an innovator of investment product solutions and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Guggenheim Partners, LLC, announced today the addition of several senior professionals focused on growing the firm’s service and distribution excellence in the private client business.

“As we continue to integrate Claymore with Guggenheim, we are aggressively building out our distribution and servicing capabilities,” said Steven A. Baffico, senior managing director and head of U.S. retail distribution for Claymore Securities, Inc., a Guggenheim Partners company. “We are working diligently to implement the most advantageous organizational structure for success and will continue to add additional world-class professionals to our team.”

Recently Claymore has hired the following executives:

Chris Parisi joins as senior managing director and national sales manager, overseeing all internal and external wholesalers and product support staff. Parisi previously held senior positions at MainStay-New York Life Investments, BlackRock and Federated Investments.

Lee Personeni joins as director – Strategic Relations Group. As relationship manager, she is responsible for business development and relationship management with Bank of America –Merrill Lynch and other partner firms. Personeni previously held various leadership positions at Merrill Lynch, including Americas Distribution Group’s head of strategic initiatives and campaigns, Managed Solutions Group’s divisional marketing manager and transition team specialist during the firm’s acquisition by Bank of America.

Jennica Ross joins as director – Strategic Relations Group. As relationship manager, Ross manages the UBS relationship, as well as other partner relationships, and is responsible for overall business development with counterparty firms. She previously held senior roles with UBS, in both the Wealth Management Group and UBS Equity Capital Markets.

Brian Carlisle joins as regional vice president and will be responsible for distribution of all investment products within the Ohio territory. Carlisle spent the previous five years at Van Kampen, and has covered Ohio and the surrounding areas for the past three years.

Fran Jacobs III joins as regional vice president for Northern California. Jacobs previously held an external wholesaling position with Mainstay-New York Life for California and Hawaii and has more than 15 years of experience in financial services sales and leadership roles at a number of leading firms.

Mark Vernon joins as regional vice president and will be responsible for distribution of all investment products in the Michigan territory. Vernon previously spent nearly seven years at Van Kampen Investments where he covered a similar footprint.

John Browning joins as managing director – portfolio supervision, after 18 years at Van Kampen Investments. John's responsibilities will include portfolio construction and oversight of trade execution for Claymore’s Unit Trust business.

For more information on Claymore please visit www.claymore.com.

Source: Claymore


CBOE Weeklys to Start on Thursdays

June 28, 2010--Beginning on Thursday, July 1, 2010 all new Weekly option series at CBOE will begin trading on Thursdays and expire the following Friday, offering expanded ‘roll’ opportunities, especially key for SPX Weeklys traders. Previously, new Weeklys series were listed on Fridays and expired the following Friday.

Root ticker symbols for Weeklys are now the same as the underlying security, so they can be found in standard options chains. For example, quotes for OEX Weeklys that expire on Friday, July 2, 2010 can be found in the OEX options chain.

Weekleys on Cash settled Indexes

For more information on Weekly options, visit: www.cboe.com/weeklys.

Source: CBOE


Van Eck files with the SEC

June 28, 2010--Van Eck has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for
Investment Grade Floating Rate Bond ETF
Ticker:FLTR

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Source: SEC,gov


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


SEC Filings


May 16, 2025 Tidal Trust II files with the SEC-4 Defiance Daily Target 2X Long ETFs
May 16, 2025 Simplify Exchange Traded Funds files with the SEC-Simplify Kayne Anderson Energy and Infrastructure Credit ETF
May 16, 2025 Innovator ETFs Trust files with the SEC-Innovator Equity Defined Protection ETF-1 Yr June
May 16, 2025 RBB Fund, Inc. files with the SEC-4 F/m ETFs
May 16, 2025 Direxion Shares ETF Trust files with the SEC

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Europe ETF News


May 08, 2025 Global X ETFs Europe, STOXX launch first EURO STOXX 50 covered call ETF
May 07, 2025 Franklin Templeton Launches US Mega Cap 100 ETF Tracking the Solactive US Mega Cap 100 Select Index
May 06, 2025 Deutsche Boerse welcomes Melanion Capital as new ETF issuer on Xetra
May 02, 2025 Euro area annual inflation stable at 2.2%
May 01, 2025 Janus Henderson Investors Launches ETF on SIX Swiss Exchange

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Asia ETF News


May 14, 2025 Meritz Securities, Partnering with Solactive for the First Time, Launches a Series of ETNs, Tracking Solactive WTI Leverage Indices
May 13, 2025 Timefolio Asset Management Launches TIMEFOLIO CHINA AI Tech Active ETF Benchmarked Against the Solactive China Artificial Intelligence Index
May 13, 2025 Hanwha Asset Management Launches Hanwha PLUS China AI Tech Top 10 ETF Tracking the Solactive China AI Tech Top 10 Index
May 06, 2025 Corporate Sector Vulnerabilities in Hong Kong SAR: Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region
May 01, 2025 ETF Monthly Trading Value via "CONNEQTOR" Reach Record 300 billion JPY

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Global ETP News


May 13, 2025 UBS wealthy clients shift focus from U.S.-dollar assets to gold, crypto, and China
May 13, 2025 Trackinsight Releases 2025 Global ETF Survey: ETF Industry on Overdrive: Shifting Gears, Breaking New Barriers
May 13, 2025 New WFE Research Discovers Climate Risk Premium in Commodity Options
May 12, 2025 Mapped: Billion Dollar Companies by Country in 2025
May 06, 2025 CoinEx Research April 2025 Report: Bitcoin and Gold Dual Safe Havens in a Shifting World

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Middle East ETP News


April 23, 2025 Growth in the Middle East and North Africa Forecast to Moderately Accelerate in 2025 Amidst Uncertainty

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Africa ETF News


April 23, 2025 Economic Growth is Speeding Up in Africa, but Uncertainty Clouds Outlook
April 09, 2025 Africa's Opportunity in a Fragmenting Global Economy

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ESG and Of Interest News


May 07, 2025 Africa Poised to Become a Global Leader in Carbon Markets, Says New Report
April 22, 2025 Charted: Countries Accumulating the Most AI Patents
April 15, 2025 State of the Global Climate 2024

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