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CFTC.gov Commitments of Traders Reports Update
January 3, 2011-The CFTC.gov Commitments of Traders Reports for the for the week of December 28, 2010 are now available.
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OIC Announces December Options Volume Up 16% As Annual Volume Sets Eighth Consecutive Record
January 3, 2011--The Options Industry Council (OIC) announced today that 341,207,420 total options contracts were traded in December, which is a 15.67 percent increase over December 2009 volume of 294,983,521 contracts.
In addition, total options trading volume for 2010 came in at 3,899,068,670 contracts. This surpasses 2009’s record year by 7.93 percent when 3,612,637,118 total options contracts were exchanged. Equity options volume reached 3,610,436,931 contracts, 7.23 percent higher than the 3,366,967,321 contracts traded the previous year.
The volume traded in 2010 marks the eighth consecutive year a new annual trading volume record has been set, and the 17th occurrence in the last 18 years.
Six of the top ten highest volume record days were set in 2010, including the top three.
Horizons AlphaPro Fiera Tactical Bond Fund completes conversion to ETF
December 31, 2011-- AlphaPro Management Inc. ("AlphaPro") is pleased to announce the conversion of the Horizons AlphaPro Fiera Tactical Bond Fund (the "Fund") into an open-end exchange traded fund. The Fund has been renamed Horizons AlphaPro Tactical Bond ETF (the "ETF") and the Class E units of the ETF (the "Class E Units") will begin trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange on January 4, 2010, under the symbol HAF.
The ETF's investment objectives are to provide the holders of Class E Units with: (i) a stable stream of tax efficient monthly distributions; and (ii) the opportunity for capital appreciation through exposure to a tactical asset allocation strategy that focuses on the returns of fixed income securities.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index
December 31, 2010--Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Friday, December 31, 2010:
Lexam Exploration Inc. (TSXVN:LEX) will be removed from the index.
The shares of the company have been acquired by VG Gold Corp. pursuant to an Arrangement Agreement.
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.
Brazil strikes back in currency war
December 31, 2010-- Brazil's incoming President Dilma Rousseff is planning aggressive measures including targeted tariff increases and tax breaks to address damage caused to manufacturers by the country's overvalued currency.
The strength of the real, which by one measure is the world's most overvalued major currency, has been the main economic issue in Rousseff's recent meetings with advisers ahead of her inauguration on January 1, sources close to the incoming government told Reuters.
iShares files with the SEC
December 30, 2010--iShares has filed a pre-effective amendment to Form S-1 with the SEC for the iShares Copper Trust.
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Global X files with the SEC
December 30, 2010--Global X has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for
Global X FTSE Nordic Region ETF (GXF)
Global X FTSE Norway 30 ETF (NORW)
Global X FTSE Denmark 30 ETF
Global X FTSE Finland 30 ETF
AdvisorShares files with the SEC
December 30, 2010--AdvisorShares has filed a post effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for
AdvisorShares Tactical ETF
NYSE Arca Ticker: MATH.
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ProShares files with the SEC
December 30, 2010--ProShares has filed a post effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC. This post-effective amendment relates only to the following new series of ProShares Trust: Ultra iBoxx Liquid Investment Grade, UltraPro iBoxx Liquid Investment Grade, UltraPro Short iBoxx Liquid Investment Grade, Ultra iBoxx Liquid High Yield, UltraPro iBoxx Liquid High Yield,
UltraPro Short iBoxx Liquid High Yield, Short Barclays Aggregate Bond, Ultra Barclays Aggregate Bond, Ultra Short Barclays Aggregate Bond, UltraPro Barclays Aggregate Bond, UltraPro Short Barclays Aggregate Bond, UltraPro,Municipal Bond, Ultra, Municipal Bond, Short, Municipal Bond, Ultra Short, Municipal Bond, and UltraPro Short Municipal Bond.
Grail Advisors files with the SEC
December 30, 2010--Grail Advisors has filed a post effective registration amendment, registration statement with the SEC for
Grail McDonnell Intermediate Municipal Bond ETF(GMMB) and
Grail McDonnell Core Taxable Bond ETF (GMTB)
T. Rowe Price files with the SEC
December 30, 2010--T. Rowe Price has filed an amended and restated application for exemptive relief with the SEC.
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Dow Jones Indexes and UBS Announce 2011 Weights of Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index
December 29, 2010-- Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and UBS Investment Bank announced the new target weightings for the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity IndexSM that will become effective in early January 2011.
The new target weights for the commodity components, which were determined and approved by the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Supervisory Committee following consultation with the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Advisory Committee, are listed below.
BlackRock to launch trading platform
December 28, 2010--BlackRock, the world’s largest money manager, expects to launch an internal trading platform next year in a move that would strike at the heart of the profit centres of many Wall Street firms.
BlackRock is hiring programmers and other high-tech workers to build the platform, expected to be one of the world’s largest.
AllianceBernstein files with the SEC
December 28, 2010--AllianceBernstein has filed a first amended and restated application for exemptive relief with the SEC for index-based ETFs and actively managed ETFs.
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AdvisorShares files with the SEC
December 28, 2010--AdvisorShares has filed post effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for
SiM Dynamic Allocation Diversified Income ETF (DINC) and
SiM Dynamic Allocation Growth Income ETF
(DGRO)
