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OIC Announces December Options Trading Volume Up 33% While Annual Volume Hits New Record
January 4, 2010--The Options Industry Council (OIC) announced today that 294,983,521 total options contracts were traded in December, representing a 33.26 percent increase over December 2008 volume of 221,367,212 contracts.
Additionally, total options trading volume for 2009 was 3,612,637,118 contracts. This surpasses 2008’s record year by 0.84 percent which saw 3,582,572,581 total options contracts change hands. Equity options volume reached 3,366,967,321 contracts, 2.5 percent higher than the 3,284,761,345 contracts traded in 2008.
BM&FBOVESPA Launches Stock Index To Measure Returns On Brazilian Financial Sector
January 4, 2010--The Brazilian Securities, Commodities and Futures Exchange begins, on 4 January 2010, to calculate and disclose the BM&FBOVESPA Financial Index, in real-time. This is the Exchange’s 15th stock index and it will trade under the ticker symbol IFNC.
The IFNC index measures the returns on stocks from the most representative companies of the Brazilian financial sector. These include banks, financial institutions, asset management firms, leasing companies, credit card issuers, and insurance companies, among others. The index’s theoretical composition will be reevaluated every four months.
The new index will enable the diversification of investment strategies, as well as allow the possibility of launching new financial derivatives, like Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). Currently, the Exchange offers four ETFs that track the performance of Ibovespa, IBr-X 50, Mid-Large Cap, and Small Cap Index. Basic Criteria
The index portfolio includes stocks whose added negotiability indexes represent 98% of the total value of all individual negotiability indexes, during the twelve months preceding the reevaluation. They must also have a minimum of 95% trading session presence throughout the period.
The same company can have more than one type of stock included in the portfolio, as long as each stock type meets separately the inclusion criteria.
Companies with less than twelve months of listing are eligible only if they have more than six months of trading, and if they have a minimum of 95% trading session presence measured in the six months preceding the reevaluation.
The definitive portfolio will be divulged on January 4th, 2010, together with BM&FBOVESPA’s other indexes.
CME Group Inc. Announces Date Of Fourth-Quarter And Full-Year 2009 Earnings Release, Conference Call
January 4, 2010--CME Group Inc. will announce earnings for the fourth quarter and full year of 2009 before the financial markets open on Thursday, February 4, 2010. The company has scheduled an investor conference call that day at 7:30 a.m. Central time.
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DB Commodity Services Re-Commences Issuance of Shares of the PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund
January 4, 2010--DB Commodity Services LLC today announced that the registration statement it filed on December 8, 2009 to register 240,000,000 additional shares of the PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund (NYSE Arca: UUP) was declared effective by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). UUP will re-commence the issuance of shares on Tuesday, January 5, 2010.
Additional information is contained in a related 8K filing which is available at: www.sec.gov.
ETF Securities reports first US platinum buyer
January 4, 2010--ETF Securities said that a financial firm has bought 100,000 shares of its proposed first-ever U.S. platinum exchange-traded fund (ETF) and delivery is scheduled by the end of the week.
The initial purchaser was Susquehanna Capital Group, which is also the lead market maker, ETF Securities USA said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Dec. 31.
The purchase took place Dec. 30 with delivery expected about Jan. 8, according to the filing.
Susquehanna also bought 100,000 shares in ETF's U.S. palladium ETF, the filing said.
ALPS Introduces: The Thomson Reuters/Jefferies CRB Wildcatters Energy E&P Equity Fund
December 31, 2009--The Thomson Reuters/Jefferies CRB Wildcatters Energy E&P Equity Fund. The Fund will track the Thomson Reuters/Jefferies CRB Wildcatters Energy E&P Equity Index and will begin trading on Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 (NYSE Arca: WCAT).
The Thomson Reuters/Jefferies CRB Wildcatters Energy E&P Equity Index is designed to serve as a benchmark for small-cap and mid-cap American and Canadian companies (“Wildcatters”) that are principally engaged in the exploration and production of natural gas and oil.
This segment of the natural gas industry is expected to benefit from
Rising demand for natural gas due to the fuel’s relatively low carbon footprint (<50% CO2 compared to coal)
Improved extraction technologies for shale and coal bed methane, and
The opening up of sizeable new fields
Dominated by small cap companies, this index tends to be more volatile than other energy indexes, which are principally comprised of large integrated oil and gas companies.
Additional information will also be available on the Fund’s website: www.jamfunds.com.
2009 - Agency Financial Report
December 31, 2009--The Department of Treasury's annual Agency Financial Report provides fiscal and high-level performance results that enable the President, Congress, and the American people to assess our accomplishments for each fiscal year (October 1 through September 30). This report provides an overview of our programs, accomplishments, challenges, and management's accountability for the resources entrusted to us.
The report is prepared in accordance with the requirements of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-136, Financial Reporting Requirements.
FY 2009 Agency Financial Report
2009 Agency Financial Report - Department of Treasury
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Global X files with the SEC
December 31, 2009--Global X has filed a prospecus and post-effective amendment with the SEC for
Global X FTSE Nordic 30 ETF-Ticker: GXF
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Grail Files with SEC
December 31, 2009-Grail has filed a prospectus and Post-Effective Amendment with the SEC for
Grail McDonnell Intermediate Municipal Bond ETF(GMMB)
Grail McDonnell Core Taxable Bond ETF (GMTB)
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FQF Trust files with the SEC
December 31, 2009--FQF Trust
has filed for exemptive relief from the SEC.
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Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices
December 31, 2009--Cameco Corporation (TSX:CCO) has announced the closing of a bought- deal offering of shares of Centerra Gold Inc. (TSX:CG).
Following the transaction, Cameco will have disposed of its entire stake in Centerra. The relative weight of Centerra will increase in the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX Completion and Equity Completion, the S&P/TSX Equity and Capped Equity and the S&P/TSX Capped Materials indices to reflect the increase in index shares as part of the transaction, which will be effective after the close of trading on Thursday, December 31, 2009.
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.
CFTC Adopts Amendments to Electronic Filing Regulations and Certain Other Financial Reporting Requirements Applicable to Futures Commission Merchants and Introducing Brokers
December 31, 2009--The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has adopted amendments to its regulations regarding the electronic filing of financial reports and notices by futures commission merchants (FCMs) and introducing brokers (IBs) as well as certain other of its financial reporting requirements. The amendments, among other things:
• enable internet-based filing of FCM financial reports using user authentication and password procedures in light of changes to the WinJammer™ software application;
• expand the types of filings that FCMs and IBs may submit electronically to include required “early warning” notices and certain other notices and filings;
• provide for less prescriptive, but more immediate, documentation to be filed regarding a firm’s undercapitalized condition; and
• expressly include an income statement in the required periodic unaudited financial reports of FCMs and IBs.
The amendments are effective January 4, 2010. Copies of the regulations may be obtained by contacting the Commission's Office of the Secretariat, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC 20581, 202-418-5100, or by accessing the Commission's website, www.cftc.gov.
CFTC Adopts Amendments To Minimum Adjusted Net Capital Requirements Of Futures Commission Merchants And Introducing Brokers
December 31, 2009--The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has adopted amendments to its regulations regarding minimum adjusted net capital under CFTC Regulation 1.17 for futures commission merchants (FCMs) and those introducing brokers (IBs) that do not operate under a guarantee agreement with an FCM.
The amendments increase the minimum adjusted net capital requirement for IBs from $30,000 to $45,000, and for FCMs from $250,000 to $1,000,000. The amendments also increase an FCM’s margin-based capital requirements for noncustomer positions that the firm carries from 4 percent of the maintenance margin requirements to 8 percent of the maintenance margin requirements. The amendments also require capital computations for cleared over-the-counter positions carried in customer, and noncustomer, accounts of the FCM, similar to the computations currently required for exchange-traded futures in such accounts.
The amendments will become effective 90 days from publication in the Federal Register. Copies of the amendments may be obtained by contacting the Commission's Office of the Secretariat, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC 20581, 202-418-5100, or by accessing the Commission's website, www.cftc.gov.
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In Withholding Tax Rates In The S&P Indices
December 31, 2009--– Standard & Poor’s will update the foreign withholding tax rate for Spain from 18% to 19% , effective after the close of trading on Monday, January 4, 2010.
Withholding tax rate is used to calculate all S&P net return indices.
CFTC Staff Allows Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Limited’s Mini Futures Contract Based on the Nikkei 225 Stock Index To Be Offered and Sold in the United States
December 29, 2009--The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that the Office of General Counsel issued a no-action letter on December 23, 2009, permitting the offer and sale in the United States of Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Limited’s (SGX-DT) mini futures contract based on the Nikkei 225 Stock Index.
The Nikkei 225 (the unit is yen) is made up of highly capitalized and actively traded stocks currently listed in the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. As a widely recognized index of stock market activity in Japan, the Nikkei 225 is similar to the Dow Jones Industrial Average in the U.S.
