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CFTC.gov Commitments of Traders Reports Update
July 8, 2013--The updated current reports for the week of July 2, 2013 are now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
NYSE 1 ETF Launch: State Street Global Advisors-July 9, 2013
July 5, 2013--Summary:NYSE Euronext (NYSE:NYX) is pleased to announce that on Tuesday, July 09, 2013, the following ETF will be listed on NYSE Arca and will begin trading as a new issue:
Security Name: SPDR Russell 2000 ETF
Short Name:SPDRRussell2000 ETF
CUSIP:78468R 85 3
The Consolidated Tape Association (CTA) will disseminate real time trade and quote information for the ETF to Tape B. All ETP-Related Indexes will be disseminated via the NYSE Euronext Global Index Feed.
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Source: NYSE Euronext
TMX Group Equity Financing Statistics -June 2013
July 5, 2013--TMX Group today announced its financing activity on Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange for June 2013.
Toronto Stock Exchange welcomed 6 new issuers in June 2013, compared to 14 the previous month and 10 in June 2012. Of the new listings, 2 were from the real estate sector. Total financings raised was up 61% from May 2013, though it was down 2% year-over-year. The total number of financings in June 2013 was 45, which is up from 39 the previous month and down from 54 in June 2012.
BlackRock Canada Announces Certain Changes to XHY view more
BM&FBOVESPA publishes June market performance view more S&P Dow Jones Indices Announces Changes To The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices Colombia Strengthens in Financial Sector Resilience view more When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Use ETFs view more
Vanguard completes transition to FTSE benchmarks view more
Versatility Fuels ETF Growth in Canadian Institutional Portfolios view more
Source: TMX Group Inc.
July 5, 2013--BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited ("BlackRock Canada"), an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc., has determined to make certain changes to the investment strategy of the iShares U.S. High Yield Bond Index Fund (CAD-Hedged) (TSX:XHY).
The new investment strategy of XHY will be to invest primarily in a regularly rebalanced portfolio of U.S. dollar-denominated high yield corporate bonds, selected by BlackRock Canada from time to time, that in aggregate closely match the characteristics of the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield Total Return Index hedged in CAD (the "XHY Index"), and hedge any resulting U.S. dollar currency exposure back to Canadian dollars. This will be a change from the current investment strategy of XHY, which involves investing in the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, a U.S. iShares Fund that itself invests in a portfolio of U.S. dollar-denominated high yield corporate bonds included in the XHY Index. The investment objective of XHY and the XHY Index will remain unchanged.
Source: BlackRock
BOVESPA segment registers record number of trades, average daily trading volume, and average daily financial volume-ETFs register record number of trades
July 4, 2013--The total financial volume in the BOVESPA segment reached BRL 178.84 billion in June, compared to BRL 162.35 billion in May, 2013. The daily average set a record of BRL 8.94 billion up from BRL 7.73 billion recorded in May.
The total number of trades also reached the milestone of 21,381,341 in June, surpassing the 19,733,908 trades registered in May. The average daily trading volume set a new record at 1,069,067 compared to 939,710 the previous month.
Source: BOVESPA
A Deletion From The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index
July 4, 2013--S&P Dow Jones Canadian Index Services will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices:
The shares of Sierra Metals Inc. (TSXVN:SMT) will be removed from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Friday, July 5, 2013.
The company will graduate to trade on TSX under the same ticker symbol.
Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices
Strengthening Financial Sector Resilience and Developing Capital Markets to Support Sustainable Growth and Poverty Alleviation in Colombia
July 4, 2013--Policy actions supported by this operation contributed to mitigating the impact of the 2008 global financial crisis in Colombia.
Banking sector capitalization and liquidity improved despite the global financial crisis, while vibrant economic growth quickly resumed, averaging 5 percent in 2010-2011, following a modest growth deceleration in 2009. Strong economic growth also supported poverty alleviation. Between 2006 and 2011, the population living below the domestic poverty line declined by almost 8 percentage points.
Source: World Bank
July 3, 2013--Investors talked and ETFs sure listened in June.
While we've written about market rollercoasters and nail biters here on the blog before, this past month was a doozy, and we saw investors turn to ETFs to express their rapidly shifting market views.
Heading into June, global ETF flows were following a record-setting pace, breaking through the $100 billion mark. But market sentiment shifted toward the end of May when Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke signaled that the Fed could slow its bond-buying program. After Bernanke said on June 19 that the Fed could begin tapering its monetary stimulus before the end of 2013, yields on the 10-year Treasury jumped and global investors – who have become hypersensitive to central bank comments – reacted quickly, selling emerging markets equity, gold and fixed income ETFs.
Source: iShares Blog
July 3, 2013--FTSE Group ("FTSE") has announced the retirement of its FTSE Emerging Transition Index following the successful completion last week of the six-month transition of the Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund to FTSE's Emerging benchmark.
The $70 billion Vanguard fund and its related exchange traded fund (Ticker: VWO), the world’s largest emerging markets ETF, now track the FTSE Emerging Index, used by investors worldwide to benchmark emerging market equities.
Source: FTSE
More than a third of institutions in Canada using exchange-traded funds (ETFs) expect to increase their allocations in the coming year.
July 3, 2013--Executive Summary
More than one-third of Canadian institutional funds and asset managers taking part in a special study by Greenwich Associates expect to increase their use of exchange-traded funds ETFs in the coming year.
The growing use of ETFs is being driven largely by institutional investors’ success in finding new applications for the products within their portfolios. Throughout Canada, institutions are extending their use of ETFs from mainly tactical functions to strategic purposes and from equities to fixed income and other asset classes.
Source: Greenwich Associates
