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Markit Launches Markit iTraxx SovX Latin America Index
March 22, 2011- Markit, a leading, global financial information services company, today announced the launch of the Markit iTraxx SovX Latin America index to complement its Markit iTraxx SovX family of sovereign credit default swap (CDS) indices.
The Markit iTraxx SovX indices offer investors a transparent and standardized tool to monitor the sovereign CDS market and gain access to the asset class on a regional and global basis.
The Markit iTraxx SovX Latin America index is equally weighted and composed of the most liquid sovereign entities from the Latin American region based on data from the DTCC Trade Information Warehouse. The index is currently calculated on a theoretical basis only and will become tradable if investor demand warrants it.
The current constituents of the index are:
Argentine Republic
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Federative Republic of Brazil
Republic of Chile
Republic of Colombia
Republic of Panama
Republic of Peru
United Mexican States
Markit’s indices are objective and rules-based. The company publishes index constituent lists and weights as well as closing values on www.markit.com
Source: Markit
Component Changes Made To Dow Jones Select Dividend Indexes
March 22, 2011--Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced that Edison S.p.A. (Italy, Utilities, EDN.MI) will be removed from the Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend and Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Indexes.
Edison S.p.A. is being removed due to the cancellation of its dividend payment.
In the Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend Index, Edison S.p.A. will be replaced by Soho China Ltd. (Hong Kong, Real Estate, 0410.HK).
In the Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index, Edison S.p.A. will be replaced by Halfords Group PLC (United Kingdom, Retail, HFD.LN).
All changes in the Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend Index and Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index will be effective as of the open of trading on Monday, March 28, 2011.
Further information on the Dow Jones Select Dividend indexes can be found at www.djindexes.com.
Source: Dow Jones Indexes
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index
March 22, 2011--Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Tuesday, March 22, 2011:
Timmins Gold Corp. (TSXVN:TMM) will be removed from the index.
The company will graduate to trade on TSX under the same ticker symbol. Timmins Gold will remain a constituent of the S&P/TSX Venture 30 Index until the next index rebalancing at the end of July, 2011.
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.
Source: Standard & Poors
PowerShares QQQ Ticker to Change from 'QQQQ' to 'QQQ'
March 22, 2011--Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, a leading global provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), announced today that the ticker symbol for PowerShares QQQ will be changed from "QQQQ" to "QQQ," effective March 23, 2011. The PowerShares QQQ will continue to trade on the NASDAQ exchange and all other attributes of the fund remain unchanged.
PowerShares QQQ, formerly known the "NASDAQ- 100 Index Tracking Stock®", is based on the Nasdaq-100 Index®. The Fund will, under most circumstances, consist of all of stocks in the Index. The Index includes 100 of the largest domestic and international nonfinancial companies listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market based on market capitalization. The portfolio is rebalanced quarterly and reconstituted annually.
Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC is leading the Intelligent ETF Revolution® through its family of more than 140 domestic and international exchange-traded funds, which seek to outperform traditional benchmark indexes while providing advisors and investors access to an innovative array of focused investment opportunities. With franchise assets over $60 billion as of Feb. 28, 2011, PowerShares ETFs trade on both U.S. stock exchanges. For more information, please visit us at invescopowershares.com.
Source: Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC i
PAX World files with the SEC
March 22, 2011--PAX World has filed an application for exemptive relief with the SEC.
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Source: SEC.gov
Remarks, OTC Derivatives Reform, European Parliament, Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee
March 22, 2011--Good afternoon Chairwoman Bowles and members of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee. I thank you for inviting me to speak today on regulatory reform of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, or swaps.
I am honored that this is the second time that you have asked me to appear before you, but as it goes, it is once again when my daughters are home on spring break. As I did last year, I would like to introduce my two daughters, Lee and Isabel.
Introduction
It has now been more than two years since the financial crisis, when both the financial system and the financial regulatory system failed. So many people in Europe and in the United States who never had any connection to derivatives or exotic financial contracts had their lives hurt by the risks taken by financial actors. But still, the effects of that crisis remain. Throughout the U.S. and Europe, we still have high unemployment, homes that are worth less than their mortgages and pension funds that still have not regained the value they had before the crisis. We still have significant uncertainty in the financial system.
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Source: CFTC.gov
Default and Recovery Rate Volatility in Recession and Recovery
April 22, 2011--Summary
The U.S. high yield par default rate fell to 1.1% at the end of February, a level far below 2009’s recession induced 13.7% and also well below the long-term average annual
rate of 5.1%.
A low default rate, however, is not synonymous with low risk. In 2011, for example, key risks to the default outlook center firmly on factors that could derail the recovery. These include soaring oil prices, significantly higher interest rates or other funding disruptions due to risk aversion, and sticky unemployment. In this new study, Fitch examines the factors that have contributed to the recent dramatic, but not entirely unprecedented, swing in default rates, offering context relative to the longterm cyclical behavior of default and recovery rates.
Understanding Default Risk: Key Observations
There is substantial variability around average default rates. From peak to trough, default rates differ by multiples. This variability is further magnified by the cyclicality of recovery rates over periods of economic expansion and contraction.
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Source: Fitch Ratings
Remarks, OTC Derivatives Reform, European Parliament, Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, Brussels, Belgium
Chairman Gary Gensler
March 22, 2011--Good afternoon Chairwoman Bowles and members of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee. I thank you for inviting me to speak today on regulatory reform of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, or swaps. I am honored that this is the second time that you have asked me to appear before you, but as it goes, it is once again when my daughters are home on spring break. As I did last year, I would like to introduce my two daughters, Lee and Isabel.
Introduction
It has now been more than two years since the financial crisis, when both the financial system and the financial regulatory system failed. So many people in Europe and in the United States who never had any connection to derivatives or exotic financial contracts had their lives hurt by the risks taken by financial actors. But still, the effects of that crisis remain. Throughout the U.S. and Europe, we still have high unemployment, homes that are worth less than their mortgages and pension funds that still have not regained the value they had before the crisis. We still have significant uncertainty in the financial system.
read more
Source: CFTC.gov
Direxion files with the SEC
March 22, 2011-Direxion has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC.
view filing
Source:SEC.gov
NASDAQ OMX Nordic: NASDAQ OMX Nordic offers Market Access to US and Canada
March 21, 2011--NASDAQ OMX Nordic (NASDAQ:NDAQ) today announced the launch of a connectivity service that enables Nordic and Baltic exchange members to send orders in US and Canadian equities to North American equity markets. Market Access - US&Canada utilizes existing technology platform and offers full liquidity of the US and Canadian home markets via one gateway.Hans-Ole Jochumsen, President of NASDAQ OMX Nordic says,
"As a leading global exchange company we are very pleased to offer our exchange members the opportunity to apply existing connectivity to further broaden their choice of investment strategies. With the Market Access - US&Canada, NASDAQ OMX Nordic is taking investors to the US and Canadian home market liquidity via a direct connection to trade in all US and Canadian equities."
NASDAQ OMX will partner with US broker Citigroup to execute the order after the exchange member has sent the order via its existing NASDAQ OMX Nordic connection. With this innovative technical service, trading in US and Canadian equities, ADRs and ETFs will be within reach for all NASDAQ OMX Nordic and Baltic exchange members.
Read more at: http://nordic.nasdaqomxtrader.com/trading/equities/market_access_us/
Source: NASDAQ OMX
