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S&P Indices Launches Enhanced Yield North American Preferred Index
June 5, 2012--S&P Indices announced today the launch of the S&P Enhanced Yield North American Preferred Index which tracks 50 of the highest yielding securities in the North American preferred stock market. The Index has been licensed to Global X Funds to serve as the basis for a planned ETF.
The S&P Enhanced Yield North American Preferred Index is comprised of 50 of the highest yielding U.S. and Canada traded preferred stocks that meet criteria relating to size, liquidity and exchange listings. The underlying universe for the Index is all preferred securities in the S&P/TSX Preferred Share Index and S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index.
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Source: New york TImes
ETFs Are Duking It Out Over Fees
Two similar funds, two very different prices: Does it make sense to switch? Sometimes, but not always
June 4, 2012--Exchange-traded funds have lured many investors away from mutual funds by offering lower fees. But increasingly, some ETFs are also using fees to compete with other ETFs.
In a handful of high-profile cases, particularly in commodities and stocks, investors can choose between two ETFs that are virtually identical except for their fees. Gold bugs, for instance, can buy into a bar of bullion by holding shares in either SPDR Gold Shares GLD +0.15%or iShares Gold Trust IAU +0.26%. But the SPDR fund charges 0.4% of assets a year in fees, compared with the iShares fund's 0.25%.
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Source: Wall Street Journal
ETF Industry Association Releases May 2012 ETF Data Reports
June 4, 2012--Some of the key highlights from the May 2012 ETF Data report include:
Assets in US listed Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) and Exchange Traded Notes (ETN) totaled approximately $1.14 trillion at May 2012 month-end, an increase of 2% over May 2011 month-end, when assets totaled $1.11 trillion.
ETF/ETN net cash inflows totaled approximately $4.2 billion for the month of May 2012, bringing year-to-date net cash inflows to $63.1 billion.
At May 2012 month-end, there were 1,465 U.S. listed products, an increase of 17% compared to the 1,254 U.S. listed products at the same time last year.
Fixed Income led all categories for May with $8.9 billion in net inflows bringing the YTD total to over $30.2 billion.
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Source: ETFIA
Genworth MI Canada Added To Dow Jones Canada High Dividend 50 Index
June 4, 2012--Genworth MI Canada Inc., will be added to the Dow Jones Canada High Dividend 50 Index, Dow Jones Indexes announced today.
The addition of Genworth MI Canada Inc. follows the removal of NAL Energy Corp. due to its acquisition by Pengrowth Energy Corp.
Genworth MI Canada Inc. engages in the mortgage insurance business. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Oakville,Canada.
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Source: Dow Jones Index
Diversity of active managers is a waste of time and money
June 4, 2012--Giving up on active management can often come as a relief for institutional investors, given the simplicity and affordability of the index-tracking they use in its place.
Investors should not fool themselves, according to Patrick Rudden, head of blend strategies at fund manager AllianceBernstein.
If they follow the well-worn path of putting all their money with just one passive manager, they will be taking unnecessary risks. They ought to split the passive mandate between several index-trackers.
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Source: Financial News
Launch of BNP Paribas STREAM S&P Dynamic Roll Global Commodities Fund
June 4, 2012--NYSE Euronext is pleased to announce that on Wednesday, June 06, 2012, the following ETV will be listed on NYSE Arca and will begin trading as a new issue:
Name: STREAM S&P Dynamic Roll Global Commodities Fund
Cusip: 86324B 10 3
Trading Symbol: BNPC
Expense ratio:0.65%
The Consolidated Tape Association (CTA) will disseminate real time trade and quote information for the ETV to Tape B. All ETP-Related Indexes will be disseminated via the NYSE Euronext Global Index Feed.
Source: Online News
Morgan Stanley-US ETF Weekly Update
June 4, 2012--Weekly Flows: $943 Million Net Outflows
ETF Assets Stand at $1.1 Trillion, up 5% YTD
One ETF Launch Last Week
Agriculture ETF to Reduce Management Fee
US-Listed ETFs: Estimated Flows by Market Segment
After generating net inflows for three consecutive weeks, ETFs posted net outflows last week
Last week’s net outflows of $943 mln were primarily driven by US Small- & Micro-Cap ETFs
ETF assets stand at $1.1 tln, up 5% YTD; ETFs have posted net inflows 17 out of 22 weeks YTD ($56.9 bln in net inflows)
13-week flows were mostly positive among asset classes; combined $20.2 bln net inflows
Fixed Income ETFs have consistently generated weekly net inflows (42 straight weeks of net inflows); make up 20% of ETF
market cap, up from 14% just a year ago (combination of relative performance and flows)
Emerging Market Equity ETFs exhibited net outflows of $3.9 bln, the most out of any category over the last 13 weeks
US-Listed ETFs: Estimated Largest Flows by Individual ETF
Energy Select Sector SPDR (XLE) generated net inflows of $930 mln last week, the most of any ETF
XLE posted large net inflows despite oil declining more than 8% last week
Six out of 10 ETFs to post largest net inflows last week provide exposure to US investment grade debt
The six Vanguard ETFs to post large net outflows last week were the same six to generate similar sized net inflows the prior week
US-Listed ETFs: Short Interest
Data Unchanged: Based on data as of 5/15/12
SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) posted the largest increase in USD short interest
Despite an increase in short interest, SPY’s 275 mln shares short is well below its all-time high of 536 mln shares short on 9/15/11
iShares S&P 100 Index Fund (OEF) exhibited the largest decrease in USD short interest (lowest level of shares short since
7/15/11)
The average shares short/shares outstanding for ETFs is currently 5%
Retail continues to be a heavily shorted industry with the SPDR Retail ETF (XRT) leading the way
Based on multiple borrowings and the ability to continuously create new shares, shares short as a % of shares outstanding can exceed 100%
US-Listed ETFs: Most Successful Recent Launches by Assets
Source: Bloomberg, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Research. Data estimated as of 6/1/12 based on daily change in share counts and daily NAVs.
$6.5 billion in total market cap of ETFs less than 1-year old
Over the past 13 weeks, newly launched Active ETFs generated most net inflows at $1.2 bln (specifically the PIMCO Total
Return ETF-BOND)
100 new ETF listings and 17 closures YTD
Over the past year, many of the successful launches have an income/dividend orientation
Five different ETF sponsors and three asset classes represented in top 10 most successful launches
Only three recently launched ETFs posted net outflows last week
Top 10 most successful launches account for 60% of market cap of ETFs launched over the past year
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Source: Morgan Stanley
Hedge funds' bets against euro hit record
June 3, 2012--Hedge funds beefed up their bets against the euro to a record level in the last week of 2011, increasing pressure on the embattled European common currency as it enters the most testing year of its history.
Many hedge funds lost money betting against the euro for much of last year, as the currency remained unexpectedly strong despite the continent’s worsening financial crisis, according to a report in the Financial Times.
However, the euro suffered a poor November and December and ended the year as the worst performing major currency, sinking to a 10-year low against the yen and a one-year low versus the greenback.
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Source: NY Post
Can the Vietnam ETF Continue Its Run?
June 1, 2012--Vietnam ETF (VNM) was the third best performer among all equity ETFs during the first quarter of 2012, behind only Market Vectors Egypt ETF (EGPT) and Market Vectors India SmallCap ETF (SCIF).
That was in sharp contrast to its extremely dismal performance in 2011, when it sank by almost 47%, much worse than other emerging markets, as the investors were concerned about the future prospects for the economy. However as the economic situation improved, the investors have poured money into the fund, which is now up 24.7% year-to-date, while the broader MSCI Emerging market index is down 1.1%.
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Source: Yahoo Finance
SPX Weeklys Extension
June 1, 2012--On Thursday, May 31, 2012, CBOE began extending the listings of SPX Weeklys and maintaining five consecutive expiration weeks available for trading options on the S&P 500. For details, see Regulatory Circular RG12-066.
Current listing and expiration dates are noted on AVAILABLE WEEKLYS.
SPX Weeklys are traded on CBOE and quotes can be found in SPX options chains under root symbol SPXW. SPX Weeklys are PM-settled on the last trading day, typically a Friday. As with other PM-settled index options, the exercise-settlement value is calculated using the last (closing) reported sales price in the primary market of each component stock. On the last trading day, trading in expiring SPX Weeklys closes at 3:00 p.m. (Chicago time). All non-expiring SPX Weeklys continue to trade until 3:15 p.m. (Chicago time).
For PM-settled, S&P 500 options that expire on 3rd Fridays, see ticker SPXPM, traded on the C2 Options Exchange.
Source: CBOE
