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| Senators eye pre-funded resolution authority |
March 9, 2010--Senators in the banking committee have agreed in principle to a partially pre-funded “resolution authority” to wind down a failing bank holding company, favouring a structure that would levy a $50bn charge on the industry. | read more | ||||||||||
| Greece planning more bond issues in March: report
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| March 9, 2010--Greece is planning to raise around 10 billion euros (13.6 billion dollars) this month by issuing bonds as it races to meet debt requirements, Dow Jones Newswires reported on Tuesday citing officials. | ||||||||||||
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| Merkel renews push for 'sanctions' under Euro rescue fund
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| March 9, 2010--German Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted Tuesday that plans for a European Monetary Fund will only work if strengthened "sanctions" are incorporated to penalise wayward spenders. | ||||||||||||
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| U.S. International Reserve Position
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| March 8, 2010--The Treasury Department today released U.S. reserve assets data for the latest week. As indicated in this table, U.S. reserve assets totaled $128,888 million as of the end of that week, compared to $129,435 million as of the end of the prior week. | ||||||||||||
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| Longevity market needs to show depth and maturity, say pension execs
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| March 9, 2010--Pensions executives have raised concerns about the growth of the longevity hedging market, as some individuals are concerned about whether there is enough capacity and transparency in the market to assist the majority of pension plans. | ||||||||||||
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| Study to uncover impact of climate change on pension funds
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| March 9, 2010-- Fourteen pension fund investors and asset owners have signed up to conduct a study with Mercer Consulting to find out what impact climate change will have on the risk and return potential of pension funds. | ||||||||||||
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| Claymore Securities Launches ETF Suite Tracking the Wilshire 5000(SM), Wilshire 4500(SM) and Wilshire US REIT(SM) Indexes
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| Wilshire ETFs Provide Investors with Total U.S. Equity Market Exposure March 9, 2010--Claymore Securities, Inc. today announced the launch of an ETF suite designed to track three of Wilshire Associates' broad market indexes: the Wilshire 5000 Total Market ETF (NYSE Arca: WFVK), the Wilshire 4500 Completion ETF (NYSE Arca: WXSP), and the Wilshire US REIT ETF (NYSE Arca: WREI). The Wilshire Indexes, developed by Wilshire Associates Incorporated, ("Wilshire(R)"), a global independent investment and consulting services firm, have been in existence for more than 35 years and are used extensively by institutional and active money managers as performance benchmarks. | ||||||||||||
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| ETF Landscape: Industry Highlights - End February 2010
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| March 9, 2010--Highlights Global ETF and ETP Industry February 2010: * At the end of February 2010 the global ETF industry had 2,090 ETFs with 3,997 listings, assets of US$1,001.5 Bn, from 115 providers on 40 exchanges around the world. | ||||||||||||
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| 14 Foreign Commodity ETFs to be Listed (ETF Securities Limited)
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| March 9, 2010--The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) approved today the listing of 14 foreign commodity ETFs. These foreign ETFs are managed by ETF Securities Limited and their main market is the London Stock Exchange. The 14 ETFs are scheduled to be listed on Friday, March 19, 2010. | ||||||||||||
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| BNY Mellon ADR Index Monthly Performance Review is Now Available
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| March 9, 2010--BNY Mellon ADR Index Monthly Performance Review is Now Available. | ||||||||||||
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