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CFTC.gov Commitments of Traders Reports Update
February 10, 2012--The current reports for the week of February 7, 2012 are now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
iShares files with the SEC
February 10, 2012--iShares has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the iShares Barclays GNMA Bond Fund.
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Source: iShares
ETF price war intensifies with new launches
February 10, 2012--A third example of increased price competition from iShares is provided by the launch of SLVP which is based on the MSCI global silver miners index.
SLVP carries a total expense ratio of 39bps and it undercuts SIL, the silver miners ETF run by Global X
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Source: FT.com
iShares files with the SEC-iShares Global ex USD High Yield Corporate Bond Fund
February 10, 2012--iShares has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the iShares Global ex USD High Yield Corporate Bond Fund.
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Source: SEC.gov
iShares files with the SEC-iShares Global High Yield Corporate Bond Fund
February 10, 2012--iShares has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the iShares Global High Yield Corporate Bond Fund.
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Source: SEC.gov
Global X files with the SEC
February 10, 2012--Global X has filed a post-efective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the
Global X SuperIncome ETF
Global X SuperIncome Preferred ETF and
Global X SuperIncome REIT ETF
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Source: SEC.gov
ProShares files with the SEC
February 10, 2012--ProShares has filed a post-effective amendment, regfistration statement with the SEC for ProShares German Sovereign / Sub-Sovereign Debt ETF.
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Source: SEC.gov
CME to Extend Corporate Debt Collateral to Rate Swaps Next Month
February 10, 2012--CME Group Inc., owner of the world's largest futures market, will extend the use of corporate debt it accepts as collateral to interest-rate swaps beginning March 12.
While the Chicago-based company’s clearinghouse already accepts corporate bonds to back futures trades, it will now allow users to post as much as $3 billion in bonds to back rate swaps, said a notice sent to customers yesterday. The bonds will need at least an A rating from a nationally recognized statistical rating organization and be denominated in dollars, among other requirements, CME Group said on its website.
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Source: Bloomberg Business Week
Goldman subprime bet highlights Volcker debate
February 10, 2012--Goldman Sachs Group Inc's purchase of a $6.2 billion portfolio of subprime bonds on Wednesday illustrates the difficulty regulators may have in stopping banks from making bets with their own money.
Goldman purchased the portfolio from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, which is selling mortgage securities acquired in 2008 through the bailout of American International Group Inc .
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Source: Reuters
France signals nine eurozone states ready to trigger FTT
February 9, 2012--French Finance Minister Francois Baroin signalled Tuesday that nine eurozone governments are ready to press ahead with the introduction of a Paris-inspired financial transactions tax.
Baroin's office said the minister had written to the European Union's current Danish presidency asking for examination of a draft law championed by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to be examined by the summer.
The fact that nine countries are signatories to the letter is highly significant, as it paves the way for a special provision of the EU's Lisbon Treaty that allows at least one third of the EU's member states to trailblaze new laws by themselves.
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Source: EUbusiness
