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SEC Adopts Large Trader Reporting Regime
July 26, 2011--The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted unanimously to adopt a new rule establishing large trader reporting requirements to enhance the agency’s ability to identify large market participants, collect information on their trading, and analyze their trading activity.
The new rule requires large traders to identify themselves to the SEC, which will then assign each trader a unique identification number. Large traders will provide this number to their broker-dealers, who will be required to maintain transaction records for each large trader and report that information to the SEC upon request.
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Source: SEC.gov
Rydex files with the SEC
July 26, 2011--Rydex has filed an amendment no.1 to Form S-1 with the SEC for the CurrencyShares® Chinese Renminbi Trust.
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Source: SEC.gov
WisomTree files with the SEC
July 26, 2011--WisdomTree has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the WisdomTree Asia Small Cap Fund.
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Source: SEC.gov
WisdomTree files with the SEC
July 26, 2011--WisdomTree has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the WisdomTree Germany Hedged Equity Fund.
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Source: SEC.gov
iShares files with the SEC
July 26, 2011--iShares has filed a post-effective amendment, registraion statement with the SEC for the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index Fund (EEMS).
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Source: SEC.gov
Schwab files with the SEC
July 26, 2011--Charles Schwab has filed a post effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the Schwab U.S. Small-Cap Growth ETF(SCHJ)
Schwab U.S. Small-Cap Value ETF (SCHK) and
Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD)
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Source: SEC.gov
Claymore files with the SEC
July 26, 2011--Claymore has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the Guggenheim Shipping ETF (SEA).
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Russell research explores “defensive equity” and whether the market is mispricing risk
Report challenges the presumption that less risky stocks deliver lower returns
July 26, 2011- Recent research from Russell Investments observes that the market doesn't seem to offer a premium to adequately compensate investors who choose to invest in riskier stocks as opposed to more stable ("defensive") stocks. The report outlines a substantial body of evidence suggesting that a return premium for riskier stocks does not exist.
The standard theory of how markets work says that investors should only take extra risk if they think they are going to be compensated for doing so," said Bob Collie, chief research strategist, Americas Institutional, and one of the research authors. "But there's scant evidence that riskier stocks systematically outperform their defensive counterparts."
As for the explanation, several possible causes have been put forward. "There's good reason to believe that the widespread use of market-relative benchmarking by mutual funds and institutional investors is one contributing factor," adds Collie. "That's too entrenched and useful a practice for us to believe that it's going to go away any time soon. So we may continue to see the defensive effect persist in the future."
Based on these findings, the authors argue for a re-think of how investors run their investment programs, including the mandates and benchmarks that are given to investment managers and how they approach equity portfolio construction.
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Source: Russell Investments
US money market funds build liquidity
July 26, 2011--US money market funds are stockpiling cash in case Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling, distorting the short-term market for US government debt and raising borrowing costs for banks and other financial institutions.
While the funds will continue to hold US Treasuries in the event of a downgrade or default, they are building up liquidity and shunning certain securities due to fears that a failure to raise the debt ceiling could trigger client redemptions.
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Source: FT.com
Inflation fears take their toll in Brazil
July 26, 2011--Brazil is shaping up to be one of this year’s worst-performing equity markets. A toxic combination of rising inflation and political interference in the country’s biggest companies has hampered public offerings. But it has also opened up buying opportunities.
In spite of the country’s booming economy, the Bovespa stock index is trading at about a 14-month low and foreign investment in the market fell 70 per cent in the first half of the year, central bank data show. The exchange operator itself has seen its shares tumble 25 per cent in 2011.
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Source: FT.com
