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CBOE to expand VIX options trading hours from Monday
February 27, 2015--CBOE Holdings Inc's Chicago Board Options Exchange, the largest U.S. stock-options market, is set to extend trading hours for two of its most heavily traded index options starting Monday.
The exchange plans to add more than six hours of additional trading five days a week for options on the S&P 500 and the CBOE VIX index, a broadly used gauge of market volatility based on U.S. equity option prices.
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Source: CBOE
SEC: Fee Rate Advisory #4 for Fiscal Year 2015
February 27, 2015--Pursuant to Section 31(j)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Commission has determined that a mid-year adjustment to the Section 31 fee rate for fiscal year 2015 is not required.
These adjustments do not directly affect the amount of funding available to the SEC.
The Section 31 fee rate for fiscal 2015 will remain at the current rate of $18.40 per million. This rate will remain in place until September 30, 2015, or 60 days after the enactment of a regular FY 2016 appropriation, whichever is later. The Section 31 assessment on round turn transactions in security futures also will remain at $0.0042 per transaction.
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Source: SEC.gov
CFTC.gov Commitments of Traders Reports Update
February 27, 2015--The current reports for the week of February 24, 2015 are now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
Preliminary Report On Foreign Holdings Of U.S. Securities At End-June 2014
February 27, 2015--Preliminary data from the June 2014 benchmark survey of foreign portfolio holdings of U.S. securities were released today. Final survey results, which will include additional detail as well as possible revisions to the preliminary data, will be reported on April 30, 2015.
The survey was undertaken jointly by Treasury, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The next annual survey will cover holdings at the end of June 2015; preliminary data are expected to be released by February 29, 2016.
Complementary surveys measuring U.S. holdings of foreign securities are also carried out annually. Data from the most recent survey, reporting on securities held at year-end 2014, are currently being processed. Preliminary results are expected to be reported by August 31, 2015.
Overall Preliminary Results
The survey measured the value of foreign holdings of U.S. securities as of June 30, 2014, to be $16,397 billion, with $6,356 billion held in U.S. equities, $9,162 billion in U.S. long-term debt securities [1] (of which $1,064 billion are holdings of asset-backed securities (ABS) [2] and $8,098 billion are holdings of non-ABS securities), and $879 billion held in U.S. short-term debt securities.
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Source: US Department of the Treasury
S&P Dow Jones Indices-Latin America Index Dashboard
February 27, 2015--Latin American equities bounced back in February. The S&P Latin America BMI and the S&P MILA Pacific Alliance Composite gained 4% and 5%, respectively. Mexico and Chile were the strongest performers, ending the month up 7% and 6%, respectively.
Globally, developed markets ended the month up 6%, while emerging markets were up 3%. Frontier markets rebounded following a weak start to the year, gaining 3% in February. Australia had a stellar month, gaining 7%.
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Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices
S&P Dow Jones Indices-Canada Index Dashboard
February 27, 2015--Canadian equities continued their strong performance in 2015, with the S&P/TSX Composite and the S&P/TSX 60 both gaining 4% in February.
Rebounding from last month's decline, February was a strong month for U.S. equities. The Dow Jones Industrial Average® and the S&P 500(R) both jumped 6%.
The Dow Jones Commodity Index and the S&P GSCI gained 3% and 6%, respectively. Bucking the recent trend, the Energy sector ended the month up 11%.
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Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices
Global X Funds Announces Share Split For The Global X GF China Bond ETF (CHNB)
February 27, 2015--Global X Funds, the New York based provider of exchange traded funds (ETFs), announced today that its Board of Trustees has approved a share split for the Global X GF China Bond ETF (NYSE Arca: CHNB).
CHNB is the first US-listed ETF to provide access to China's onshore bond market. The total market value of the shares outstanding will not be affected as a result of this split, except with respect to the redemption of fractional shares...
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Source: Global X Funds
Vanguard to Diversify Managed Payout Offering with Liquid Alternative Investments
February 27, 2015--Vanguard plans to further diversify the $1.6 billion Vanguard Managed Payout Fund by adding a new offering, Vanguard Alternative Strategies Fund. The firm filed a registration statement for the new fund with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission this morning.
It is expected to be available in the second quarter.
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Source: Vanguard
Regulators mull Fund Facts for ETFs
February 26, 2015--Securities regulators expect to publish proposals later this year that will require exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to provide investors with their own version of Fund Facts disclosure documents, according to an Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) report.
They're also reviewing mutual funds' distribution policies, short-term trading fees, and the growing structured note business.
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Source: Investment Executive
What to expect after fund-fee rule changes
February 26, 2015--At some point after July of 2016, when investors open their account statements, they will see the result of new rules requiring investment and mutual fund dealers to report annually in writing to clients about the cost and performance of their investments.
The changes are part of the Canadian Securities Administrators' Client Relationship Model, Phase 2, or CRM2. Of the two reports, the one outlining fees and commissions is expected to get the biggest response.
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Source: Globe and Mail
