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First Trust Launches Managed Futures ETF
August 2, 2013--First Trust's Morningstar Managed Futures Strategy Fund (FMF) began trading today. The actively managed ETF is entering the ring with WisdomeTree's Managed Futures Strategy Fund (WDTI).
As an actively managed product, FMF won’t be tied to benchmark weightings–its holdings will be drawn from commodity futures, as well as currency and equity futures based on of the Morningstar Diversified Futures Index. Commodity futures will make up about half of its holdings, with equity and currency splitting the remaining half.
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Source: Barron's
CFTC.gov Commitments of Traders Reports Update
August 2, 2013--he updated current reports for the week of July 30, 2013 are now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
Guggenheim Investments Transitions Guggenheim Canadian Energy Income ETF (ENY) to S&P/TSX Canadian High Income Energy Index
August 1, 2013--Guggenheim Investments, the investment management division of Guggenheim Partners, today announced that Guggenheim Canadian Energy Income ETF (NYSE Arca:ENY) will change its benchmark index to the S&P/TSX Canadian High Income Energy Index as of today.
ENY is the only ETF to offer exclusive exposure to the Canadian energy market. The S&P/TSX Canadian High Income Energy Index is designed to provide exposure to high yielding securities in the Canadian energy sector that meet size and liquidity requirements.
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Source: Guggenheim Investments
VIX Futures Trading Volume Rose 53% In July
Nearly Three Million Contracts Traded During the Month
August 1, 2013--The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE(R)) announced today that July 2013 trading volume for futures on the CBOE Volatility Index(R) (VIX(R)) increased 53 percent over July 2012, while year-to-date volume through the end of July has nearly surpassed the total volume for all of 2012.
VIX Futures
July trading volume in VIX futures totaled 2,921,386 contracts, an increase of 53 percent over July's total in 2012 and a decrease of 31 percent from the all-time monthly record sent in June.
Average daily volume in VIX futures during July was 132,790 contracts, an increase of 46 percent over July 2012 and a decrease of 37 percent from June's all-time monthly high.
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Source: CBOE
Goldman blinks but no relief for Wall Street's commodity traders
August 1, 2013--Goldman Sachs' effort to diffuse intensifying pressure over its commodity business by throwing open its metal warehouse doors likely comes too late to head off further scrutiny of Wall Street's commodity trade.
Two weeks of escalating criticism of banks that own commodity assets and trade raw materials has shaken executives and the industry, with little sign of the pressure relenting. Britain's financial watchdog is considering its own investigation of metals warehouses, sources said, and two lawmakers questioned whether power regulators were tough enough.
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Source: Reuters
Fidelity poised to be an ETF juggernaut
With 15 funds in the pipeline, mutual fund giant takes on Pimco, Vanguard
August 1, 2013--Fidelity Investments has only dipped its toe into exchange-traded funds so far, but the groundwork has been laid for a splash that could shake up the ETF industry.
Last week, Fidelity stuffed its product pipeline with 10 passively managed sector ETFs and three actively managed bond ETFs. That brings the total number of ETFs that Fidelity has awaiting approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission to 15.
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Source: Investment News
DB-US ETF Model Portfolios-Diversified Momentum Portfolio Update
August 1, 2013--Diversified Momentum Update as of Jul 31st, 2013
Positive month for most of the momentum sub-portfolios.
Market Performance
The US equity market (SPY) rallied in July. Similarly, the broad US Fixed Income market (BND), and the Commodity market (DBC) advanced by 0.17% and 3.18% during the same period, respectively.
Model Portfolio Performance
Our Diversified Momentum Portfolio (DMP) rose by 1.83% in July. In the meantime, the equity market and our multi asset class benchmark were both up recording gains of 5.17% and 3.27%, respectively.
Portfolio Updates and New Membership
7 of the 20 DMP positions will change for August. In terms of portfolio weights, the asset class weights will remain unchanged. Currencies will continue to be the top allocation with 40%, followed by Commodities with 30%, Treasuries with 20%, and Global Sector with 10%.
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Source: Deutsche Bank - Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy - North America
KraneShares Launches China Internet ETF
KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF offers investors exposure to China's rapidly growing internet sector
August 1, 2013--Krane Funds Advisors LLC, a provider of China-focused Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), today announced the launch on the NASDAQ of KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF (NASDAQ ticker: KWEB), a new ETF that provides exposure to Chinese Internet and Internet-related companies.
“KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF provides US investors with an opportunity to gain exposure to China’s growing internet sector with the cost efficiencies of ETF investing,” said Brendan Ahern, Managing Director of KraneShares. “We see two powerful demographic trends driving China’s internet sector: since 2000, internet spending by urban Chinese has increased 14% annually, and China’s rural population continues to migrate to urban areas, further fueling internet usage.” Ahern cited a McKinsey & Company report that stated China E-Tailing accounted for $190 billion in sales in 2012 and could reach as much as $650 billion by 2020. Mr. Ahern went on to say "we are very fortunate to partner again with China Securities Index Co. of Shanghai, as the index provider for this ETF."
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Source: KraneShares
The Options Industry Council Announces July Options Volume Up 6 Percent
August 1, 2013--The Options Industry Council (OIC) announced today that 324,651,203 total options contracts traded in July, which is up 5.81 percent compared to last July when 306,817,994 contracts were traded.
Average daily volume for the month came in at 14,756,873 contracts, up 1.00 percent compared last July's 14,610,380 contracts. Year-to-date volume stood at 2,436,987,381 contracts, 1.93 percent more than July of last year when 2,390,920,900 contracts were traded.
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Source: Options Industry Council (OIC)
ISE Reports Business Activity for July 2013
August 1, 2013--ISE was the second largest equity options exchange in July with a market share of 16.6%,
excluding dividend trades.
Dividend trades made up 1.0% of industry volume in July 2013.
For the month of July, Implied Order functionality accounted for 7.4% of all non-crossing, multilegged
contract volume executed on ISE.
The International Securities Exchange (ISE) today reported an average daily volume of 2.2 million contracts in July 2013. This represents a decrease of 3.5%compared to July 2012. Total options volume for the month was 48.7 million contracts. ISE was the second largest U.S. equity options exchange in July
with a market share of 16.6%*.
Business highlights for the month of July include:
On July 22, ISE ETF Ventures and SecuredGrowth Quantitative Research announced their partnership agreement to develop and promote indexes that combine the performance of popular Exchange-Traded Products (ETPs) with the proprietary SecuredGrowth™ process.
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Source: International Securities Exchange (ISE)
