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Market Vectors Fixed Income ETFs Achieve NAIC Designations
July 18, 2013--Six Market Vectors fixed income exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have received risk-based capital ratings from the Securities Valuation Office (SVO) of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), it was announced.
Ratings assess credit quality of fixed income securities and can allow for favorable risk-based capital treatment when a fund is added to portfolios of state regulated insurance companies.
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Source: Insurancenewsnet.com
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke: Semiannual Monetary Policy Report To The Congress-Before The Committee On Financial Services, U.S. House Of Representatives, Washington, D.C.
Chairman Bernanke presented identical remarks before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate on July 18, 2013
July 17, 2013--Chairman Hensarling, Ranking Member Waters, and other members of the Committee, I am pleased to present the Federal Reserve's semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress. I will discuss current economic conditions and the outlook and then turn to monetary policy.
I'll finish with a short summary of our ongoing work on regulatory reform.
The Economic Outlook
The economic recovery has continued at a moderate pace in recent quarters despite the strong headwinds created by federal fiscal policy.
Housing has contributed significantly to recent gains in economic activity. Home sales, house prices, and residential construction have moved up over the past year, supported by low mortgage rates and improved confidence in both the housing market and the economy. Rising housing construction and home sales are adding to job growth, and substantial increases in home prices are bolstering household finances and consumer spending while reducing the number of homeowners with underwater mortgages. Housing activity and prices seem likely to continue to recover, notwithstanding the recent increases in mortgage rates, but it will be important to monitor developments in this sector carefully.
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Source: FRB
Arizona Public Safety Personnel commits $75 million to BlackRock fund
July 18, 2013--Arizona Public Safety Personnel Retirement System, Phoenix, committed up to $75 million to BlackRock (BLK) Fixed Income Global Alpha Fund, confirmed James Hacking, administrator of the $7.3 billion pension fund.
Funding will come from core fixed income. Mr. Hacking said no managers will be terminated.
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Source: Pensions & Investments
S&P GSCI Dynamic Roll Capped Component 35/20 Launched by S&P Dow Jones Indices
July 18, 2013--S&P Dow Jones Indices announced today the launch of the S&P GSCI Dynamic Roll Capped Component 35/20 reflecting the total return available through an unleveraged investment in the specific commodities of the S&P GSCI Dynamic Roll while employing the S&P Capped Component 35/20 methodology.
The Index contains the specific commodity futures contracts of the S&P GSCI Dynamic Roll and is calculated using the rules of the S&P GSCI Dynamic Roll, but modified to apply the Capped Component 35/20 rules for capping according to the ESMA guidelines on UCITS issues
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Source: MarketWatch
BNY Mellon urges change to borrowing rule
July 17, 2013--Bank of New York Mellon said it would urge US regulators to exclude a "perverse" aspect of a new rule aimed at capping banks' borrowing, in one of the first signs that the financial industry intends to lobby against parts of the proposal.
The biggest banks would have to hold extra capital against all of their assets under a new US “leverage ratio” rule outlined by regulators including the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation earlier this month. Total assets would include cash held on deposit at central banks, as well as government bonds.
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Source: FT.com
Guggenheim Investments Expands BulletShares(R) Product Suite With Two New ETFs
BulletShares' Total Assets Increased 133 Percent Year-Over-Year
July 17, 2013--Guggenheim Investments, the investment management division of Guggenheim Partners, today announced the launch of two new BulletShares ETFs: Guggenheim BulletShares 2021 Corporate Bond ETF and Guggenheim BulletShares 2022 Corporate Bond ETF.
BulletShares were the first defined-maturity corporate bond ETFs available on the market. In 2012, total assets in the suite increased 133 percent, and year-to-date assets are up $967 million--a 56% percent increase (as of June 30, 2013).
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DB-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-North America-US ETF Market Weekly Review-Markets and $17.5bn inflows into equity drive assets higher by 3.9% The total US ETP flows from all products registered $16.77bn (+1.2% of AUM) of inflows during last week vs. $6.1bn (+0.4%) of inflows the previous week, setting the YTD weekly flows average at +$3.4bn (+$94.13bn YTD in total cash flows).
Equity, Fixed Income, and Commodity ETPs experienced flows of +$17.5bn (1.6%), -$0.4bn (-0.15%) and -$0.6bn (-0.84%) last week vs. +$3.0bn (0.28%), +$3.4bn (1.33%) and -$0.4bn (-0.61%) in the previous week, respectively.
Among US sectors, Financials (+$1.03bn, +1.7%) and Consumer Discretionary (+$0.78bn, +7.0%) received the top inflows, while Utilities (-$0.18bn, -2.3%) and Materials (-$0.12bn, -1.2%) experienced the largest outflows.
Top 3 ETPs & ETNs by inflows: SPY (+$8.4bn), IWM (+$1.2bn), MDY (+$0.7bn)
Top 3 ETPs & ETNs by outflows: GLD (-$0.9bn), EEM (-$0.4bn), TLT (-$0.3bn)
New Launch Calendar: small-caps and investment grade corporate bonds
Turnover Review: Floor activity rose by 27.5%
Total weekly turnover increased by 27.5% to $296.9bn vs. $232.85bn from the previous week (4th of July week); Furthermore, last week's turnover level was 10.1% over last year's weekly average. Equity, Fixed Income and Commodity ETPs turnover increased by $56.9bn (+28.2%), $4.6bn (+23.6%) and $1.7bn (+18.4%) during the same period, respectively
Assets under Management (AUM) Review: assets increased by 3.9%
request report NYSE Euronext-1 ETF Launch: iShares July 18, 2013 view more Citi Appointed by Mirae Asset to Provide Fund Administration and Custody Services for its US-listed Exchange Traded Funds view more WisdomTree Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund (ELD) Receives NAIC Designation view more
Source: Guggenheim Investments
July 16, 2013--Market and Net Cash Flows Review
Global markets rallied across the board during last week. The US (S&P 500) climbed 2.96%; outside the US, the MSCI EAFE (in USD) and the MSCI EM (USD) rose by 3.84% and 3.07%, respectively. Moving on to other asset classes, the 10Y US Treasury Yield dropped by 12 bps last week, while the DB Liquid Commodity Index was up by 2.17%.
Similarly, the Agriculture sector (DB Diversified Agriculture Index), the WTI Crude Oil, Gold and Silver prices moved higher by 0.67%, 2.64%, 5.11% and 5.41%, respectively. Last but not least, Volatility (VIX) dropped by 7.05% during the same period.
There were five new ETFs listed during the previous week. State Street launched TWOK, offering exposure to US Small-cap; In the meantime, BlackRock launched four new target-date IG Corporate bond ETFs with maturities in 2016 (IBDA), 2018 (IBDB), 2020 (IBDC) and 2023 (IBDD).
US ETP assets rose by $55.8bn (+3.9%) totaling $1.491 trillion at the end of the week. As of last Friday, US ETPs had accumulated an asset growth of 11.8% YTD. Assets for Equity, Fixed Income and Commodity ETPs moved +$51.6bn, +$1.6bn and +$2.4bn during last week, respectively.
Source: Deutsche Bank-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-North America
July 16, 2013--NYSE Euronext (NYSE:NYX) is pleased to announce that on Thursday, July 18, 2013, the following ETF will be listed on NYSE Arca and will begin trading as a new issue:
Security Name: iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF
Short Name: iShrs MSCI USA Qlty
CUSIP: 46432F339
Trading Symbol: QUAL
Source: NYSE Euronext
July 16, 2013-- Citi has been appointed by Mirae Asset to provide fund administration, custody and index receipt services for a new ETF platform in the US under the Horizons brand. The first ETF, the Horizons S&P 500(R) Covered Call ETF ("HSPX") launched on June 24, 2013 and will be followed by a series of sector ETFs.
"We have a long-standing relationship with Citi and we knew we could rely on their expertise and global model to provide valuable insight across transactional services and trading," said Taeyong Lee, President of Mirae Asset Global Investments' Global Business Unit.
Source: Mirae Asset Global Investments
July 16, 2013--WisdomTree (Nasdaq:WETF), an exchange-traded fund ("ETF") sponsor and asset manager, today announced the WisdomTree Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund (ELD) has received a risk-based capital Designation of 1 (-) from the Securities Valuation Office of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC).
This follows a previous NAIC 3 Designation of The WisdomTree Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund (EMCB) on April 16, 2013.
Source: WisdomTree
