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February is Second Most-Active Trading Month in CBOE Futures Exchange History
Volume Increased 70% Over 2011, Two New Contracts Launched During Month: CBOE Brazil ETF Volatility Index and a Radar Logic Real Estate Index
March 1, 2012--The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE) today announced that February 2012 was the second most-active trading month in CFE history as volume totaled 1,340,780 contracts, an increase of 70 percent from the 789,734 contracts traded in February 2011.
Average daily volume (ADV) at CFE during February 2012 was 67,039 contracts, the second-highest ADV ever, and up 61 percent from the 41,565 contracts traded per day a year ago. February's total trading volume trailed only the 1.8 million contracts traded in August 2011.
When comparing trading activity in February to the previous month, CFE total monthly volume rose by 65 percent from the 811,283 total contracts and average daily volume gained 65 percent from the 40,564 contracts per day during January 2012.
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Source: CBOE
Van Eck has filed with the SEC
March 1, 2012--Van Eck has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC. This filing relates solely to the following series of the Registrant: Market Vectors Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF.
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Source: SEC.gov
ISE Reports Business Activity for February 2012
March 1, 2012-ISE was the second largest equity options exchange in February with market share of 17.8%,
excluding dividend trades.
Dividend trades made up 8.0% of industry volume in February 2012.
The International Securities Exchange (ISE) today reported average daily volume of 2.7 million contracts
in February 2012. This represents a decrease of 16.6% compared to February 2011.
Total options volume for the month was 53.5 million contracts. ISE was the second largest U.S. equity options
exchange in February with market share of 17.8%*.
Business highlights for the month of February include:
On February 8, ISE announced that it was named "Best Exchange Client Service" at the Wall Street Letter 2012 Institutional Trading Awards.
On February 13, ISE announced the launch of its Premium Access connection in its primary data center. Premium Access enables member firms with a direct connection to ISE to reduce their roundtrip network latency by up to 150 microseconds, or approximately 90 percent.
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Source: International Securities Exchange (ISE)
First Financial Bancorp, RadioShack, Altria Group Inc. Among 24 Stocks Added to Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 Index
Intact Financial Corp. Added to Dow Jones Canada Titans 60 Index
S-Oil Corp. and Honam Petrochemical Corp. Join
Dow Jones South Korea Titans 30 Index
Changes Follow Regular Periodic Reviews, Become Effective After Close of Trading on March 16, 2012
March 1, 2012--First Financial Bancorp (Ohio), RadioShack Corp., and Altria Group Inc. will be among 24 stocks added to the Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 Index, following a regular annual review, Dow Jones Indexes announced today.
The additional 21 companies to be added are RPC Inc., Reynolds American Inc., Raytheon Co., Mattel Inc., Southern Copper Corp., Cato Corp., CA Inc., Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., General Mills Inc., Maxim Integrated Products Inc., ConAgra Foods Inc., Questar Corp., Erie Indemnity Co., International Paper Co., Medtronic Inc., Eaton Corp., Wisconsin Energy Corp., Tupperware Brands Corp., Illinois Tool Works Inc., Microchip Technology Inc. and New Jersey Resources Corp.
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Source: Dow Jones Indexes
iShares files with the SEC-iShares Emerging Markets Dividend Index Fund
March 1, 2012--iShares has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the iShares Emerging Markets Dividend Index Fund.
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Source: SEC.gov
iShares files with the SEC
MArch 1, 2012--iShares has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend 30 Index Fund.
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Source: SEC.gov
OCC Announces 2% Decrease in Cleared Contract Volume in February while Stock Loan Activitiy Rose 7%
March 1, 2012--OCC announced today that total cleared contract volume in February reached 351,702,360 contracts, representing a 2 percent decrease from the February 2011 volume of 357,275,834 contracts. OCC's year-to-date total contract volume is down 7 percent from 2011 with 688,925,298 contracts.
Options: Exchange-listed options trading volume reached 349,463,168 contracts in February, a 1 percent decrease from February 2011. Equity options volume fell 3 percent from the previous February with 323,293,320 contracts. Index options trading rose 18 percent from February 2011 with 26,169,848 contacts. Average daily options volume for the month of February was 17,473,158 contracts.
Futures: OCC cleared 2,239,192 futures contracts in February, a 27 percent decrease from February 2011. Equity futures volume was up 33 percent from February 2011 with 237,197 contracts. Index and other futures volume came in at 2,001,960 contracts, a 31 percent decrease from February 2011. OCC cleared an average of 111,960 futures contracts per day during the month of February.
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Source: OCC
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices
March 1, 2012--Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices:
The shares of Titan Uranium Inc. (TSXVN:TUE) will be removed from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of March 1, 2012.
Pursuant to a Plan of Arrangement, the shares of the company will be delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange having been acquired by Energy Fuels Inc. (TSX:EFR) in a share swap.
Company additions to and deletions from an S&P equity index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.
Source: Standard & Poor's
PIMCO Introduces the Total Return ETF: TRXT
March 1, 2012--PIMCO, a leading global investment management firm, has introduced the PIMCO Total Return Exchange-Traded Fund (Ticker: TRXT), providing investors and financial advisors with a new way to access the firm's Total Return strategy. TRXT is managed by PIMCO's founder and co-Chief Investment Officer William H. Gross.
"For 40 years, PIMCO has created investment strategies designed to help our clients reach their goals, delivered in the vehicle that they determine is best for them," said Mr. Gross. "The Total Return ETF harnesses PIMCO's time-tested investment process and our skills as an active manager, and we believe it signals an important new phase in the development of the ETF marketplace."
TRXT is designed to be a diversified portfolio of high quality bonds that is actively managed with the aim of maximizing return and managing risk. Some of its potential benefits include:
Direct access to PIMCO's portfolio management expertise, including global credit analysis and interest rate forecasting.
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Source: PIMCO
Vanguard Announces Changes to Cash Distribution Frequency for the Vanguard ETFs
February 29, 2012--Vanguard Investments Canada Inc. today announced that effective September 2012, the cash distributions of certain Vanguard exchange-traded funds (ETFs) listed on Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) will be paid out quarterly instead of annually.
Details of the changes are as follows:
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Source: Vanguard
