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Rydex has filed with the SEC

May 9, 2011--Rydex has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the Rydex S&P MidCap 400 Equal Weight ETF
Rydex S&P SmallCap 600 Equal Weight ETF.

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Source: SEC.gov


ProShares files with the SEC

May 9, 2011--ProShares has filed a registration statement with the SEC.

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Source: SEC.gov


AdvisorShares files with the SEC

May 9, 2011--AdvisorShares has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the Accuvest Global Opportunities ETF.

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Source: SEC.gov


First Trust files with the SEC

May 9, 2011--First Trust has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the First Trust Mega Cap AlphaDEX(R) Fund.

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Source: SEC.gov


Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

May 9, 2011--Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes:
The shareholders of Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines Limited (TSX:CLM) have accepted the $C17.25 cash per share takeover offer from Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE:CLF).

Consolidated Thompson will be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX Equity, Capped Equity and Equity Completion, the S&P/TSX Completion and the S&P/TSX Capped Materials indices after close on Friday, May 13, 2011.

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 & Poors


Morgan Stanley-US ETF Weekly Update

May 9, 2011--US ETF Weekly Update
Weekly Flows: $4.2 Billion Net Outflows
ETFs Traded $445 Billion Last Week
Launches: 6 New ETFs
Van Eck Reduces Expenses on Five ETFs

US-Listed ETFs: Estimated Flows by Market Segment
ETFs posted net outflows of $4.2 billion last week, the largest weekly net outflow in 2011
US Small- & Micro-Cap ETFs were the biggest drag on flows, exhibiting net outflows of $2.5 billion last week
ETF assets stand at $1.1 trillion, up 9% YTD; combination of market appreciation and net new money

13-week flows were mostly positive among asset classes
$34.7 billion net inflows into ETFs over past 13 weeks (International-Developed took in $10.6 billion)
We estimate ETFs have generated net inflows 12 out of 18 weeks YTD

US-Listed ETFs: Estimated Largest Flows by Individual ETF
SPDR DJIA ETF (DIA) generated net inflows of $1.1 billion last week, the most of any ETF
7 out of the top 10 ETFs that exhibited net outflows last week tracked US Equity indices
Given the drop in precious metals prices last week it does not come as a surprise that the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) and iShares Silver Trust (SLV) posted a combined net outflow of $1.9 billion

US-Listed ETFs: ETF Dollar Volume
ETF monthly $ volume declined to 27% of listed trading volume in April (down from 30% in March)
Weekly ETF $ volume spiked last week, up 46% from the prior week
Commodity ETFs accounted for 17% of weekly ETF volume last week, more than doubling its 13-week average volume

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Source: Morgan Stanley


International Securities Exchange Elects New Member To Board Of Directors

May 9, 2011--The International Securities Exchange (ISE) today announced that Stanley Choung has been elected to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Choung, Managing Director of the Institutional Equity Division for Morgan Stanley, will serve as an industry director representing ISE’s Primary Market Makers (PMMs). He replaces Sean Flynn of Timber Hill LLC, who is retiring due to term limits.

In addition, Mark Dehnert, a Partner at Goldman Sachs & Co. responsible for the Quantitative Equities Trading businesses in their Securities Division and previously an ISE industry director representing Electronic Access Members (EAMs), was re-elected to the ISE Board as a Competitive Market Maker (CMM) representative. Slade Winchester, Head of U.S. and international business development, technology and operations for the Citigroup Derivatives Markets, Inc. options market makers and previously an ISE industry director representing CMMs, was re-elected to ISE’s Board as an EAM representative. The following non-industry directors were also re-elected: Michael Kuhn, Chief Information Officer of Deutsche Börse AG; Michael Monaco, Senior Managing Director of Conway Del Genio Gries & Co., LLC; Joseph Stefanelli, a non-industry director of ISE since 2007, and; Kenneth Vecchione, Chief Operating Officer of Western Alliance Bancorp. Gary Katz, President and Chief Executive Officer of ISE, was re-elected as ISE’s Chief Executive Officer Director.

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Source: International Securities Exchange (ISE)


ELX Sets Multiple Volume Records: Overall Exchange, Combined U.S. Treasury Futures, 5-Year and 30-Year Futures

May 9, 2011--ELX Futures, L.P. (ELX), a leading electronic futures exchange, announced today that it established multiple new end-of-day volume records on Friday, May 6, including overall exchange; combined U.S. Treasury futures contracts, 5-year note and 30-year bond.

ELX ended the session with a record of 148,308 contracts traded and 120,137 contracts traded for combined U.S. Treasuries. The 5-year note hit a record volume of 43,748 contracts traded and the 30-year bond also set a new record with 26,117 contracts traded.

Neal Wolkoff, Chief Executive Officer of ELX Futures, said, “This has been a record-achieving week for ELX with multiple new records set in our futures products. This shows the great strides ELX has made in the futures marketplace to capture new business. Momentum remains strong and we expect to continue to grow our volume, market share and customer base.”

Source: ELX Futures


First Trust Advisors L.P. introduces the FIRST ETF focused on the Global Manufacturing of Automobiles

May 6, 2011--First Trust Advisors L.P. (“First Trust”), the fastest growing Exchange-Traded Fund (“ETF”) sponsor among the ten largest sponsors (by assets raised) since 2010, announced today that Ryan Issakainen, Vice President, ETF Strategist, will ring the opening bell of The NASDAQ Stock Market at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 13, 2011, to celebrate the release of the first ETF focused on the global manufacturing of automobiles.

First Trust executives and guests will participate in the event. The bell ringing will recognize the launch of the first automotive ETF in the industry, the First Trust NASDAQ Global Auto Index Fund (NASDAQ: CARZ), which is expected to begin trading May 10, 2011. The Fund will seek investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield (before the Fund’s fees and expenses) of the NASDAQ OMX Global Auto IndexSM, which is designed to track the performance of the largest and most liquid companies engaged in the manufacturing of automobiles.

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Source: First Trust


SEC head eyes fast traders on crash anniversary

May 6, 2011-- The top U.S. securities regulator on Friday called for a broad reassessment of high-frequency trading on the one-year anniversary of the so-called "flash crash" of 2010.

"We need to assess the entire regulatory structure surrounding high frequency trading firms and their algorithms," said U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro at a funds conference.

Exactly one year after a sudden drop in U.S. stock markets that shook investor confidence,

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Middle East ETP News


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Africa ETF News


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