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Panama: Creating Greater Opportunities for All
May 3, 2011-Overview
Panama, through sound economic management, has grown faster than almost any Latin American economy in recent years, and through a partnership with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the country is striving to ensure the benefits of this prosperity reach its poorest citizens.
By relying on a flexible range of lending and technical support from IBRD, Panama was able to achieve results in areas as diverse as providing improved health and nutrition services to 400,000 families in rural areas to streamlining government procurement services and making it easier for Panamanians to start a business.
Challenge
Panama, with a population of approximately 3.5 million, a world famous canal, a modern financial sector, and the economy of an upper-middle income country remained a nation of stark contrasts. Most notable was the high degree of inequality, perpetuated by educational disparities, differential access to basic services, and wide discrepancies in productivity and incomes.
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Source: World Bank
Prospect of shortage drives US T-bill yields down
May 3, 2011--Interest rates demanded by investors to hold short-term Treasury bills sank to record lows on Tuesday and were approaching zero, amid the prospect of lower sales by the US Treasury in coming months.
The Treasury announced late on Monday a sharp reduction in borrowing needs for the second quarter due to higher tax receipts and less spending outlays.
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Source: FT.com
ProShares 130/30 ETF Surpasses $100 Million in Assets
May 3, 2011--ProShares, a premier provider of alternative exchange traded funds (ETFs), announced that the ProShares Credit Suisse 130/30 , the nation’s only 130/30 ETF, has surpassed $100 million in assets.
CSM seeks to track the Credit Suisse 130/30 Large-Cap Index, which was designed by Andrew Lo of AlphaSimplex and Pankaj Patel of Credit Suisse. From its inception (7/13/09) through the end of the last quarter, CSM has outperformed the S&P 500 by 299 basis points.1
“Investors are responding to an ETF with an alternative strategy that has outperformed the S&P 500,” said Michael L. Sapir, Chairman and CEO of ProShare Advisors LLC, ProShares’ investment advisor. “The systematic approach and research behind CSM’s index, the enhanced level of transparency of the fund, and its relatively low cost2 are appealing to investors.”
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Source: Business Wire
Global X Funds, the New York based provider of exchange traded funds (ETFs), today launched the Global X Food ETF (Ticker: EATX).
May 3, 2011--Continued GDP growth in emerging market nations has led to a dynamic shift in the way citizens procure, prepare, and consume food in these countries. Greater purchasing power has led to increased consumption of dairy and livestock, as well as consumer packaged goods.
“Emerging markets are key to unlocking future growth because their economies are growing at a significantly higher rate than developed markets,” explains William Johnson, Heinz Chairman and CEO. “The middle class in emerging markets will eventually outnumber the combined populations of the US and Europe.” Multinationals like Nestle, one of the world’s largest food producers with a 4.88% weighting in the ETF as of 4/29/11, has 40% of its business in emerging markets and saw underlying sales up 12% in regions such as China, South Asia and Africa (Reuters, April 2011).
“8 out of 10 people in the world live in emerging markets. We are starting to see how food companies stand to benefit as the population in emerging economies continues to increase their purchasing power,” said CEO of Global X Funds, Bruno del Ama.
The Global X Food ETF tracks the Solactive Global Food Index, which is designed to measure broad based equity market performance of global companies involved in the food industry. As of April 29, 2011, the three largest components of the index were Nestle, Kraft Foods, and Danone.
As a commitment to corporate social responsibility, Global X Management Company, LLC, the fund adviser, will donate any profit it derives from EATX to Action Against Hunger | ACF International, a global humanitarian organization that works to save the lives of malnourished children while providing communities with sustainable access to safe water and long-term solutions to hunger. “In harnessing global food markets for good, Global X Management will be making a significant contribution to the vulnerable communities we serve around the world,” said Geoffrey M. Glick, Director of External Relations for Action Against Hunger.
Source: Global X
Morgan Stanley-US ETF Weekly Update
May 3, 2011--Weekly Flows: $7.8 Billion Net Inflows
ETFs Traded $305 Billion Last Week
Launches: 1 New ETF
State Street Changes Name & Index on Global ETF
BlackRock Changes REIT ETF Ticker
US-Listed ETFs: Estimated Flows by Market Segment
For the second consecutive week, ETFs posted net inflows ($7.8 billion in net inflows)
US Large-Cap ETFs led the way, exhibiting net inflows of $4.0 billion
ETF assets stand at $1.1 trillion, up 12.5% YTD; combination of market appreciation and net new money
13-week flows were mostly positive among asset classes
$36.9 billion net inflows into ETFs over past 13 weeks (International-Developed took in $10.8 billion)
Despite recent net inflows, US Large-Cap and EM Equity ETFs were the biggest drags on flows over the past
13 weeks (combined $3.1 billion net outflows)
US-Listed ETFs: Estimated Largest Flows by Individual ETF
PowerShares QQQ (QQQ) generated net inflows of $2.2 billion last week, the most of any ETF
8 out of the top 10 ETFs to exhibit net inflows last week tracked US Equity indices
Silver posted a recent high last week; however, the iShares Silver Trust (SLV) actually posted net outflows of
$558 million
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Source: Morgan Stanley
ETF Securities U.S. Marketing Arm Expands Sales Team
May 3, 2011--As part of aggressive US business expansion plans and continued growth in the U.S. physically backed Exchange Traded Product (ETP) platform (SGOL, SIVR, PPLT, PALL, AGOL, GLTR & WITE), ETFS Marketing LLC, has appointed Joe Valdman & Justin Levantino to the US Sales team.
Josef Valdman
Vice President Sales, US
Joe will be based in the New York office and will cover Wirehouses and Registered Investment Advisors in the North East region. Prior to joining ETFS, Joe was Vice President at Foreside Fund Services providing third party sales and marketing services to startup asset managers. Prior to Foreside, Joe was a member of a HNW wealth management team at Morgan Stanley. Previous to Morgan Stanley he graduated from the Paths of Achievement (POA) training program at Merrill Lynch. Joe has a Bachelor of Arts from the State University of New York Purchase College.
Justin Levantino
Vice President Sales, US
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Source: ETFS Marketing LLC,
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index
May 3, 2011--Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Tuesday, May 3, 2011:
Curis Resources Ltd. (TSXVN:CUV) will be removed from the index.
The company will graduate to trade on TSX under the same ticker symbol.
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
NSX Releases April 2011 ETF Data Reports
May 3, 2011--Highlights from the April 2011 reports include:
Assets in U.S. listed Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF) and Exchange-Traded Notes (ETN) continue to reach record levels, totaling approximately $1.14 trillion at April 2011 month-end, an increase of approximately 34% over April 2010 month-end when assets totaled almost $847 billion.
ETF/ETN net cash inflows for the month of April totaled approximately $22.4 billion.
Year-to-date 2011 net cash inflows reached a record $51.3 billion, an increase of 140% over the same time period in 2010 when net cash flows reached $21.3 billion.
ETF/ETN notional trading volume during April 2011 totaled almost $1.3 trillion, representing almost 28% of all U.S. equity trading volume.
At the end of April 2011, the number of listed products surpassed 1200 for the first time, totaling 1,216 compared to 998 listed products at the same time last year. Visit http://www.nsx.com/content/etf-assets-list for more info.
Source: National Stock Exchange
New IMF Report Warns of Overheating Risks in Latin America
May 3, 2011--Latin America continues to grow at a healthy pace led by strong expansion in domestic demand. But the region is experiencing an excessively stimulative environment that brings along the risk of overheating.
High commodity prices and easy external financial conditions are the main “tailwinds” propelling growth, in some instances at a pace faster than some economies are prepared for, says the International Monetary Fund’s new report Regional Economic Outlook Western Hemisphere: Watching Out for Overheating, presented today in Mexico City.
The region’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is estimated to have expanded by around 6 percent in 2010, and while it is projected to moderate to about 4.75 percent this year, this will require that governments withdraw any policy stimulus on a timely basis.
“Currently, we have a unique combination of factors,” said Nicolás Eyzaguirre, director of the IMF’s Western Hemisphere Department, during a presentation of the report hosted by Banco de México. “There is no record of another period in which interest rates were so low for so long in the advanced economies; demand from Asia has kept commodities prices at a high level; and emerging economies have better macroeconomic fundamentals than in the past, making them objectively more attractive to foreign capital.” On top of that, he pointed out, many countries have not yet rolled back stimulative policies put in place during the financial crisis to support demand, at times when restrain is needed.
view the Regional Economic Outlook: Western Hemisphere
Watching Out for Overheating report
Source: IMF
Alps files with the SEC
May 2, 2011--Alps has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the ALERIAN Plus MLP Infrastructure ETF and
the ALERIAN Natural Gas MLP ETF
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Source: SEC.gov
