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CFTC.gov Swaps Report Update Vanguard introduces two low cost currency hedged ETFs view more SEC Announces Enforcement Results for FY 2016
November 12, 2016--Federal regulators' lack of research into waning market liquidity is getting frustrating, J. Christopher Giancarlo, a commissioner at the Commodity Future Trading Commission, said.
Giancarlo, speaking on an Oct. 12 panel discussion at Georgetown University's McDonough Business School, made his criticisms just a few days after the most recent "flash crash" in which the British pound dropped 6 percent against the U.S. dollar.
October 12, 2016--The United States has a $18 trillion economy, which makes it the world's largest by GDP.
To show its tremendous size, we previously published a visualization of the global economy that carved the world’s economic production into slices based on each country's contribution to GDP. While this visualization helps to show how large the U.S. economy is in comparison to other nations, it still doesn't seem to tell the full story.
Source: visualcapitalist.com
October 12, 2016--CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
October 11, 2016--Vanguard Investments Canada Inc. today announced the launch of two new low-cost currency hedged exchange-traded funds(ETFs). The Vanguard FTSE Developed Asia Pacific All Cap Index ETF (CAD-hedged) and the Vanguard FTSE Developed Europe All Cap Index ETF (CAD-hedged) begin trading on the TSX today.
The new ETFs provide currency hedged exposure to developed Asia Pacific and European markets and follow all-capitalization benchmarks that include large-, mid-, and small-capitalization stocks.
Source: Vanguard
October 11, 2016--The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that, in fiscal year 2016, it filed 868 enforcement actions exposing financial reporting-related misconduct by companies and their executives and misconduct by registrants and gatekeepers, as the agency continued to enhance its use of data to detect illegal conduct and expedite investigations.
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Source: SEC.gov
