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CFTC.gov Swaps Report Update
November 19, 2014--CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
CFTC Launches National Campaign to Protect Consumers from Financial Fraud
November 19, 2014--New CFTC SmartCheck Website Offers Investors Access to Quick, Effective Tools to Check Backgrounds of Financial Professionals
November 19, 2014--The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today launched CFTC SmartCheck, a new national campaign to help investors identify and protect themselves against financial fraud.
The comprehensive campaign includes a new website, a national advertising campaign and interactive videos that will help investors spot investment offers that are potentially fraudulent. The new website, SmartCheck.CFTC.gov, unveiled today, is an educational tool that helps investors conduct background checks of financial professionals.
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Source: CFTC.gov
Global X Funds Introduces China Onshore Bond ETF
November 19, 2014--Global X Funds, the New York-based provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), today launched the Global X GF China Bond ETF (NYSE Arca: CHNB), which tracks the S&P China Composite Select Bond Index.
The fund offers direct access to China's onshore bond market. Global X brings the fund to market in partnership with GF International Investment Management Limited, one of the leading fund managers in China, who is also serving as the fund's sub-advisor.
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Source: GLOBAL X FUNDS
Subcommittee finds Wall Street commodities actions add risk to economy, businesses, consumers
Report after two-year probe recommends bank regulators take further action to reduce risk, rein in unfair trading
November 19, 2014--Wall Street banks have become heavily involved with physical commodities markets, increasing risks to financial stability, industry, consumers and markets, a two-year investigation by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has found.
The investigation's findings, contained in a 396-page bipartisan report [PDF], add important new details to the public debate about the breakdown of the traditional barrier between commercial activities and banking. Included are previously unknown details about activities by Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs, including Goldman Sachs' controversial management of warehouses storing most of the warranted aluminum in the United States. The new details raise new questions about whether such activities harm businesses and consumers and allow for possible manipulation of the markets.
view more Wall Street Bank Involvement With Physical Commodities-MAJORITY AND MINORITY STAFF REPORT Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, October 28-29, 2014 view the Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, October 28-29, 2014 Fresh SEC crackdown on 'flash crashes' view more DB-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-North AmericaUS ETF Market Weekly Review -Equity led weekly inflows capturing$11.2bn in fresh new cash
Top 3 ETPs & ETNs by inflows: SPY (+$3.7bn), MDY (+$0.8bn), IVV (+$0.8bn).
Top 3 ETPs & ETNs by outflows: XLE (-$0.3bn), GLD (-$0.2bn), BWX (-$0.2bn).
New Launch Calendar: China Fixed-Income, US Corp Bonds, EM Internet &
Ecommerce, Cyber Security Industry.
Turnover Review: Floor activity decreased by 21.7%
Assets under Management (AUM) Review: Assets increased by $18.3bn
US ETP assets rose by $18.3bn (+1.0%) totaling $1.926 trillion at the end of the week. As of last Friday, US ETPs had accumulated an asset growth of +14.8% YTD. Assets for Equity, Fixed Income, and Commodity ETPs moved +$17.5bn, +$0.6bn, and +$0.2bn during last week, respectively. view more Treasury International Capital Data For September Of this, net foreign private outflows were $46.1 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $9.5 billion. view more
AdvisorShares Active ETF Report: 5 New Sponsors Added in October view report First Asset Expands its Successful Factor-Based ETF Family with the Launch of International Value and Momentum ETFs The ETFs are denominated in Canadian dollars and will be offered in CAD hedged... view more
Source: levin.senate.gov
November 19, 2014--The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on October 28-29, 2014.
The minutes for each regularly scheduled meeting of the Committee ordinarily are made available three weeks after the day of the policy decision and subsequently are published in the Board's Annual Report. The descriptions of economic and financial conditions contained in these minutes are based solely on the information that was available to the Committee at the time of the meeting.
Source:.federalreserve.gov
November 19, 2014--Trading firms and exchanges will face heavier scrutiny from US regulators aimed at preventing glitches like those that have triggered market chaos and seen investors lose hundreds of millions of dollars in a matter of minutes.
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced rules requiring certain market participants-including the Nasdaq and New York stock exchanges-to ensure their technology meets specific criteria, to conduct routine testing of systems and to notify authorities in the event of market disruptions.
Source: FT.com
November 18, 2014--Data in this report is as of Friday, November 14
November 18, 2014--Market and Net Cash Flows Review
US (S&P 500) edged higher by 0.39%; while, outside the US, the MSCI EAFE
(in USD) and the MSCI EM (USD) rose by 0.87% and 0.34%, respectively. In
the meantime, performance was mostly positive across US sectors. The
Technology (+1.86%) and the Consumer Discretionary (+1.82%) sectors
recorded the largest increases; meanwhile, Utilities (-3.04%) and Energy
(-2.03%) were the worst performing sectors. The DB Liquid Commodity Index
fell by 1.75%; similarly, the WTI Crude Oil fell by 3.60%; in the meantime, the
Agriculture sector (DB Diversified Agriculture Index), Gold, and Silver prices rose by 1.93%, 0.91%, and 3.30%, respectively.
Moving into other assetclasses, the 10Y US Treasury Yield remained flat for the week at 2.32%. Last but not least, Volatility (VIX) rose by 1.45% during the same period. The total US ETP flows from all products registered $12.0bn (+0.6% of AUM) of inflows during last week vs. $16.5bn (+0.9%) of inflows the previous week, setting the YTD weekly flows average at +$3.8bn (+$175.7bn YTD in total cash flows). Equity, Fixed Income, and Commodity ETPs experienced flows of +$11.2bn (+0.7%), +$0.8bn (+0.2%), and +$30mn (+0.1%) last week vs. +$15.3bn (+1.0%), +$1.5bn (+0.5%), and -$0.4bn (-0.8%) in the previous week, respectively. Among US sectors, Consumer Discretionary (+$0.4bn, +3.9%)
and Healthcare (+$0.3bn, +0.7%) received the top inflows, while Energy
(-$0.4bn, -1.1%) and Materials (-$0.2bn, -1.8%) experienced the largest
outflows.
There were four new ETFs listed during the previous week. The new products
offer exposure to all major segments of the Chinese fixed income markets
including sovereigns and high rated corporate bonds; intermediate maturity US corporate bonds; thematic exposure to internet and ecommerce sectors of EM
and cyber security industry.
Total weekly turnover decreased by 21.7% to $265.1bn vs. $338.7bn from the
previous week; furthermore, last week's turnover level was 7.4% below last
year's weekly average. Equity, Fixed Income, and Commodity ETPs turnover
decreased by $60.4bn (-20.3%), $12.1bn (-44.3%), and $0.8bn (-7.3%) during
the same period, respectively.
Source: Deutsche Bank-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-North America
November 18, 2014--The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for September 2014. The next release, which will report on data for October 2014, is scheduled for December 15, 2014.
The sum total in September of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a monthly net TIC outflow of $55.6 billion.
Source: US Department of the Treasury
November 18, 2014--The number of actively managed funds increased to 118 as eleven new funds launched in October.
Fidelity now offers actively managed funds in addition to its recently launched indexed equity funds.
Source: AdvisorShares
November 18, 2014--First Asset Investment Management Inc. ("First Asset"), is pleased to announce the launch of two new exchange traded funds ("ETFs") that track indexes based upon Morningstar"s proprietary factor methodology.
First Asset Morningstar International Value Index ETF (TSX: VXM) and First Asset Morningstar International Momentum Index ETF (TSX: ZXM) have closed the initial offering of their units and will begin trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") today.
Source: First Asset
