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Canadian regulators ramp up reform of derivatives blamed in financial crisis
December 19, 2013--It's been a busy week for Canadian regulators as they roll out new rules designed to meet global regulatory reform in the area of derivatives trading.
On Thursday, the Canadian Securities Administrators proposed a model for central counterparty clearing of over-the-counter derivatives. The new system, if implemented in its current form, will determine which derivatives are subject to central clearing.
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Source: Financial Post
SEC May Target Exchange-Traded Notes Next in Push to Simplify
December 19, 2013--A regulatory push to make complex securities easier to understand could change how banks disclose risks for exchange-traded notes for the first time since they began trading in 2006.
Lenders may not be adequately explaining to investors how they value ETNs, Amy Starr, head of the Securities and Exchange Commission's capital markets trends office in Washington, said at an industry conference last week. ETNs, which combine bank debt and derivatives, trade on exchanges and are tied to assets from gold and stocks to volatility indexes.
view more WisdomTree Launches Rising Rates Bond Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) Based On Leading Fixed Income Benchmarks view more WisdomTree Launches Bloomberg U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund (USDU) view more High-frequency trader Virtu plots 2014 IPO view more Federal Reserve Board and Federal Open Market Committee release economic projections from the December 17-18 FOMC meeting Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement Consistent with its statutory mandate, the Committee seeks to foster maximum employment and price stability. The Committee expects that, with appropriate policy accommodation, economic growth will pick up from its recent pace and the unemployment rate will gradually decline toward levels the Committee judges consistent with its dual mandate. The Committee sees the risks to the outlook for the economy and the labor market as having become more nearly balanced. The Committee recognizes that inflation persistently below its 2 percent objective could pose risks to economic performance, and it is monitoring inflation developments carefully for evidence that inflation will move back toward its objective over the medium term. view more Asset Manager Regulations Could Crimp Profits: Fitch view more Invesco PowerShares Announces Changes to ETF Family view more
COO David Brierwood to Retire From MSCI view more
Source: Bloomberg BusinessWeek
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December 18, 2013--WisdomTree (NASDAQ: WETF), an exchange-traded fund ("ETF") sponsor and asset manager, today announced the launch of its Rising Rates ETF Solution Suite on the NASDAQ Stock Market.
The ETFs combine widely followed fixed income strategies with targeted U.S. Treasury exposures to achieve specific durations in order to help manage interest rate risk.
Source: WisdomTree
New ETF Incorporates Global Trade Flow and Liquidity Measures to Provide Investors Representative Exposure to the U.S. Dollar
December 18, 2013--WisdomTree (NASDAQ: WETF), an exchange-traded fund ("ETF") sponsor and asset manager today announced the launch of the WisdomTree Bloomberg U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund (USDU).
USDU, which is benchmarked to the Bloomberg Dollar Total Return Index, seeks to provide exposure to the U.S. dollar against a broad basket of developed and emerging market currencies based on global trade flows and liquidity1 measures. USDU is listed on the NYSE Arca and has an expense ratio of 0.50%.
Source: WisdomTree
Decemmber 18, 2013--Virtu Financial, a leading global high-frequency trading firm, is preparing for an initial public offering in the US that may take place in the first half of next year, according to people familiar with its plans.
An IPO would provide a rare glimpse into the secretive world of high-frequency trading, where Virtu has carved out an envied position with a significant presence across financial markets and regions.
Source: FT.com
December 18, 2013--The Federal Reserve Board and Federal Open Market Committee has released the projections from the December 17-18 FOMC meeting.
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Source: FBR
December 18, 2013--Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in October indicates that economic activity is expanding at a moderate pace. Labor market conditions have shown further improvement; the unemployment rate has declined but remains elevated. Household spending and business fixed investment advanced, while the recovery in the housing sector slowed somewhat in recent months. Fiscal policy is restraining economic growth, although the extent of restraint may be diminishing.
Inflation has been running below the Committee's longer-run objective, but longer-term inflation expectations have remained stable.
Source: FBR
December 18, 2013--Treating large asset managers like banks- by requiring tougher capital and liquidity standards, for instance - could result in lower long-term profitability for those firms, but would also beef up balance sheets, Fitch Ratings said this morning as it weighed in on a subject of high interest to BlackRock (BLK), Vanguard Group and a handful of other massive investment managers.
The backstory to the possible treatment of asset managers as so-called "systemically important financial institutions" is a September report by the Treasury Department's Office of Financial Research arguing the use of leverage, concentration risk in certain fund types and the prospect of forced asset sales could worsen risk in the financial system.
Source: Barron's
Plans to Change the Indexes and Names of Ten ETFs and Close Four ETFs
December 18, 2013--Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, a leading global provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with more than $97 billion in franchise assets, announced changes to its product line.
Reflective of its ongoing commitment to place investors' interests first, Invesco PowerShares announced that it plans to change the underlying indexes and names of ten ETFs. In addition, it also announced plans to close four ETFs, which together represent less than 1% of Invesco PowerShares' total assets.
Source: Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC
December 18, 2013--MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of investment decision support tools worldwide, announced today that its Chief Operating Officer, David Brierwood, will retire from MSCI in February 2014.
"We thank David for his valuable service to MSCI, When he joined the company as Chief Operating Officer in 2006, MSCI was a part of Morgan Stanley with a run rate of $300 million. His leadership helped us to become a standalone public company with a run rate of more than $1 billion.
Source: MSCI
