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  • Changing Tax Rules For Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) Causes SIFMA Concern

    Date 05/03/2008

    The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), represented by Leslie B. Samuels of the firm of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, today testified that the tax treatment of prepaid derivative contracts and exchange traded notes (ETNs) should be clear, consistent, administrable and recognize that such products are complex instruments. Samuels also noted the industry’s concern that H.R. 4912 as introduced may create new uncertainties and disparities as it attempts to alleviate o

  • PowerShares India Portfolio ETF Lists On NYSE Arca - Designed To Track The Performance Of The Indus India Index

    Date 05/03/2008

    NYSE Euronext (NYSE Euronext: NYX) today announced that the PowerShares India Portfolio Fund Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) listed under the ticker symbol PIN and began trading on NYSE Arca. Based on the Indus India Index, PIN is designed to track the performance of the Indian equity markets as a whole with representation across the information technology, health sciences, financial services, heavy industry, and consumer products sectors.

  • CBOE February Volume Increases 28% To 78.7 Million - ETF Volume Increases 72% - Average Daily Volume At 3.9 Million Contracts

    Date 05/03/2008

    The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced today that February volume totaled 78.7 million contracts, an increase of 28.4% over February 2007's volume of 61.3 million contracts. Average daily volume for the month was 3.9 million contracts.

  • Irish Stock Exchange Monthly Statistics – February 2008

    Date 05/03/2008

    Equity turnover for February was EUR 11,822.21 million; ETF turnover was EUR 20.20 million while that for bonds was EUR 4,842.34 million.

  • Tokyo Stock Exchange Board Report For February 2008

    Date 05/03/2008

    1.Listing System Adjustments Made in Tandem with the Removal of Restrictions on Overseas Real Estate Investments by Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) Until now, assets eligible to be held by so-called Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) have been limited to domestic real estate, as there were issues with overseas real estate holdings in terms of investor protection due to a lack of appraisal methods for such.