Leverage

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (Finra) has deferred the increased maintenance margin requirement for options on leveraged ETFs until April 30 2010.

Direxion has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a range of four leveraged ETFs tracking the US market and semiconductor sector.

A class action has been filed against ProShares for allegedly providing false and misleading information relating to its UltraShort Oil and Gas fund.

ETF Securities (ETFS) has released four ETCs offering exposure to cocoa, lead, tin and platinum on the London Stock Exchange (LSE).

Barclays Stockbrokers has recorded its busiest ETF trading week year to date, with trading volumes rising 23% week on week.

The Nasdaq OMX Stockholm exchange has started trading two ETFs providing leveraged long and short exposure to the OMXS30 index.

A class action has been filed against ProShares for allegedly providing false and misleading information relating to its UltraShort Financials fund.

EasyETF is offering investors a choice of tracking a price or performance version of European indices in its latest launch of 10 funds.

The US Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is imposing increased customer margin requirements for leveraged ETFs and uncovered options overlying these funds.

ProShares Trust has released an ETF offering short exposure to long-term US treasury bonds, listed on NYSE Arca.