[FT] New Commodity Index To Exclude U.S. Futures
September 25, 2009 5:53 am
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Standard & Poor's will consider creating a commodity futures index that excludes commodities listed in the The CFTC is widely expected to enact new rules this fall that would severely limit the size of positions that investors can take in the commodity futures market. Many have predicted that such a crackdown would only serve to move commodity investors overseas, and the announcement by S&P is the latest sign that such a migration may in fact take place. The S&P GSCI is the world's most popular commodity index. Approximately $60 billion is currently benchmarked against the index. Read the full story here.
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