Proshares Etf Profile

Have you ever been surprised when a price of an equity instrument such as ProShares is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading ProShares backward and forwards among themselves. ProShares' institutional investor refers to the entity that pools money to purchase ProShares' securities or originate loans. Institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds. Operating companies that invest excess capital in these types of assets may also be included in the term and may influence corporate governance by exercising voting rights in their investments.

Some recent studies suggest that insider trading raises the cost of capital for securities issuers and decreases overall economic growth. Trading by specific ProShares insiders, such as employees or executives, is commonly permitted as long as it does not rely on ProShares' material information that is not in the public domain. Local jurisdictions usually require such trading to be reported in order to monitor insider transactions. In many U.S. states, trading conducted by corporate officers, key employees, directors, or significant shareholders must be reported to the regulator or publicly disclosed, usually within a few business days of the trade. In these cases ProShares insiders are required to file a Form 4 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) when buying or selling shares of their own companies.