Exchange-traded products
Stepping on the brakes
Much like other structured products that came of age during the past decade, the market crash of 2008 was the first serious test of how exchange-traded funds would react in a bear market. But while the surge in issuance has continued in Europe and Asia,…
Claymore commences on Arca with 21 ETFs
NYSE Arca has started trading 21 Claymore exchange-traded funds (ETFs) after they were transferred from NYSE Alternext US, the former American Stock Exchange. The 21 ETFs cover a range of underlying asset classes, from emerging market countries to water…
ETF Securities emits first Carbon ETC in Europe
ETF Securities (ETFS) has listed the first carbon exchange-traded commodity (ETC) on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) offering exposure to the carbon emissions allowance futures market for the first time in Europe. ETFS Carbon tracks the ICE ECX EUA…
ETF Securities close acquisition of Gold Bullion Securities
ETF Securities has completed the acquisition of Gold Bullion Securities’ Exchange Traded Commodities (ETC) products listed on London and Australian Stock Exchanges.
SGX derivatives and ETFs smash records in September
Singapore Exchange (SGX) has seen its derivatives and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) markets set new trading records in September 2008. In the period from July-September, a record 17,369,505 derivatives contracts were traded, marking a 17% increase from…
Fear of tail risk drives new derivative product
A new derivative product will allow buyers and sellers to take levered positions on equity and exchange-traded funds without worrying about tail risk, its designer says.
MSCI blends frontier and emerging markets
Index provider MSCI Barra has launched the MSCI Frontier Emerging Markets Index, and a more tradable proxy the Frontier Emerging Markets Apex Index. The indexes are designed to underlie structured products and other financial instruments such as ETFs.
Exchanging places?
Assets under management in European-domiciled mutual funds have plunged more than EUR60 billion this year, while exchange-traded funds have seen healthy capital inflows of over EUR20 billion. With the pattern repeated in the US as traditional asset…
SPA ETF distributes ETF in Portugal
SPA ETF, a provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has partnered with NYSE Euronext and the Portuguese bank Caixa–Banco de Investimento (CaixaBI) to list and distribute the first ETF in Portugal. The SPA ETF PSI-20 is listed on the NYSE Euronext in…
SG Excels with ETFs
Société Générale Acceptance has launched the SG Excel Notes Series 37, which is designed to provide exposure to the economic development of China and Hong Kong through three ETFs.
Natixis snares hedge fund replication index licence
Natixis Investment Bank has obtained a licence to use the IndexIQ hedge fund replication index to create multiple structured investment products for institutional and retail investors across Europe and Asia.
Dow Jones Indexes licensed to Commerz to underlie ETFs
Dow Jones Indexes and Stoxx have licensed a range of indexes to Commerzbank, to underlie 22 exchange-traded funds (ETFs) listed on the Deutsche Boerse. The licensed indexes comprise the Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50, Dow Jones Euro Stoxx Select Dividend 30,…
ETF AUM to surpass US$1 trillion in 2009, iShares
Global assets under management for exchange-traded funds (ETFs) will surpass US$1 trillion in 2009, according to iShares, which also expects European ETF AUM to rise above US$200 billion.
BGI appoints Fuhr global head of ETF Research and Implementation
Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has appointed Deborah Fuhr as global head of exchange-traded funds (ETF) Research and Implementation Strategy, in a newly created role effective from September 15. Fuhr will also occupy the position of a managing director,…
Van Eck unveils first Global Hard Assets ETF
Asset manager Van Eck Global, based in New York, has launched its Market Vectors-RVE Hard Asset Producers exchange-traded fund (ETF), the first of its kind, on the American Stock Exchange (Amex).
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