Exchange-traded products
Emerging ETFs
ABN Amro listed six new emerging markets exchange-traded funds have been listed on Xetra at the beginning of July.
Nasdaq to implement ETF market
Nasdaq will implement its own ETF market, including exchange traded funds and index-lined notes, in the third quarter of 2007. The exchange submitted proposed rules to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to DLPs and Qualified Securities…
Nasdaq Introduces ETF Market
US stock exchange Nasdaq will launch the Nasdaq ETF Market in the third quarter of 2007. The market is designed specifically for exchange traded funds (ETFs) and index-linked notes.
Deutsche ETF juggernaut rolls on
Deutsche Bank has launched 11 exchange-traded funds (ETFs) across the bonds, inflation and money-market sectors.
When speed is of the essence: working the short sell in Asia
Speed is critical when going short in Asia's emerging markets, says Lionhart's Jason Kennard. Success means knowing the market and your customers, and having 24-hour access to a trading platform that can adequately back up your strategies, he adds
Vive la difference, says Credit Suisse
In an increasingly complex marketplace of prime broking houses, it's the small differences between brokers that are likely to make or break the client relationship, says Credit Suisse managing director Philip Vasan
Synthetic considerations...
tete à tete: shorting
Chicago's exchange merger mania
exchanges
US and UK firms become allies in the fight for futures
Chicago, home to the futures exchanges, is an obvious draw for fund managers, but the partnership strategies of local players are further opening up the market, suggests Astor's Robert Stein. By Phyllis Feinberg
Enter the dragon, via Hong Kong
Chinese firms continue coming to market, but Hong Kong is where the value is best, writes Solomon Teague
ETF round-up
News
Structural shifts
Structured Products
Lyxor launches new commodity ETFs
Lyxor Asset Management’s (Lyxor) latest commodities ETFs will be the first to be listed on the London Stock Exchange, and the first to be linked to the Reuters/Jefferies CRB Index. The Lyxor ETF Commodities CRB (GBP) and the Lyxor ETF Commodities CRB Non…
Deutsche Bank Launches 11 new ETFs on Bond Indexes
Deutsche Bank has launched 11 new exchange-traded funds (ETFs), dubbed db x-trackers, tradable on Deutsche Börse’s Xetra trading platform.
Société Générale Offers New Asset Classes
Société Générale (SG) has launched the Société Générale Index (SGI), aiming to provide the market with both systematic strategy and thematic indexes, which offer access to new asset classes.
The charge of the lite brigade
With 130/30 funds predicted by some to pull in $1trn in five years and attracting allocators like CalPERS, Phyllis Feinberg went to see who was offering them, and if hedge fund managers should be worried...
Unlocking private equity
Private equity
Two iTraxx ETFs licensed by IIC
Two exchange-traded funds are due to be launched referenced to the Frankfurt-based International Index Company’s (IIC’s) series of European credit default swap indexes.
Closed-ended envy
fund structures
Unlocking private equity
Structured Products
Exchange-traded funds - Gaining currency
Structured Products