Exchange-traded products
Product performance
Two products common to the UK market and one that is well-known in the US - all three with the same strike date - are the subject of this month's comparisons
Exchange-traded transparency
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Stoxx index to underlie new exchange-traded fund
The Dow Jones Stoxx 50 index has been licensed to ETFlab Investment to underlie a new exchange-traded fund (ETF). The index, which is one of the benchmarks for European equity performance, includes blue-chip super sector leaders from 18 countries across…
Exchange-traded commodity investments dominate structured products
Exchange-traded products (ETPs) continued to dominate structured products as the premier choice for commodity investment in Q1 2009, new research by Barclays Capital has shown. The assets under management (AUM) of ETPs, which includes both listed…
iShares continues fixed income ETF run
iShares has launched four new fixed income ETFs, adding to the four launched by the fund provider last month as it continues to build its business in the asset class. The new funds, which are listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), offer exposure to…
BofA Merrill Lynch, Goldman and MS launch European ETP initiative
Source, an open architecture exchange traded product (ETP) platform created by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, has launched 13 ETFs and 22 ETCs (Source T-ETCs) for European investors. The platform has been created with…
ETFs resilient despite downturn, according to BGI
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) continue to hold up well in the face of the recent economic downturn, according to research on the industry covering the first quarter of 2009 by San Francisco-based Barclays Global Investors (BGI).
Deutsche Börse offers Dax dividends with new index
Deutsche Börse has unveiled a new index offering investors exposure to companies in the Dax German benchmark index expected to pay a dividend this year. An exchange-traded fund which tracks the Dax plus Maximum Dividend Index has been simultaneously…
Vanguard shuns US equity in small-cap ETF
Vanguard has listed a new exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the Arca platform of the New York Stock Exchange linked to international small-cap equities. The fund tracks the performance of the FTSE All World Ex-US Small Cap Index.
FTSE launches Asian sector indexes
Index provider FTSE has launched its Asian Sector Index Series, which comprises 18 pan-regional indexes designed to cover Asian equity markets by sector and market capitalisation.
S&P and Korea Exchange launch new indexes
Index provider S&P, in collaboration with the Korean Exchange (KRX), has launched two indexes: the S&P/KRX Asia 100 and Exchanges indexes, which are the first since S&P and KRX announced a partnership in September last year, and are designed to underlie…
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Casam offers money market exposure with new ETF
Credit Agricole Structured Asset Management (Casam) has launched a new exchange-traded fund (ETF) linked to Eonia - the Euro Over Night Index Average, the rate of overnight unsecured lending between banks. The fund is listed on NYSE Euronext and achieves…
Lyxor launches gold ETN
Lyxor Asset Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of Société Générale (SG) has launched its first exchange-traded note (ETN), the Lyxor ETN Long Gold, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The note is designed to track, in real time, the…
MSCI launches factor indexes
Index provider MSCI Barra has launched the MSCI Europe Momentum Tilt Index and the Europe Value Tilt Index, which are designed to be weighted towards stocks that are exposed to fundamental factors. The indexes are designed to be licensed as the basis of…
Lyxor limits counterparty risk of ETN
Société Générale's Lyxor Asset Management unit is marketing a new exchange-traded note (ETN) that follows the price of gold, which it says will significantly reduce the problem of counterparty risk.