Exchange-traded products
Deutsche Bank launches ETF of hedge funds
Deutsche Bank has launched an exchange-traded fund (ETF) giving investors direct access to hedge funds through a managed account platform for the first time. The product was scheduled for release in January but had been delayed.
Deutsche Bank launches ETF of hedge funds
Deutsche Bank has launched an exchange-traded fund (ETF) giving investors access to hedge funds based on its managed account platform.
Dow Jones offers South Asian Federation indexes
Index provider Dow Jones Indexes and the South Asian Federation of Exchanges (Safe) have launched the Dow Jones Safe 100 Index and the Dow Jones Safe Pakistan Index, which measure the performance of blue-chip companies in five of the eight member states…
iShares launches four fixed income ETF
iShares has launched four new fixed income exchange traded funds on the London Stock Exchange offering access to investment grade debt, corporate bonds, G7 bonds and to the shortest-dated European government instruments.
Single Family Offices reduce equities, increase cash, and ETF education
Education will increase the allocation that family offices in Europe make to structured products and exchange traded funds (ETFs), says Gary Dugan, chief investment officer EMEA of Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management and Bruce Love of Campden Research…
Risk South Africa: investors have changed commodity markets
Increased investor involvement in commodity markets has changed the way they operate, according to Danny Masters, co-founder of commodity hedge fund Global Advisors and former head of the global energy trading group at JP Morgan.
Outlook positive for commodities investors
Investors are bullish about commodities in the long term, according Barcap's annual investor survey, with 79% of participants planning to initiate or increase their exposure to commodities over the next three years.
Casam lists 11 new ETFs as issuance accelerates
Credit Agricole Structured Asset Management (Casam) has listed 11 new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) covering different sectors in Europe, Eastern Europe, broad European equity exposure and two Asian markets.
Rainy day funds
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have continued to gain traction in South Africa despite agitated markets. As a result, local ETF providers are extending their reach to new investors and asset classes - with some even looking to introduce exchange-traded…
After the gold rush
Commodities
Rainy day funds
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have continued to gain traction in South Africa despite roiling markets. As a result, local ETF providers are extending their reach to new investors and asset classes - with some even looking to introduce exchange-traded…
Deutsche offers inverse ETF to Asian market
Db x-trackers, the exchange-traded fund (ETF) arm of Deutsche Bank, has launched four new ETFs on the Singapore Stock Exchange including Asia's first inverse fund, the S&P 500 Short ETF, which tracks downwards moves in the S&P 500.
Double-short ETFs launched to hedge market falls
EasyETF, the exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider, has listed five new funds on NYSE Euronext Paris. Three of the funds offer double leverage on the downside of European equity indexes, as a means of providing a hedge against further market falls.
Dow Jones Stoxx 600 index to underlie Deutsche ETF
Deutsche Bank AG has licensed the Dow Jones Stoxx 600 index to underlie its latest exchange-traded fund (ETF). The index comprises a broad range of large, mid and small-cap companies across 18 European countries, consisting of Austria, Belgium, Denmark,…
Van Eck casts pre-refunded municipal bond ETF into US market
Van Eck Global, a New York-based asset manager, has released its Market Vectors Pre-Refunded Municipal Index exchange-traded fund (ETF) on NYSE Arca. The ETF is designed to replicate the performance of the Barclays Capital Municipal Pre-Refunded-Treasury…
SGAM AI launches leveraged reverse ETF in Italy
Société Générale Asset Management Alternative Investments (SGAM AI) has released an exchange-traded fund (ETF) with up to 200% leveraged, reverse exposure to the Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50 index, enhanced by a monetary return. The SGAM ETF XBear Dow Jones…
Increase in institutional users of US-listed ETFs amid market turmoil
In the first nine months of 2008, 2,457 institutional investors across the world used one or more exchange-traded funds (ETFs) listed in the US, according to Barclays Global Investors' ETF Landscape Review. The US, UK, Canada, Spain and Switzerland have…
ETFs attract more attention from hedge funds
The exchange-traded fund started life around 15 years ago. While US hedge funds have embraced the use of ETFs, European funds have been slow off the mark. That could be changing.