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Nasdaq hires senior vice president of financial products
US exchange and index provider Nasdaq has hired Steven Bloom as its new senior vice president of financial products.
Lehman Brothers hires global head of structured asset management
US based investment bank Lehman Brothers has appointed Stephane Rougier as London-based managing director and global head of structured asset management. Rougier will report to Omar Abukhadra, global head of the investment management division, structured…
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Euronext lists first leveraged ETF on Nasdaq-100
Euronext Paris has listed its first leveraged ETF based on a US equity index. The product, based on the Nasdaq-100 Index, is structured by Société Générale Asset Management (SGAM), a subsidiary of the Société Générale Group.
FTSE and DIFX launch GCC indexes
FTSE Group and Dubai International Financial Exchange (DIFX) have created the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) country tradable indexes for domestic, GCC, and international investors. These indexes are the first GCC country tradable indexes, according to…
Dow Jones launches Islamic Market China Offshore Index
Dow Jones Indexes has launched the Dow Jones Islamic Market China Offshore Index. The index represents companies that have been screened for compliance with Islamic principles and whose primary operations are in mainland China but trade at the Hong Kong…
Ardour launches global alternative energy index
Ardour Global Alternative Energy Indexes, a US-based alternative energy index specialist, has launched a global alternative energy index. The Ardour Global Index consists of 74 global alternative energy stocks, and its related sub-indexes cover North…
FTSE and LSE join forces for new index
FTSE Group and the London Stock Exchange (LSE) have introduced the FTSE AIM All-Share Supersector Indexes to the FTSE AIM Index Series. The new sector indexes are derived from the FTSE AIM All-Share Index and are based on the Industry Classification…
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The use of derivatives and structured products in mutual funds is on the increase, especially since the liberalisation of the UK's authorised collective investment scheme and the introduction of Ucits III. But is the asset management industry equipped to…
EXCLUSIVE: BNP Paribas’ Steinberg promoted to head of equities and derivatives, Americas
Todd Steinberg, previously deputy head of equity derivatives, Americas, for BNP Paribas in New York, has been promoted to head of equities and derivatives, sources close to the French bank confirm. He succeeds Amine Belhadj who relocates to London as…
SGAM launches ETFs on FTSEurofirst
SGAM Alternative Investments, a subsidiary of Societe Generale group, has launched two new structured exchange-traded funds (ETFs) based on the FTSEurofirst 80 index.
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