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ETF Securities launches commodity index tracker fund
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and currency specialist ETF Securities has launched the first ETF to track the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Three-Month Forward Index (DJ-UBSCI F3(SM)), following growing investor demand for diversified commodity related products.
Strategic thinking
Banks and index providers have been quick to colonise the investment space vacated by stressed hedge funds after transparency became a byword for popularity. With both now offering proprietary dynamic strategies and promising alpha returns, will they end…
Emerging versus developed
Duggan Asset Management is offering a three-year-and-11-month simple growth product that plays emerging against developed markets equities. The product is 95% capital protected and incorporates final averaging
Battling the benchmark
In 2007, investors demanded more active commodity indexes to capitalise on the bull run in the asset class. But benchmarks and beta offerings alike were hit by last year’s drawdown. Will this lead investors to abandon directional offerings in favour of…
Dow Jones launches Islamic index for sharia ETF
Dow Jones has launched a new Islamic index, which has been simultaneously licensed to an exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider in the US. The Dow Jones Islamic Market International Titans 100 Index will track 100 companies outside the US which have passed…
SG launches tradeable dividend exposure in UK
Société Générale (SG) has launched four new certificates on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) giving exposure to the dividends of companies included in the FTSE 100 and Dow Jones Eurostoxx 50 indexes.
Put spreads play part in the taming of the skew
The recent popularity of put spreads and put-spread collars has helped push down volatility skew to record lows on global equity indexes, according to dealers.
The redundant trader
Algorithmic trading
Range of 29 forward commodity ETFs to be listed on LSE
Twenty-nine new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tracking the forward prices of a variety of commodities and commodity baskets are due to list on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in the next four weeks.
ISE hits out at CBOE on exclusive index option listings
The New York-based International Securities Exchange (ISE) is challenging the exclusive listing of two major index options on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) through a formal complaint.
Five new Dow Jones-AIG indexes launched
Dow Jones Indexes and AIG Financial Products have released five new indexes and sub-indexes covering futures on commodities including agricultural products and energy.
Dow Jones granted temporary restraining order against ISE
The New York-based International Securities Exchange (ISE) has been temporarily barred from listing and trading options on DIAMONDS, a unit investment trust referencing securities from the Dow Jones Industrial Average index.
Dow Jones expands hedge fund index offerings
Dow Jones Indexes is to add another index to its strategy benchmark Dow Jones Hedge Fund Indexes (DJHFI) series. Beginning in October, DJHFI will publish the Dow Jones Hedge Fund Strategy Benchmark Equity Long/Short (US), which complements the five…
Dow Jones expands hedge fund index offerings
Dow Jones Indexes is to add another index to its strategy benchmark Dow Jones Hedge Fund Indexes (DJHFI) series. Beginning in October, DJHFI will publish the Dow Jones Hedge Fund Strategy Benchmark Equity Long/Short (US), which complements the five…
Dow Jones iTraxx CDS indexes launched for Asia, Australia and Japan
A new series of Asian credit default swaps (CDS) indexes have been launched today in Asia, Australia and Japan, combining the dealers behind the Dow Jones Trac-x, iBoxx and CJ 50 indexes under a single index umbrella.
Launch of US Treasuries market index imminent, futures contract to follow
The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) and Dow Jones Indexes will launch a US Treasuries market index next week, with the Chicago exchange to list a futures contract based on the index during the second half of 2004.
SGX plans to trade Trac-x linked futures
The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has signed a 'memorandum of understanding' with Dow Jones, signalling its intention to list Trac-x credit derivatives futures. SGX said the move was part of a plan to create a global market-place for credit derivatives…