Exchange-traded funds (ETFs)
Tapping demand for ex-financials exposure
Financials disallowed
Esma levels ETF playing field
Levelling the field for synthetic ETFs
Stiff competition in US ETF market forces closure of 40 funds
The big three providers in the US ETF market are consolidating their market share, while smaller firms are struggling
New Esma ETF guidelines change the rules on securities lending in favour of synthetics
The latest European Securities and Markets Authority guidelines for Ucits ETFs will make life more difficult for physically backed ETFs and point to a growing acceptance of synthetic funds
Mirae Asset Global Investments loses head of ETF business
Korean asset manager undecided on whether to replace Roger Liu
Dividend strategies get sophisticated as risk aversion and sustainability drives demand
Targeting high yields
Fixed-income ETF market to hit $2tn within a decade, says iShares
iShares makes a bold prediction for the decade ahead as inflows into fixed-income exchange-traded funds increase, but others are less optimistic
US structured products offer European equities in long tenors
Despite the recent poor performance of European equities, three US banks have registered leveraged return notes based on the Euro Stoxx 50 Index in a single week, some with unusually long maturities
Quant Congress USA: Avoid synthetic ETFs, says Avellaneda
Leveraged and inverse ETFs and ETNs criticised by New York University mathematics professor
New S&P Dow Jones venture to compete with banks not index providers
Merger of S&P Indices and Dow Jones Indexes will fuel more competition with banks than other index providers, say market participants
UBS anticipates RDR and Esma regulations with mammoth ETF splurge
UBS lists 64 exchange-traded funds on the London Stock Exchange in a single day – the largest ever daily listing of these products in the UK
Data: ETF top providers and products
Data on top providers and products by assets, and asset growth by replication method
ETF tracking error conundrum
Tracking error conundrum
Lyxor launches 'smart' risk-allocation ETFs
Lyxor has entered the risk-control exchange-traded funds market with the listing of two alternatively weighted funds on NYSE Euronext
China ETFs look offshore
Looking across borders
Sponsored survey: Deutsche Bank X-trackers ETFs
Investors more aware of ETFs
UBS files riskiest products in latest SEC registrations
Reverse convertibles from UBS linked to Chesapeake Energy shares have the highest riskmap scores in the latest filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
Commodity ETP activity drops 24% in a week, driven by precious metal fund outflows
Activity in commodity exchange-traded products falls sharply amid poor performance of the asset class
Fund managers to increase ETP exposure, finds Lyxor survey
A survey from Lyxor finds that fund managers expect to increase their allocations to exchange-traded products over the next three years
BNP Paribas gets ETFs under way in the US with dynamic roll commodities strategy
BNP Paribas has debuted its first ETF in the US, utilising the dynamic roll strategy to offer investors efficient commodity exposure
Outflows for gold ETPs despite high equity market volatility
During May 2012 the price of gold dropped over 6% and investors withdrew over €1 billion from gold ETPs
ETFs dominate underlyings in latest SEC registrations
Exchange-traded funds form the basis of a raft of structured products registered with the US regulator in the week ending June 8
Lookback
Lookback
Exchange-traded sliced and diced
ETNs and ETFs: going head to head