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How ETFs could prove useful to insurers
As insurers look for new opportunities to boost the yield on their investment portfolios, exchange-traded funds could provide an efficient way to diversify and gain exposure to areas such as emerging markets...
JP Morgan is appealing to those investors who do not think the market will move much in the coming year with a one-year bonus structure based on Caterpillar stock
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Min Park to retire from Credit Suisse; RBS loses head of equity derivatives and investor products; Barclays Wealth names interim CEO; Reyker Securities hires James Chu to head structured products; Klein joins Deutsche to head db X trackers
ETF roundup: ETF and ETP assets hit record highs of $2trn
ETF assets hit record highs; European investors demand more equity funds; ETF Securities launches currency-hedged gold ETFs
Index roundup: Stoxx launches 3D printing index
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Editor's letter: retail investors rediscover appetite for risk
You know when it's after the event, because all the talk is of buy low, sell high as the fear about whether or not the moment of investment truth has been missed. You are not hearing that yet, so that must mean that now is either the end of the world...
Iosco issues regulatory “toolkit” for retail structured products
Complex retail structured products are the subject of the latest consultation report from the international body of securities regulators
Smart beta strategies: too clever by half?
The hunt for security over yield has seen surge of interest in so-called smart beta strategies. But while many smart beta indexes have outperformed the market, can they provide a cost-effective and fit-for-all alternative to traditional benchmarks? Vita...
IndexIQ carves out hedge fund replication niche
Launched in 2006 with a mission to work exclusively in alternative investments, New York-based exchange-traded funds provider IndexIQ has carved out a niche in hedge funds replication. Hannah Collins talks to chief executive Adam Patti
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