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Hedge funds wise up to the benefits of ETFs
More hedge funds are looking to create ETFs using their own funds as the underlying, finds a BlackRock report..
Robeco: Bond ETFs hampered by low liquidity
Illiquidity in corporate bond markets make it hard for firms to generate index-like returns
Banks scramble to offer renminbi products as Hong Kong gains offshore interbank status
Creation of offshore renminbi interbank market in Hong Kong is seen as boon for new investor products
Exchange-traded product volumes up 13% in 2010
Fixed-income exchange-traded products made money, investors turned to gold and a decline in assets followed falls in the equity markets in the first half of this year
Australia's ETF market set to double by 2012, says iShares
ETF provider iShares predicts that ETF investment in Australia will double by 2012 as investors seek more transparency, liquidity and diversification
UK investors swap FTSE 100 ETFs for emerging markets
Investors withdraw from ETFs based on the FTSE 100 in the first quarter of the year, preferring investments based on emerging markets and the US and European becnhmarks.
NY Fed attacks article on AIG debacle
New York Fed general counsel Thomas Baxter takes issue with New York Times article which says Fed ignored advice from advisers on AIG counterparty CDS issue
Rory Tobin parts company with iShares
iShares International chief executive Rory Tobin has left the firm
RDR 'to fuel ETF boom'
The FSA's plans to overhaul regulations governing investment advice will spark a boom in the use of ETFs in the UK, according to BlackRock.
UK ETF investors abandoning FTSE 100 in favour of global indexes
The balance of UK investments in ETFs has shifted from the FTSE 100 index towards ETFs based on the S&P 500, MSCI Emerging Markets and Japan in the first quarter of 2010.
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Isda AGM: 'Trepidation' over central clearing, admits CME
Uncertainty over the final shape of regulatory reform is reportedly making buy-side firms wary of committing to central clearing.