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Demand for ethical investments is soaring as they enter the mainstream, but there is confusion about definitions of environmental, social and governance factors. As a result, banks and index providers...
Investment in commodity markets is at record highs on the back of indexes, exchange-traded products and structured products. With appetite set to remain strong this year, working out investor trends is...
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Dow Jones launches currency-hedged versions of Dow Jones-UBS Commodity...
Dow Jones has integrated a currency hedging mechanism into its benchmark commodities index to meet demand from non-US dollar investors
Banks and index providers mixing and matching strategy and benchmark...
Traditional index providers that focused on the creation of benchmark indexes and banks that focused more on the creation of strategy indexes are now crossing over into each other’s territory. Magda Ali reports
Dow Jones launches index that uses currency basket to track US dollar
Dow Jones and FXCM have partnered to launch an index that measures the value of the US dollar against a weighted basket of four liquid currencies
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Increased correlation with equities poses dividend dilemma
Dividend structures such as reverse convertibles and autocallables have seen demand take a big hit amid the decline in equity markets. With fewer of these products being sold, long dividend exposure is now well below the risk appetite of most banks. Magda...
iShares launches two sustainable ETFs on LSE
Combining positive screening and sector exclusion to provide exposure to a broad universe of sustainable stocks, iShares has launched a series of ETFs using Dow Jones sustainability indexes as the basis.
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