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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
Less volatile than equities and on offer in a variety of forms and available in either growth or income style, commercial property has made a low-key return to the investment world. As property values...
Morgan Stanley has issued Jump Securities, a structured products based on the performance of a basket composed of the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund and the Dow Jones Eurostoxx 50. Principal...
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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.
Half the loss
JP Morgan launched a two-year structured product based on property, homebuilding and financial institutions not long before the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers. Capital was, of course, lost, but the cost would have been far greater on a direct investment...
US wrap: Baskets of underlyings provide diverse products
While reverse convertibles make up the majority of the latest issuance, benchmark indexes and basket products also feature strongly. Credit Suisse has issued two principal-protected basket products, offering exposure to the same group of underlyings....
Conference warns of rising complexity in leveraged ETFs
Investors searching for good value and transparency have flocked to exchange-traded funds. But this demand is now driving increasing complexity, and speakers at the first Art of Indexing Europe conference in Frankfurt warned of the pitfalls of messing...
Fast Asian kickout
UBS recently offered investors in Hong Kong the opportunity to invest against the iShares FTSE/Xinhua A50 China Tracker Fund. Capital would have been at risk had the three-month product not kicked out after the first month
ETF Roundup
Trading on ETF Securities’ (ETFS) ETF Exchange (ETFX) picked up in January following the year-end holiday lull, with weekly turnover approaching $100 million by the third week of the month. In the second week of February, the ETFX Dax global Coal Mining...
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