Exchange-traded funds (ETFs)

Funds the key to unlocking Spanish market

Structured products distribution in Spain stalled during the financial crisis as banks turned away from open architecture. The answer seems to lie in fund-based products, for which the distribution networks remain open. Richard Jory reports from…

ETF Securities launches commodity index tracker fund

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and currency specialist ETF Securities has launched the first ETF to track the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Three-Month Forward Index (DJ-UBSCI F3(SM)), following growing investor demand for diversified commodity related products.

Minor activity

Although South Africa is a major commodity producer, activity by local investors in commodities is minor compared with other markets. While there are efforts to stimulate greater interest, these are being hampered by foreign exchange controls.

ETFs step into the spotlight

As concerns over counterparty risk continue to drive inflows into exchange-traded funds, Richard Jory asks some of the market’s leading practitioners to offer their thoughts on how an increasingly attractive investment market looks set to develop

Trading in the open

The development of the trading market for exchange-traded funds in Europe will depend on improvements in the reporting of off-exchange activity, though the wait for European legislation will be a long one. Further benefits would result from greater…

Keeping it in the family

US family offices control possibly the largest concentration of private family wealth in the world, so it is no surprise that creators of structured products are eyeing this space. But with the ultra-rich resembling small institutional investors more…

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