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Lyxor launches ETFs on platform for IFAs
Lyxor Asset Management has released its UK range of 30 exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on to Ascentric, a whole of market wrap platform, making the range available to independent financial advisors (IFAs). Lyxor says IFAs are becoming an increasingly…
Lyxor lays claim to largest equity ETF in Europe
Lyxor Asset Management has retained its status as manager of the largest equity exchange-traded fund (ETF) in Europe. The Lyxor ETF DJ Euro Stoxx 50, which accrued €5.147 billion in assets under management (AUM) by the end of 2008, gathered €1.5 billion…
Deutsche unveils first ETF linked to global sovereign bond index
Db x-trackers, the exchange-traded fund (ETF) arm of Deutsche Bank, has released an ETF tracking a global sovereign bond index, listed on the Deutsche Börse. The ETF is based on the DB Global Investment Grade Government Eur Hedged Index, which provides…
S&P launches CDS indexes on US market
Index provider S&P has launched three S&P CDS US indexes, which are designed to provide exposure to the performance of the US credit default swap (CDS) market. The indexes can be used as underlyings for financial instruments such as structured products…
JP Morgan to release 32 Vanguard ETFs in Mexican market
JP Morgan's Depositary Receipts Group has teamed up with Vanguard, a US-based provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), to offer its US-registered ETFs on the Mexican Stock Exchange, Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (BMV). The Vanguard ETFs are listed on the…
Direxion launches latest leveraged ETFs
Direxion, a US-based provider of alternative investment strategies, has unveiled two three-times leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in its range. The Direxion Mid Cap Bull 3x Shares and Direxion Mid Cap Bear 3x Shares ETFs provide 300% of the daily…
Nasdaq OMX launches government relief index
Index provider Nasdaq OMX has launched the Government Relief Index, which is designed to track the performance of US-listed securities that are participating in US government sponsored relief programmes such as the Troubled Asset Relief Program (Tarp) or…
Caution prevails; invest in government bonds, says Merrill Lynch GWM
"We are very cautious on 2009," says Gary Dugan, chief investment officer of Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management in Europe, Middle-East and Africa and author of Year Ahead 2009 . "Equities are attractively valued but investors need to take a limited…
The pause before paradise?
If you think markets are finally at the bottom, this could be the time to start making the switch from cash. You could also plump for credit products in 2009. All that is required is a return of stability, meaning no more horror stories. But how likely…
Lyxor AM launches two new ETFs in Amsterdam
Lyxor Asset Management has listed two new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on Euronext Amsterdam. The funds have been built on versions of the reference index for the exchange: the Amsterdam Exchange Index (AEX), which tracks 23 of the stocks that trade on…
Casam unveils 10 ETFs on Euronext Paris
Crédit Agricole Structured Asset Management (Casam) has launched 10 exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on Euronext Paris, bringing its total number of ETFs launched this year to 21. The latest series of 10 ETFs tracks the main European industry sectors and…
NYSE Euronext launches online screener for exchange-traded products
NYSE Euronext has unveiled an online screener for exchange-traded products (ETPs) listed on its US and European markets. The screener helps users to search for exchange-traded funds, notes, warrants and certificates, by classification, key words, symbols…
Investors opt for ETFs to provide transparency and liquidity
Investors are increasingly turning to exchange-traded funds (ETFs) over other investment vehicles such as structured products, swaps and certificates, amid concerns surrounding counterparty risk, transparency and liquidity, according to the latest…
Precious metals ETFs listed in New York
Proshares has listed four new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the Arca platform of the New York Stock Exchange. The ETFs offer 200% long or short leveraged participation in gold and silver.
Thai bourse plans to add an ETF and derivative warrants
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (Set) aims to introduce an exchange-traded fund (ETF), derivative warrants, gold futures and an Islamic fund in 2009, as well as boost retail and institutional investor numbers. Set also intends on being listed by 2011, as…
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