Exchange-traded funds (ETFs)
HSBC offers a product cocktail in the US as RBS adds a digital
HSBC provided a broad selection of structures in its product filings with the SEC on April 5, while Royal Bank of Scotland launched a digital structure and Morgan Stanley offered principal protection
ETF providers look to alternative beta
Weighing the alternatives
ETFs have improved price efficiency between spot and futures markets, Edhec
ETFs have been a positive influence on the trading of related futures and securities markets, according to an Edhec survey
ETFs provide inflation hedge for Asia investors
Inflated expectations
ETF investors gain commodities exposure
Land of plenty
Special report: Exchange-traded funds
Time for exchange
Physical ETFs are less risky, say European investors
Research institute Edhec-Risk's annual European exchange-traded funds survey has found that European investors think physical replication is less risky than synthetic exposure
Sponsored statement: Mirae Asset Global Investments
A rainbow of Asian opportunity
China prepares for launch of cross-border ETF market
In the tightly regulated Chinese economy, the launch of ETFs linked to overseas shares marks a new form of investment vehicle available to mainland investors. However, challenges still remain due to structural differences in Chinese manufactured ETFs
Straddles in vogue as Goldman and JP Morgan dominate
Both JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs filed three new products with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on March 21, offering a selection of autocallable, straddle, reverse convertible and leveraged return notes
UBS offers investors a bite of Apple
UBS has filed two reverse convertibles linked to the stock of Apple, while JP Morgan picks Netflix as a technology underlying
Dow Jones Indexes offers broader Russia index for use in Lyxor ETF
Dow Jones Indexes has increased the number of components in the Russia GDR Index to 17 for use in the Lyxor ETF Russia exchange-traded fund
Bank of Montreal rolls out more reverse convertibles
The Canadian bank has registered a further three reverse convertibles with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, while JP Morgan and Citi filed straddle products linked to the performance of ETFs
Lyxor adds smart strategies to commodity ETFs
Lyxor has launched a new range of commodity exchange-traded funds on the London Stock Exchange, offering investors broadly diversified commodity exposure through a combination of four strategies
State Street lists Euro and UK Aristocrats ETFs in Germany and London
State Street's US and Emerging Markets Dividend Aristocrats ETFs have garnered strong inflows. Now the ETF provider has extended its range to provide UK and Europe dividend exposure
ETF roundup
ETF roundup
The quest for the perfect tail risk solution
Tools for tackling tail risk
Lookback
Lookback
Surge in emerging markets ETF investments in January, as ETF providers lean towards Latin American products
Emerging markets equity ETFs took a big hit in 2011. But since the start of the new year there has been a surge of investor interest in these products. And State Street and iShares are both favouring Latin America
Institutional investors to favour more active, smart beta approach to commodities
Seeking performance while at the same time increasingly needing to control risk makes smart beta thematic index approaches such as low volatility, minimum variance and risk-weighted strategies increasingly appealing to institutional investors allocating…
Investors turn to emerging market ETFs
The visa pleasers
Leveraged return notes based on ETFs add spice in the US
Reverse convertibles continue to dominate structured products registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, while ETF underlyings provide the most excitement for those eager to diversify
Nomura and Tradition partner to launch electronic ETF trading platform
The Navesis-ETF platform will allow institutional traders, sell-side banks and market-makers to carry out intra-day and auction trading of exchange-traded funds