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VTL Associates closes RevenueShares growth capital investment Wed, 22/05/2013 - 06:00

VTL Associates has received an investment from Suzhou Industrial Park Kaida Venture Capital, an international venture capital firm based in Dalian, China. The growth capital will be used to support the expansion of RevenueShares, a division of VTL that provides revenue-weighted exchanged-traded funds (ETFs).

FTSE licenses four indices to Vanguard for new ETFs

Wed, 22/05/2013 - 16:11

FTSE Group has licensed four more indices to Vanguard as the basis for a range of international exchange-traded funds. »

KraneShares to launch China A-shares ETFs

Wed, 22/05/2013 - 12:00

China-focused exchange-traded fund provider KraneShares is planning to launch two ETFs focused on Chinese A-shares, according to a regulatory filing made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). »

Nik Bienkowski, co-chief executive of Boost ETP

Short and leveraged ETP assets up 10 per cent to USD48.5bn

Wed, 22/05/2013 - 10:01

Global short and leveraged exchange-traded product assets rose by USD4.4bn (10 per cent) in the first four months of 2013 to USD48.5bn and are up 70 per cent since December 2008. »

UBS to redeem seven ETRACS ETNs

Tue, 21/05/2013 - 14:02

UBS AG is to redeem all of the outstanding securities of seven ETRACS exchange-traded notes (ETNs). »

S&P Capital IQ adds research on fixed income, commodity and currency-focused funds

Tue, 21/05/2013 - 12:01

S&P Capital IQ has added research coverage on hundreds of additional exchange-traded funds to its MarketScope Advisor platform. »

Direxion appoints Stephen Rudman as head of sales

Tue, 21/05/2013 - 10:00

Stephen Rudman has joined Rafferty Asset Management, the adviser to Direxion Funds and Direxion Shares, as a managing director and the head of sales. »