Articles and Features

Assets in US listed exchange-traded funds and exchange-traded notes totalled approximately USD814.8bn at August 2010 month-end, an increase of approximately 21 per cent over August 2009 month-end when assets totalled USD672.3bn, according to National Stock Exchange. »

Dow Jones Indexes has completed its regular quarterly review of the Dow Jones Global Exchanges Index. »

BlackRock’s iShares exchange-traded funds business has made further changes to the iShares Gold Trust. »

Next ETFs, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Next Investments, intends to sponsor a new series of exchange-traded funds and has filed, through its counsel Katten Muchin Rosenman, an application with the SEC for exemptive relief under the 1940 Act.  »

Vanguard now ranks first among exchange-traded fund providers in adviser loyalty, displacing the long-standing industry leader iShares. »

Total exchange-traded products outflows in the US added up to USD142m during the week ending 27 August, research from Deutsche Bank shows. »

Kneip, an independent service provider to the asset management industry, has acquired Co-Link, a specialist in fund reporting technology and services for investment funds. »

Monthly average daily turnover of Asia Pacific exchange-traded funds remained at about the same level in week ending 27 August at USD856m, according to Deutsche Bank. »

The Brazilian government recently announced an “immediately binding” decision that appears to outlaw all foreign ownership of Brazilian farmland. Stephen Johnston (pictured) of Agcapita Partners outlines the implications. »

Investors who hold leveraged and inverse exchange-traded funds for periods longer than a day expose themselves to substantial risk that the holding period returns will deviate from the returns to a leveraged or inverse investment in the index, according to a report from Securities Litigation and Consulting Group. »