Articles and Features

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

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

Highland/iBoxx Senior Loan ETF has declared a regular distribution for May 2013 of USD0.090 per share, payable on the last business day of the month to holders of record at the close of business 17 May 2013. »

Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management has added the db X-trackers MSCI Germany Hedged Equity Fund (DBGR) to the db X-trackers platform, effective 31 May 2013. »

Exchange-traded fund assets linked to the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate Index Series reached USD10.5bn in assets under management as of 30 April 2013. »

Recent comments from the Federal Reserve and a growing number of economic developments including lower unemployment have many fixed income investors wondering when, not if, interest rates will start to rise. »

Arrow Investment Advisors, the adviser to ArrowShares and Arrow Funds, is celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Arrow Dow Jones Global Yield (GYLD) exchange-traded fund. »

VelocityShares has licensed the Volatility Hedged Large Cap Index and the VelocityShares Tail Risk Hedged Large Cap Index to exchange-traded fund provider ALPS Advisors. »

IndexIQ, a provider of liquid alternative investment products, has surpassed the USD1bn threshold. »

The first three First Trust AlphaDEX Dividend ETFs have completed their initial offering of units for both the common class and adviser class units of the ETFs and have begun trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange. »