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Ted Hood, CEO of Source

Source was top ETC provider in Europe by net new assets in 2011

Fri, 03/02/2012 - 16:30
Source continued its impressive run since entering the European ETP market in 2009 by leading all ETC issuers in net new assets in 2011 with USD1.26 billion of net inflows.  »

Tobias Bland, CEO of EIP,

EIP confirms launch of seven ETFs under new XIE Shares brand

Fri, 03/02/2012 - 16:00
Enhanced Investment Products Limited (EIP), a Hong Kong based asset management firm, has confirmed the launch of seven new ETF products, authorised by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission at the beginning of January 2012. Under the brand name XIE Shares, these ETFs will be an extension of EIP’s cost-effective index product offerings, and will launch on Thursday, 16 February 2012 and Tuesday, 21 February 2012. »

Inès de Dinechin, Chief Executive Officer, Lyxor Asset Management.

Ines de Dinechin appointed CEO of Lyxor Asset Management

Fri, 03/02/2012 - 13:00
Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking has appointed Inès de Dinechin as Chief Executive Officer of Lyxor Asset Management. She replaces Laurent Seyer who will leave Societe Generale group to pursue other opportunities. This appointment will be effective as of the end of March 2012. »

Darek Wojnar , Head of US iShares Product Development and Management at BlackRock

iShares launches five global commodity producer equity ETFs

Fri, 03/02/2012 - 09:59
BlackRock’s iShares exchange traded funds (ETFs) business has launched five funds focused on commodity producers. The funds offer the benefit of access to companies involved in the production of the commodity without exposure to physical storage or other costs associated with commodity ownership. »

Prakash Mehta, co-head of investment funds and private equity practice group worldwide, Akin Gump

Akin Gump to expand London funds practice with two partner hires

Fri, 03/02/2012 - 06:00
International law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is to add two partners to its London funds practice. Tim Pearce and Ian Meade will join the firm from Simmons & Simmons. »

Jan-Michiel Hessels, Chairman, NYSE Euronext

NYSE Euronext to focus on ’standalone strategy’

Thu, 02/02/2012 - 16:00
NYSE Euronext announced today that in light of the decision by the European Commission to prohibit its proposed combination with Deutsche Boerse, the companies are in discussions to terminate their merger agreement.  »

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XTF Capital Corp to launch seven new ETFs that track Morningstar Indexes

Thu, 02/02/2012 - 10:00
XTF Capital Corp plans to launch seven new exchange traded funds under the XTF Morningstar ETFs banner. »

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Asia-Pac ETP AUM keeps moving closer to USD100bn on bull markets

Thu, 02/02/2012 - 06:00
Last week, Asia-Pacific ETP AUM reached USD99.4bn after an increase of 1.7% over the previous week, according to figures released by Deutsche Bank. On a year to date basis, Asia-Pacific ETP market is up by USD7.9bn or 8.6% above last year’s closing. »

Drew Corbett, Head of Investment Strategy & Distribution of BetaShares

BetaShares appoints Dr Tony Rumble as Head of Portfolio Construction

Wed, 01/02/2012 - 16:00
Tony Rumble, a leading Australian financial educator has joined BetaShares in the newly formed role of Head of Portfolio Construction. Dr Rumble will join the BetaShares distribution team with his primary responsibilities being to lead BetaShares’ asset allocation and portfolio construction strategy, as well as providing ETF education and analytics to the financial adviser and SMSF trustees. »

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Global X Funds declares February monthly distributions for income producing ETFs

Wed, 01/02/2012 - 13:11
Global X Funds, the New York based provider of exchange traded funds, has announced the February monthly distributions for the Global X Canada Preferred ETF (CNPF) and the Global X SuperDividend ETF (SDIV). »

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US ETP market sees another USD6.7bn in inflows last week

Wed, 01/02/2012 - 10:00
US ETPs saw another strong week of inflows last week taking the YTD cash flow figure to almost USD29bn. according to figures released by Deutsche Bank. The total US ETP flows from all products registered USD6.7bn of inflows during last week vs USD10.0bn of inflows the previous week, setting the YTD weekly flows average at +USD7.2bn. »

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EDHEC-Risk Institute welcomes conclusions of ESMA consultation paper on ETFs and UCITS issues

Wed, 01/02/2012 - 06:00
EDHEC-Risk has welcomed the broadened focus of the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) consultation paper on ETFs and other UCITS issues (ESMA/2012/44), which approaches important issues in a horizontal way across all UCITS rather than in a vertical way limited to UCITS ETFs. »

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Portfolio Solutions reaches USD1bn milestone

Tue, 31/01/2012 - 16:00
Investment management firm Portfolio Solutions has surpassed USD1 billion in client assets under management (AUM). Portfolio Solutions now ranks among the top two per cent of US registered advisors that manage client assets in excess of USD1 billion. »

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New SPDR equity index ETF launched on Xetra

Tue, 31/01/2012 - 14:00
A further exchange-listed equity index fund issued by SPDR (State Street Global Advisors) has been tradable on Xetra since Tuesday. The SPDR S&P 400 US Mid Cap ETF enables investors to participate in the performance of the S&P MidCap 400 Index for the first time. »

Randy Bullard, Executive Vice President at Placemark Investments

Placemark Investments launches ETF Investment Strategist Center

Tue, 31/01/2012 - 11:43
Placemark Investments has launched a new service to help investment advisors gain access to the broadest universe of third-party exchange-traded fund (ETF) portfolios in the marketplace. »

Steven Maijoor, Chair, ESMA

ESMA outlines future regulatory framework for ETFs and other UCITS issues

Tue, 31/01/2012 - 10:00
ESMA has published a consultation paper (ESMA/2012/44) setting out future guidelines on UCITS Exchange-Traded Funds (UCITS ETFs) and other UCITS-related issues. The proposals cover both synthetic and physical UCITS ETFs and detail the obligations to come for UCITS ETFs, index-tracking UCITS, efficient portfolio management techniques, total return swaps and strategy indices for UCITS. »

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Barclays Capital expands Fiscal Strength Weighted Index family into covered bonds

Tue, 31/01/2012 - 06:00
Barclays Capital, publisher of leading broad market bond benchmarks, has launched a new family of Fiscal Strength Weighted Covered Bond Indices. This new suite of benchmark indices uses fundamental measures of fiscal sustainability to adjust country weights within existing Covered Bond benchmarks, thereby offering an alternative for investors beyond the existing flagship market value weighted indices. »

Robert N Stein, Founder, Astor

Astor Long/Short ETF mutual fund added to Paychex 401(k) platform

Mon, 30/01/2012 - 14:19
Knight Capital Group subsidiary Astor Asset Management's mutual fund, the Astor Long/Short ETF Fund (ASTIX), has been added to the 401(k) platform at Paychex, Inc. »

Valérie Baudson, Managing Director of Amundi ETF

Amundi ETF lists a new fixed income ETF on NYSE Euronext in Paris

Mon, 30/01/2012 - 12:26
Amundi ETF has launched a new ETF based on EuroMTS Highest Rated Government 1-3 Index on NYSE Euronext in Paris. »

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Market Vectors to split shares of five exchange traded funds

Mon, 30/01/2012 - 06:00
The Board of Trustees of the Market Vectors ETF Trust has approved share splits for five recently introduced Market Vectors exchange‐traded funds (ETFs). »

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