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Source assets pass USD6bn mark

Source, the 14 month old provider of exchange-traded products, says its assets have now reached over USD6bn. »

Valérie Baudson, managing director of Amundi ETF

Amundi launches seven fixed income ETFs in Paris

Amundi ETF has listed seven fixed income exchange-traded funds on NYSE Euronext in Paris. »

Asia Pacific

Asia Pacific ETF AUM rises 6.1 per cent

Assets under management of Asia Pacific exchange-traded funds rose 6.1 per cent to USD64.1bn in the week to 18 June, according to a report by Deutsche Bank. »

Dollars

Population of high net worths growing at 17.1 per cent

The world’s population of high net worth individuals is growing at 17.1 per cent, according to Capgemini and Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management’s 14th annual World Wealth Report. »

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First Brazil mid cap ETF starts trading on NYSE Arca

Global X Funds, the New York-based provider of exchange-traded funds, has launched the Global X Brazil Mid Cap ETF. »

Helena Morrissey, CEO, Newton Investment Management

News from CISX: Second International Business Summit to focus on 'Investment Strategies for Diversification and the Engines of Global Growth'

The second Channel Islands International Business Summit will focus on Investment Strategies for Diversification and the Engines of Global Growth and cover some of the major issues which impact financial sector professionals, globally. »

Sugar

Teucrium files registration statements for five single commodity ETFs

Teucrium Trading has filed registration statements for five single commodity exchange-traded funds. »

Randy Bateman, president and chief investment officer of Huntington Asset Advisors

Huntington Asset Advisors to launch two ETFs

Huntington Asset Advisors, an investment advisory arm of Huntington Bank, has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to establish and offer two actively managed exchange-traded funds. »

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SCM Private’s portfolios outperform sector averages

SCM Private, the London-based wealth manager and exchange-traded fund specialist which launched in June 2009, has reported strong performances for its two portfolios. »

UK

Qbasis expands in UK with hire of Alistair Evans

Qbasis Invest, the Liechtenstein-based managed futures specialist, is expanding its London marketing operations with the appointment of Alistair Evans as director sales, UK. »

Danièle Tohmé-Adet, head of ETF and indexed funds development at EasyETF

EasyETF S&P 100 becomes EasyETF S&P 500

EasyETF is launching an exchange-traded fund on the S&P 500 listed on NYSE Euronext in Paris. »

Shares

Direxion Shares executes reverse share split of four ETFs

Direxion, a provider of alternative investment strategies to sophisticated investors, will execute a one-for-five reverse split of the shares of four exchange-traded funds. »

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Media leads Stoxx 600 sector ETFs year-to-date

European Stoxx 600 sector exchange-traded funds saw USD19.1m of net inflows in the week to 11 June, according to BlackRock. »

ETFs

Three Lyxor ETFs launched on Xetra

Three more exchange-listed index funds from the ETF offering of Lyxor International Asset Management, a subsidiary of Société Générale, are now trading on Xetra. »

Gold bars

ETFS Physical Swiss Gold Shares AUM exceeds USD500m

ETF Securities USA says the total assets under management of its ETFS Physical Swiss Gold Shares passed the USD500m mark on 8 June 2010. »

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European ETF survey sees room for growth despite maturing market

A survey by Edhec-Risk Institute suggests that as a consequence of strong growth the European exchange-traded fund industry has entered a phase of increased maturity. »

Valérie Baudson, managing director of Amundi ETF

Amundi launches three products on NYSE Euronext Paris

Amundi ETF has listed three products tracking the S&P 500, the Nasdaq 100 and the FTSE MIB on NYSE Euronext in Paris. »

Silver

CFTC issues exemption for ETFS Swiss gold and silver shares

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued an exemption permitting options and futures on each of ETFS Physical Swiss Gold Shares and ETFS Physical Silver Shares to be traded and cleared as options on securities and security futures, respectively. »

Japanese Yen

Long JPY Short EUR currency ETC rises by 21 per cent

The ETFS Long JPY Short EUR currency ETC has rallied by 2.1 per cent, bringing its year-to-date gains to 21 per cent, the highest on ETF Securities’ currency ETC platform. »

Commodity trading

Standard & Poor’s launches S&P WCI sub-indices

Standard & Poor’s has launched an extended family of sub-indices based on the S&P World Commodity Index. »