Global ETF Volume is on the Rise Says BlackRock
Reported today by AsiaOneBusiness, from a media briefing held yesterday by BlackRock, Global ETF trading volume is rapidly on the rise, with a 27% rise reported from December, 2010 to February, 2011. Three areas of fund flows highlighted in Singapore were in fixed income, commodities, and country specific ETFs. Globally,ETF fund flows have continued to [...]
IndexIQ Offers Suite Of Single Country ETFs
IndexIQ, a NY based firm offering asset management service is offering a line of single country ETFs with small capital outlay. The ETFs shall focus on high growth Asian countries like Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Philippines. The firm aims to help US investors gain from the China success story by investing money [...]
Shipping ETF Sails Toward an Economic Recovery
Often a leading indicator, shipping companies have outperformed the market in 2010, indicating that the economy is on a long road to recovery. Year-to-date, the Claymore/Delta Global Shipping ETF (SEA: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, News) has earned investors a hefty 14.8% return compared to 4.5% for the S&P 500. Demand for global shipping companies is [...]
iShares Taps into European and Asian Financial ETFs
In a bid to bring foreign stocks closer to the United States through ETFs, iShares has filed with the SEC to create two new funds dedicated to overseas financial companies. The new funds will be the first of their kind, but will hope to follow in the footsteps of popular US-based financial ETFs trading on [...]
Asian Markets’ First Inverse ETF Profits from Falling US Markets
Traders in Singapore can now join the American bears in making profitable honey from the falling S&P. Deutsche Bank is launching a new ETF in Singapore designed to inversely track the returns of the US S&P 500 index. Inverse ETFs are popular among small traders who do not have access to margin accounts or the [...]
Six NETS Brand ETFs Moving to NYSE Euronext with the Merger
With the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) completing its merge with the NYSE Euronext, Northern Trust Global Investments (NTGI) will be transferring six of its NETS brand ETFs to the new united exchange. PRNewswire identifies the six ETFs that had been trading on the AMEX and will be making the move. These ETFs are: NETS FTSE [...]
Barclays Expands in Asia with Newest iShares ETF
Barclays Global Investors has announced the launch of its newest iShares ETF to capture a broad and diversified piece of various Asian markets. Michael Latham, CEO of U.S. iShares at Barclays is quoted to say, “Since iShares launched the first pure mainland China ETF for U.S. investors in 2005, investors have continued to ask for [...]
Deutsche Bank ETF Brand Out of the Gate Fast and Ready for Expansion
The db x-tracker brand of ETF came onto the market at the beginning of 2007, and over the past year and a half, the Deutsche bank products have led in popularity as asset inflows have been tops in Europe. The Comtex article explains that the Deutsche bank db x-trackers grew to more than E15 billion [...]
Gold ETF Set to Shine in Hong Kong for First Time
As the price of gold hovers near record highs, Hong Kong will now have the chance to invest in a piece of the precious metal via the country’s first ever gold-tracking ETF. The Financial Times reports that as of July 31, 2008, the SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD) from State Street will begin trading on [...]
First Gold ETF to Begin Trading on Tokyo Stock Exchange at End of June
The World Gold Council and State Street Global have come together to sponsor the first gold ETF backed by bullion to be listed on the largest Japanese exchange. The SPDR Gold Shares ETF is scheduled to begin trading on June 30, 2008, according to Thomson Financial. The ETF is designed to track the price of [...]
