ETF Securities has criticised iShares' proposals to rename some commodities products but says that if ETPS are re-labelled, physically-backed ETFs which lend securities should be in the same category as swap-backed products.

iShares has expanded its equity fund range with the listing of an ETF tracking the MSCI All Country World Index.

The revised Mifid rules are likely to separate swap-based and physically-based ETFs as part of a division of Ucits.

The European ETP market has shown resilience in the face of volatility, growing 10% this year to the end of September.

ETFM provides a roundup of some of this week's ETF and indexing news.

BlackRock reports disappointing third quarter US ETF inflows but strong gains overall, despite a slowdown in activity in August and September.

SPDR ETF, the exchange-traded funds platform of State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), has launched two new ETFs on the London Stock Exchange.

An iShares managing director told a US Senate hearing yesterday that ETFs using derivatives should not be called ETFs.

Lyxor has created an ETF Quality Charter as a commitment to its clients following months of scrutiny of ETFs.

US ETPs gained $50bn of assets last week as equity markets staged a strong recovery, reports Deutsche Bank.