The Royal Bank of Scotland has unveiled a new range of ETFs on the London Stock Exchange, to meet the increasing demand for low-cost, liquid and diversified market exposure.

The average daily number of ETF and ETC trades on the London Stock Exchange has risen by 45% year-on-year to reach 16,420.

CommerzBank has unveiled four ComStage ETFs providing exposure to equities and bonds, on the Deutsche Boerse's XTF segment.

Amundi has listed two ETFs providing exposure to Eurostoxx indices on the NYSE Euronext Paris market.

Invesco PowerShares has licensed Morningstar's latest StockInvestor Core index, to serve as the new underlying for an existing PowerShares ETF listed in the US.

ETF Securities has unveiled 12 currency exchange-traded notes (ETNs) on Xetra in Germany.

The asset management boutique Evercore Pan-Asset is extending its range of OEIC funds that use ETFs, following strong demand from IFAs.

Credit Suisse has appointed Levente Kulcsar and Annabelle Wegner to its ETF team in Germany and Austria, as part of the firm's plan to expand its ETF platform across Europe.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed to expand the recently released circuit breaker programme to encompass 344 ETFs and all stocks in the Russell 1000 index.

Standard & Poor's has licensed its new S&P 500 High Quality Rankings index to underlie a PowerShares ETF.