Charles Schwab has appointed State Street Corporation to service its new range of eight ETFs.

CME Group, the derivatives exchange, has acquired a 90% stake in Dow Jones Indexes for $675m, after the two firms signed a definitive agreement.

Amundi has rebranded its CASAM ETF range and business lines as Amundi ETF.

China Investment Corporation, the Chinese sovereign wealth fund, is using ETFs to gain exposure to a diverse range of asset classes, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

ComStage, the ETF arm of Commerzbank, has listed three ETFs tracking the CAC 40 index on NYSE Euronext Paris.

Amundi has reported assets under management in its CASAM ETF range doubled in 2009, amounting to €3.3bn at the end of December last year.

Credit Suisse Asset Management has hired Daniel Draper as managing director and head of ETFs.

Tactical use of ETFs by investors is expected to influence and fuel ETF asset flows through 2010, according to State Street Global Advisors (SSgA).

Investors are shorting the euro via exchange-traded products (ETP) as they become increasingly risk averse amid the Greek debt crisis, according to ETF Securities (ETFS).

Barclays Capital has joined ETF Securities' ETF Exchange (ETFX) platform as a swap provider and authorised participant.