The Hong Kong and Shanghai stock exchanges have agreed to cooperate more closely on ETFs and other types of product development to boost mutual growth.

iShares has unveiled five international sector funds tracking MSCI indices on the Nasdaq stock exchange.

ProShares has launched two ETFs providing leveraged exposure to the US Treasury market on the NYSE Arca exchange.

ETF Securities has listed a gold exchange-traded commodity (ETC) on the Xetra platform of the Deutsche Boerse.

Lyxor Asset Management has released its inaugural range of real estate ETFs on NYSE Euronext exchanges in Europe.

FTSE Group and the EDHEC-Risk Institute have collaborated to create a range of risk adjusted indices, providing an alternative to traditional market capitalisation-weighted index ranges.

Daiwa Capital Markets is bolstering its Asian derivatives business, including the development of ETFs as part of the firm's growing equity finance department.

Almost half a billion pounds of pension funds were transferred abroad in the first two years after pensions simplification to escape alternatively secured pension tax penalties, A J Bell says.

Marshall Wace has unveiled an equity market-neutral ETF on the London and Frankfurt stock exchanges.

Global X Management has listed an ETF providing exposure to the Chinese materials market on the NYSE Arca exchange in the US.