Bank of Ireland Securities Services (BoISS) has unveiled a pan-European settlement platform for ETF issuers.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (Finra) has deferred the increased maintenance margin requirement for options on leveraged ETFs until April 30 2010.

Defensive and short equity ETFs rallied over the last week, amid renewed risk aversion on Dubai credit concerns, says ETF Securities (ETFS).

E-Fund Management has attracted $2.8bn through its Shenzhen 100 ETF feeder fund, placing the firm as the second largest fund manager in China, according to Z-Ben Advisors.

UBS has listed an ETF tracking Japan on the XTF segment of the Deutsche Boerse.

BlackRock has completed its merger with Barclays Global Investors (BGI).

Pacific Investment Management Company (Pimco) has released an actively managed municipal bond fund on the NYSE Arca platform.

Global X Management Company, a New York based asset manager, has launched two ETFs tracking the consumer and industrial sectors in China.

The Vienna Stock Exchange has unveiled the Bosnian Traded index (Batx), comprising the most actively traded stocks on the Sarajevo and Banja Luka exchanges.

Direxion has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a range of four leveraged ETFs tracking the US market and semiconductor sector.