iShares has listed seven ETFs on the Amsterdam market of NYSE Euronext, including five accumulating versions of equity-based funds and two fixed income funds.

Dow Jones Indexes has licensed its GCC Titans 50 Total Return index to the National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), to underlie the first ETF in the United Arab Emirates market.

The Nasdaq OMX Stockholm exchange has started trading two ETFs providing leveraged long and short exposure to the OMXS30 index.

The number of ETFs has increased by around 26% year to date in European markets, according to the exchange group NYSE Euronext.

Evercore Pan-Asset Capital Management has released four model portfolios offering retail investors dynamic asset allocation via ETFs.

The Dow Jones Stoxx Global Select Dividend 100 index has been licensed to iShares to underlie an ETF listed on the Deutsche Boerse today.

Grail Advisors has registered two actively managed fixed income ETFs in partnership with McDonnell Investment Management.

The second installment of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid) could require ETF trades to be reported on exchange, which would boost market liquidity according to industry players.

Crédit Agricole Structured Asset Management (Casam) has released a range of 10 equity ETFs on Euronext Paris, boosting its product range to 65 funds.

Investors are increasingly opting for ETFs in order to gain exposure to emerging markets, according to Barclays Stockbrokers.