ETFs

European ETF assets reached a new high of $192.1bn at the end of August, bolstered by demand for emerging market funds, according to Barclays Global Investors.

Deutsche Bank's db x-trackers has listed six fixed income ETFs on the London Stock Exchange, offering exposure to UK gilts, US treasuries and Eurozone sovereign debt.

AdvisorShares Investments has entered the ETF market with an actively managed fund tracking a portfolio of ETFs.

Deutsche Bank has launched four short db x-trackers ETFs on the Xetra trading platform.

Nasdaq OMX Nordic and HQ Bank have released a portfolio of ETFs in Sweden, enabling Nordic investors to trade a range of indices in local currencies.

Thomson Reuters has unveiled a range of 800 indices covering global markets, benchmarking specific countries and sectors on which investment vehicles such as ETFs can be based.

ETF Securities has released the Physical Swiss Gold Shares, an open-ended trust backed by physical gold, on NYSE Arca.

FTSE Group has added 33 companies and removed 15 firms from its FTSE4Good index following a semi-annual review.

EasyETF has unveiled the iTraxx Europe Main fund, a credit derivative ETF on NYSE Euronext in Paris.

US law firms are filing class action lawsuits for investors in ProShares short financial and short emerging markets funds, citing false and misleading prospectuses, registration statement and information.