ETFs

The ETF business at RBS is still in its early stages but it is growing. Andrea Sozzi Sabatini and David Moroney talk to Clare Dickinson about the development of the business and how they plan to expand it

The ETFM weekly roundup brings you some of this week's ETP news.

Silver ETCs are gaining interest and the metal could perform well as economic factors boost its growth, according to ETF Securities.

Commodity investments as a whole lost assets during the last two quarters but commodity ETPs held up with $2.8bn of inflows, according to Barclays Capital.

Over-the-counters brings you news and views from the ETF industry.

Axel Lomholt, head of product development at iShares talks about seeing U2 live and a dream to run a lodge in Tanzania.

As equity indices continued their upwards trend last week, Cowen reports a strong increase in primary market activity.

ETF Securities has criticised iShares' proposals to rename some commodities products but says that if ETPS are re-labelled, physically-backed ETFs which lend securities should be in the same category as swap-backed products.

iShares has expanded its equity fund range with the listing of an ETF tracking the MSCI All Country World Index.

The revised Mifid rules are likely to separate swap-based and physically-based ETFs as part of a division of Ucits.