ETFs

ETFM brings you a roundup of some of this week's ETF and indexing news.

Despite hype around ETFs following losses at UBS the value proposition they offer has not changed, said an ETF provider at the Journal of Indexes Europe meeting yesterday.

The Investment Management Association (IMA) believes that recent proposals by ESMA to apply greater regulation to Ucits ETFs and structured Ucits products are both unwarranted and inconsistent.

iShares has listed its first ETFs tracking the stocks of companies involved in producing commodities.

Alan Price, sales director at index services company Indxis talks about his kids' eclectic music taste and home renovations.

As equity markets rose last week, ETF volumes remained above average and there was some cautious risk-taking to be seen.

Ben Johnson, director of ETF European research at Morningstar takes a look at the facts behind the UBS trading loss.

The FSA and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) are launching an independent investigation into the events surrounding the huge trading losses incurred by UBS, allegedly as a result of the actions of 'rogue trader' Kweku Adoboli....

City of London police have charged UBS trader Kweku Adoboli with fraud in relation to the $2bn loss at the bank, and he has hired the same law firm which defended Barings bank rogue trader Nick Leeson to defend him.

ETFM provides a roundup of some of this week's ETF and indexing news.