ETFs

One of the few clear winners to emerge from the credit crisis are the precious metals. Nick Sudbury looks at the burgeoning range of options for ETF investors

The situation in Greece, and the rest of the European Union, puts a question mark over ETFs with significant European bank stock holdings.

PIMCO has appointed JP Morgan to offer five of its US-registered ETFs on the international segment of the Mexican Stock Exchange, Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (BMV).

The International Centre for Financial Regulation (ICFR) says further assessment of the potential risks from ETFs needs to be considered.

The index will measure stock performance of companies engaged in exploration or production of scarce, renewable commodities and will include a Shariah compliant sub-index.

STOXX has launched the iSTOXX World Select Index to access three major world markets through one index.

Source has teamed up with Bank of America Merrill Lynch to give investors exposure to emerging markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Among the top year-to-date ETF performers, there is a heavy concentration in health care, according to the latest figures from Standard & Poor's (S&P).

The first exchange traded product to track FTSE Emerging EMEA 40 index has been listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Deutsche Bank has appointed Tom Jarck as a Managing Director and Head of US Index Flow Trading in Global Equity Derivatives.