ETFs

Northern Trust has completed its acquisition of Bank of Ireland Securities Services (BoISS), assuming the role of fund administrator and custodian to ETF businesses across Europe.

City financier Terry Smith has launched his latest attack on ETFs, not long after a raft of reports from regulators highlighting potential issues arising from exchange-traded products.

Matthias Scheiber, partner and fund manager at Aethra AM, talks to Joanne Young about how making the right choice with ETFs is more important than searching for outperforming active managers

Global head of db x-trackers Thorsten Michalik talks to Joanne Young about growing the business from inception and raising standards in ETF transparency

Regulators are comparing ETFs with collateralised debt obligations, but do the two products share any common ground? Helen Fowler reports

Emma Cusworth looks at how liquidity has been impacted by recent crises in Japan and the Middle East

Emma Dunkley talks to a panel of experts about the types of investors using ETFs and what can be done to further enhance the product in the wake of regulatory scrutiny

Sharp falls and rebounds in commodities prices have caused concern among investors. Paul Burgin looks at how ETPs have been affected by the volatility

Natural resources are taking up more space in portfolios as investors seek to diversify. Joanne Young reports on the growing number of options available in ETPs

Db x-trackers has listed three emerging market ETFs on the London Stock Exchange, tracking equities across Asia, Russia and Brazil.