ETFs

The International Monetary Fund has revealed its anxieties over the growth of the ETF industry, days after the Financial Stability Board spoke on the issue.

A Goldman Sachs research note advising investors to take profits in commodities will not have a significant impact on exchange-traded product flows, ETF Securities says.

Laurent Kssis at LaBranche Structured Products Europe (LSPE) discusses European ETF trades for the week ending 8 April.

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has warned recent innovation within the ETF industry is bringing "new elements of complexity and opacity" into the market.

Source has launched its EuroStoxx Optimised Banks ETF, seeking to provide exposure to the most liquid eurozone banks.

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has filed for exemptive relief to launch six actively managed ETFs in the US.

iShares has unveiled its inaugural range of precious metals ETCs on the London Stock Exchange, offering UK investors exposure to the performance of physical commodities.

Exchange-traded products tracking diversified broad commodity indices saw global assets increase by $5.2bn in Q1 2011, marking the largest quarterly inflows for the sector on record, ETF Securities says.

The iShares MSCI Japan index ETF fell 0.6% in midday trading, after Japan was hit by a second earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4, prompting another tsunami warning.

HSBC has launched four single country emerging market ETFs providing exposure to Indonesian, Korean, Malaysian and Taiwanese equities.