ETFs

Joanne Young looks at the divergent opportunities within the BRIC consortium and the prospects for economies underlying these ETFs

Russia ETFs have been pulling in new investors keen to play the rising oil price and materials theme. Yet choice is limited and returns can be volatile, as Paul Burgin reports

The Royal Bank of Scotland is planning to launch an ETN and an ETF providing exposure to UK small cap companies.

Morningstar has launched a range of research reports on the 150 largest exchange-traded products listed in Europe.

Proposed position limits for commodity futures markets would inhibit ETP managers' ability to deliver expected returns, according to providers.

iShares has launched two ETFs on NYSE Arca, targeting Chinese shares and income-producing US stocks.

Most of the indices used to underpin fixed income ETFs have inherent problems around pricing, weightings and selection criteria, according to Morningstar.

Three-quarters of investors prefer to use physical ETFs and only 8% would use swap-based funds as their first choice, according to Morningstar.

iShares has launched an ETF providing exposure to short-dated corporate bonds denominated in sterling on the London Stock Exchange.

Coal investments look set to appreciate as concerns over the safety of nuclear power resurface, according to commodity ETP specialists ETF Securities.