ETFs

HSBC has launched the S&P Bric 40 ETF on the London Stock Exchange, with a total expense ratio of 0.60%.

The FSA has warned leveraged ETFs could be classed as 'generally unsuitable' for the mainstream retail market, along with complicated structured products and trade life policy investments.

The first two fixed income ETFs from the Pimco Source partnership have been launched on the Deutsche Boerse's Xetra platform.

Db x-trackers has listed its db Equity Strategies Hedge Fund Index ETF, tracking the performance of 17 long-short and neutral equity hedge funds.

iShares has reached its 100th ETF on the London Stock Exchange with the launch of the MSCI Poland ETF.

ETF Securities has seen flows into its All Commodities ETC so far this year outstrip those into any of its other commodity securities.

BlackRock's US iShares arm has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an MSCI China Index fund.

iShares has listed three currency hedged equity ETFs on NYSE Euronext in Amsterdam, three months after the products were launched on the London Stock Exchange.

Laurent Kssis at LaBranche Structured Products Europe (LSPE) discusses European ETF trades for the week ending 14 January.

MTS has upgraded its Italy and ex-Bank of Italy indices to become part of its EuroMTS range, enabling their use for ETFs.