ETFs

Exchange-traded notes (ETNs) offering access to European volatility are seeing increasing inflows on the back of Ireland's bailout and general eurozone concerns, Barclays Capital says.

HSBC has unveiled an ETF providing exposure to the MSCI World index, with a total expense ratio (TER) of 0.35%.

ETF Exchange (ETFX) has unveiled a swap-based ETF tracking the Dutch mid-cap AMX index in partnership with Rabobank.

Laurent Kssis at LaBranche Structured Products Europe (LSPE) discusses weekly European ETF trades, for the week ending 3 December

Media reports that JP Morgan bought $1.5bn of copper due to the imminent launch of its copper ETF are based on "speculation" as the trade is "three times the size" needed for the fund, Macquarie says.

Amundi ETF has unveiled two emerging market funds with lower total expense ratios (TERs) than their equivalents from other providers, the company claims.

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) intends to verify all physical gold stores held by ETFs.

HSBC has launched an ETF providing exposure to Turkey on the London Stock Exchange, boosting the array of emerging markets funds on offer.

Flows into physically-backed industrial metal ETCs are not expected to artificially inflate metal prices, based on analysing existing products in the market, ETF Securities says.

ETF Securities (ETFS) is proposing to reduce the principal amount for a range of its ETCs due to falls in the price of natural gas.