ETFs

ETFs are becoming increasingly popular among private investors and are set to grow in this space, Credit Suisse says.

ETFs providing emerging and frontier market exposure have seen net inflows of $30.5bn up to August this year, according to BlackRock.

AlphaPro Management has unveiled an actively-managed preferred share ETF on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

TCF Investment has unveiled a range of funds which will only invest in passive vehicles, including tracker funds and ETFs.

State Street Global Advisors has amended its pending Securities and Exchange Commission filing for actively managed ETFs to explicitly exclude the use of derivatives.

iShares has named David Gardner for the newly created role of head of sales for iShares EMEA.

HSBC is planning to unveil swap-based ETFs next year to provide exposure to a greater range of asset classes.

The number of Barclays Stockbrokers clients holding ETFs in their accounts has more than doubled over the past two years, according to latest figures.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has named Jennifer McHugh acting director of its Division of Investment Management, to oversee ETFs and other products.

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) in China has released guidelines to help raise investor awareness of synthetic ETFs.