ETFs

European ETF assets have risen by nearly 13% this year, boosting total assets under management (AUM) to $256.2bn, according to BlackRock.

The range of new ETFs coming to market is changing the complexity of the industry by tracking less well-known benchmarks, according to Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Research.

The physically backed commodity ETF market is set to grow with the inclusion of Copper as JP Morgan and Blackrock file with the SEC.

Laurent Kssis at LaBranche Structured Products Europe (LSPE) discusses weekly European ETF trades.

US-based active ETF provider AdvisorShares is set to launch the Peritus High Yield fund on NYSE Arca at the beginning of December.

The Nasdaq OMX Group has released the first ETF tracking the Nasdaq 100 index in South Korea.

Nikko Asset Management has unveiled three ETFs on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, providing investors with exposure to the US and emerging markets.

Deutsche Bank has listed 24 fixed income db x-trackers ETFs on the SIX Swiss Exchange, boosting the issuer's total offering to 72 products in Switzerland.

Deutsche Bank and iShares are soon to list a whole range of ETFs on the Madrid Stock Exchange, after Spanish regulation changes have opened the way for certain fund structures to be tax efficient.

ETFs tracking banks have seen net inflows of $284.4m year-to-date, marking the Stoxx Europe 600 sector with the highest inflows, according to BlackRock.