ETFs

Mark Twain allegedly said: "A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain."

The Dutch ETF market reflects the international outlook of the country's economy. Paul Burgin explores pension fund interest in ETFs and the trend for vanilla products

ETFM asks a panel of experts to discuss the role of market makers in the ETF arena

Returns generated from securities lending can offset tracking error and costs of ownership. But how transparent is this activity? Helen Fowler reports

Eamonn Ryan at Euroclear looks at the post-trade challenges for ETFs in Europe

Strong continuing interest in emerging markets has helped boost growth in exchange-traded products to 14% in the third quarter of this year, according to research from Deutsche Bank.

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.