ETFs

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is committing $6bn to buying ETFs as part of its recently sanctioned quantitative easing plan, Standard Life Investments says.

The price of silver has hit a 30-year high, rallying to $24.92 per ounce in trading on Thursday, according to ETF Securities (ETFS).

US asset manager Van Eck has unveiled the first US-listed ETF providing exposure to the China A-shares market.

ETFs in the US had inflows of around $25.4bn in September with funds tracking US stocks gathering the most assets, according to Morningstar.

A greater level of transparency is needed when ETF providers lend out securities held within their funds, according to industry experts.

Exchange-traded product provider Source has unveiled its MSCI EMU Small Cap ETF on the Deutsche Boerse.

Pension funds are increasingly implementing ETFs as low-cost, transparent tools for accessing new asset classes, according to consultants.

ETF Securities is preparing to issue a range of physically-backed industrial metal exchange-traded commodities (ETCs).

Xact Fonder is listing the first commodity ETF on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, tracking 15 commodities including oil and gold.

Barclays Capital has licensed a new index that tracks the implied volatility on the Eurostoxx 50 index.