ETFs

Hedge fund specialist Qbasis has received approval from the FSA to release its managed futures ETF in the UK.

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

Nikko Asset Management has listed the first ETF in Asia tracking the MSCI Japan index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).

More hedge funds will create ETFs to provide investors with low-cost access to their funds while broadening their distribution capabilities, BlackRock says.

The Royal Bank of Scotland has launched three exchange-traded notes (ETNs) on Xetra in Germany, tracking the performance of MSCI equity indices.

Low liquidity levels in the fixed income markets have led investment grade and high yield ETFs to rack up higher-than-expected tracking errors and lower performance, according to asset manager Robeco.

ETFs and other equity-like instruments would be subject to the same transparency rules as shares, under proposed changes to European financial market regulations revealed last week.

Troika Dialog asset management has unveiled an ETF tracking the RTS Standard index on the RTS exchange in Russia.

The average total expense ratio for equity ETFs in Europe is around 51 basis points (bps) lower a year than the average equity index tracking fund, according to BlackRock.

UK tax on gains from exchange-traded commodities (ETCs) can vary between 18% and 50% due to inconsistencies in product structure, according to tax experts.