ETFs

John Fletcher, head of exchange-traded products at Charles Stanley, looks at how investors can differentiate between the growing number of ETFs

Loren Norton at Direxion looks at the opportunity to short US Treasuries using ETFs

Jean-Baptiste Gaudemet at Sophis explains how the growth of ETFs in Europe is spurring the use of more sophisticated technology

Amundi has listed two ETFs providing exposure to Eurostoxx indices on the NYSE Euronext Paris market.

Invesco PowerShares has licensed Morningstar's latest StockInvestor Core index, to serve as the new underlying for an existing PowerShares ETF listed in the US.

ETF Securities has unveiled 12 currency exchange-traded notes (ETNs) on Xetra in Germany.

The asset management boutique Evercore Pan-Asset is extending its range of OEIC funds that use ETFs, following strong demand from IFAs.

Credit Suisse has appointed Levente Kulcsar and Annabelle Wegner to its ETF team in Germany and Austria, as part of the firm's plan to expand its ETF platform across Europe.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed to expand the recently released circuit breaker programme to encompass 344 ETFs and all stocks in the Russell 1000 index.

Standard & Poor's has licensed its new S&P 500 High Quality Rankings index to underlie a PowerShares ETF.