ETFs

Markit, the financial information services group and index provider, has created the ETF Encyclopaedia, offering information on exchange-traded products (ETPs) around the world.

ProShares has partnered with KBW bank to create ETFs providing leveraged or inverse exposure to the regional banking sector.

Deutsche Bank has released an ETF tracking the Australian money market, listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX).

Amundi ETF has unveiled 15 funds on the Borsa Italiana, 12 of which the issuer says are unprecedented.

Standard Commodities, the exchange-traded commodity (ETC) platform of the Royal Bank of Scotland, has issued its inaugural product on the Xetra exchange in Germany.

PensionDCisions and FTSE Group have teamed up to create an objective benchmark for the UK's defined contribution pensions market.

Amundi ETF has listed a new CAC 40 fund that pays dividends, on NYSE Euronext Paris.

Turquoise, a European multilateral trading facility, is launching a service to trade US-listed ETFs during European hours.

BlackRock's ETF arm iShares has surpassed $500bn in global assets under management (AUM), hitting $509bn at the end of March.

IndexIQ has released an ETF tracking the small capitalisation sector of publicly traded companies in South Korea, on NYSE Arca.