ETFs

New York-based ETF provider Global X has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch six ETFs tracking Brazil.

State Street Global Advisers (SSgA) has partnered with Nuveen Investments to improve its municipal bond ETF offering and other similar investment strategies.

Deutsche Bank has listed 10 ETFs on the Nasdaq OMX Stockholm, tracking a range of developed market and sector indices.

Bank ETFs experienced the largest inflows compared with other funds tracking the Stoxx 600 sectors, seeing $158.9m in the week ending 26 March, according to BlackRock.

The search for returns is prompting greater development of new index methods, blurring the line between active and passive strategies. Will these alternative benchmarks become popular underlyings for ETFs? Helen Fowler reports

Direxion has entered the European market by listing six leveraged ETFs on NYSE Euronext Amsterdam.

The Financial Services Authority has published rules removing commission bias from the sale of retail investment products, which is set to boost retail use of ETFs, industry experts say.

Around one fifth of ISA investors plan to use ETFs in the next tax year to provide instant diversification and low cost market access, Barclays Stockbrokers says.

The Nasdaq OMX exchange in Sweden has started trading in the db x-trackers Eurostoxx 50 index ETF.

Lyxor Asset Management has launched six funds on the Frankfurt exchange Xetra, with four tracking equities and two based on bond indices.