The Frankfurt Stock Exchange has set up a new segment for index-based investment products, introducin...
The Frankfurt Stock Exchange has set up a new segment for index-based investment products, introducing the possibility of a public listing for unregistered funds. Following approaches from several major investment fund managers and banks, the FSE has created a high-quality market segment for index-linked products called the Index Market. At present, many index-linked funds are automatically disqualified from the Ucits scheme because of the 5/10/40 rule that limits the weighting in a fund. The majority of indices are dominated by a small number of stocks and those indices cannot therefore b...
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