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Cash flows into Japan equity funds last week were dominated by ETFs, with eight Japanese equity tracker funds pulling in $936.8m in the seven days to Wednesday, according to Lipper.

The FSA is mulling increased regulation on exchange-traded products, warning certain ETPs are complex and risky, says David Bower at iShares.

The iShares S&P 500 ETF has become the largest exchange-traded product and index fund in Europe, with $9.2bn in assets under management (AUM).

Harvey Sidhu has joined BlackRock's Index Equity Portfolio Management Group, to manage developed market equity iShares portfolios.

The type of securities held as collateral in ETFs is under greater scrutiny, prompting issuers to become more transparent. Helen Fowler reports

The recent Egypt crisis and turmoil across the region has brought to the fore risks of investing in frontier markets. Paul Burgin looks at investment prospects and the issues to consider

iShares has launched two sustainable equity ETFs on the London Stock Exchange to address demand for investments meeting environmental, social and governance criteria.

Assets in iShares ETFs held on wrap platforms have more than doubled in 2010 to reach £557.9m.

Laurent Kssis at LaBranche Structured Products Europe (LSPE) discusses European ETF trades for the week ending 11 February.

Global mega-caps are attractively valued, offering an opportunity for the development of ETFs to track the asset class, Russ Koesterich at iShares says.