Lyxor

Commodity exchange-traded products (ETPs) have experienced a strong couple of weeks and this trend is likely to remain even if commodity growth stalls, according to Lyxor's head of ETF strategy.

Commodity exchange-traded products (ETPs) surpassed fixed income for the first time in July, according to Lyxor's European ETP Asset Flow Trends report.

In volatile week for global equities, fresh year-to-date lows were reached across global indexes last week but ETP volumes picked up significantly.

While France's banking sector may be holding its breath fearing it's the cause of the country being threatened with a credit rating downgrade, the country's hedge fund industry has been given cause to celebrate.

As the markets experienced large falls this week, European ETP trading soared but there have been no large re-positionings.

Source has grown rapidly since it first joined the ETP market in 2009 and although it is comparatively small its flows put it above some of the biggest European players.

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