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Standard & Poor's Linda-Jane Coffin looks at which funds have consistently achieved a AAA rating for five consecutive years or longer.

A panel of industry experts discuss the burgeoning ETF industry and how it has developed over the last few years in the latest Interactive Financial Adviser debate.

Europe - a great way to access emerging markets

With the BP crisis and a slowing UK economy further compounding an already delicate situation, investors are nervous.

US investment firm State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has acquired an exclusive ETF licence to list and trade SPDR funds based on the S&P/ASX 200.

Worthwhile opportunities in US equities might have been overlooked by investors. Most jumped on the emerging markets train, which now looks overcrowded and heading towards a market bubble.

The last few weeks have been unique in the European ETF market. It is rare that product issuers will all launch funds on the same index around the same time. But on 17 May, an exclusive 10 year agreement between Standard & Poor's and iShares came to an...

Latin America has produced some sparkling returns in the last few years and with Brazil leading the way, prospects continue to look promising. Nick Sudbury reports

Standard & Poor's has launched the S&P International Corporate Bond index, comprising public investment grade corporate bonds by issuers outside the US.

Lyxor Asset Management has launched its S&P 500 ETF on the London Stock Exchange, along with two other funds tracking Australian and Canadian benchmarks.