Trading & Execution

theScreener has launched a new service that evaluates funds and ETFs in a directly comparable way designed to allow investors to identify where passive investments beat active ones and vice versa. »

An additional equity index fund issued by ComStage ETF has been tradable on Xetra since Tuesday, giving investors, for the first time, the opportunity to participate in the performance of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index with a double leverage. »

A further exchange-listed bond index fund issued by SPDR (State Street Global Advisors) – SPDR Barclays Capital Euro High Yield Bond ETF – has been tradable on Xetra since Monday. »

JP Morgan and Source have launched the JP Morgan Macro Hedge US TR Source ETF, which aims to provide cost-effective, long-term exposure to volatility, via a systematic strategy developed by JP Morgan. It is designed for sophisticated investors to either use as a hedging tool or as a way to take stand-alone volatility exposure. »

ETFs and ETPs saw an increase of 25 per cent in on-exchange trading activity in 2011 according to data released by Lyxor ETFs, Societe Generale’s wholly owned exchange traded fund subsidiary. »

Two new exchange-traded index funds issued by UBS – the UBS ETF MSCI USA Infrastructure ETF (USD) I and the UBS ETF MSCI USA Infrastructure (USD) A – have been tradable in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment since Thursday. »

Source continued its impressive run since entering the European ETP market in 2009 by leading all ETC issuers in net new assets in 2011 with USD1.26 billion of net inflows.  »

BlackRock’s iShares exchange traded funds (ETFs) business has launched five funds focused on commodity producers. The funds offer the benefit of access to companies involved in the production of the commodity without exposure to physical storage or other costs associated with commodity ownership. »

XTF Capital Corp plans to launch seven new exchange traded funds under the XTF Morningstar ETFs banner. »

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued a Consumer Advisory warning the public to beware of promises of easy profits to be made from rising prices in gold, silver, platinum, palladium, and other precious metals.  »