Two out six of IndexIQ’s proprietary family of hedge fund replication and alternative beta indices recorded positive performance in January. The IQ Hedge Market Neutral Index led the way with a return of 0.33 per cent followed by the IQ Merger Arbitrage
ETF Securities is using its established infrastructure to build out its smart beta product offering as investors increasingly turn to lower cost alternatives to active strategies. Having grown into one of Europe's leading ETF providers over recent years, ETF Securities
According to a new report by ETFGI, smart beta equity ETFs/ETPs listed globally, gathered USD53.7billion in the first 10 months of 2015. There were 764 smart beta equity ETFs/ETPs, with 1,336 listings and assets of USD399billion from 106 providers listed
The ETF industry has enjoyed another extraordinary year of asset gathering. At the end of June 2017, there were 1,830 US exchange traded funds with assets of USD2,886 billion according to the latest monthly overview of the US ETF market
Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) has launched an ETF seeking to track the Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund VIP Index, a proprietary index maintained by GSAM. The index includes 50 “Very-Important-Positions” – US-listed stocks that most often appear in the top
All six of IndexIQ’s IQ Hedge investable hedge fund replication indexes recorded negative performance in September. The month’s biggest loser was the IQ Hedge Long/Short Index with a return of -2.10 per cent followed by the IQ Merger Arbitrage Index
BATS Global Markets (BATS) has reported record market share in both its US options and US exchange-traded fund (ETF) trading businesses in September. In US options, BATS reported market share of 11.0 per cent in September, surpassing the previous record
All six of Market Vectors Index Solutions’ (MVIS) investable Long/Short Equity Indices produced negative returns in September. Each index is constructed using transparent, liquid ETFs and US Treasury securities to produce hedge fund-style returns without hedge fund pricing, opaqueness and
Flow Traders, a global technology-enabled liquidity provider that specialises in exchange traded products (ETPs), has listed on Euronext Amsterdam. Flow Traders quotes bid and ask prices, enabling market participants to buy and sell ETPs efficiently and provides liquidity in over
Euronext has expanded its Spotlight options offering with new options on Flow Traders NV (FLW), a technology-enabled liquidity provider that specialises in exchange traded products (ETPs). The options follow the company’s successful IPO on Euronext Amsterdam in July this year
