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MSCI Bara Introduces New Indexes to Counter Russian Trading Stoppages
IndexUniverse submits: MSCI Barra MXB has created two new Russia indexes to mitigate the problems recently exposed with the frequent suspension of trading on the Russian stock markets during the global market unrest. The new MSCI Barra indexes will capture the performance of Russian stocks that are traded...
Tags: Russia, Index, Seeking Alpha, MSCI Bara, IndexUniverse, Investment, Finance, Index Universe, Emerging Markets, ETF
External links 2008-10-17
Nasdaq Reports Record ETF Trading
IndexUniverse submits: The NASDAQ Stock Market NDAQ reported Thursday that new trading records were set for exchange-traded funds during the wild market ride of September. The exchange said its average daily volume of U.S.-listed ETFs hit the 785 million share mark. That set a new record, says NASDAQ....
Tags: ETF, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., Seeking Alpha, IndexUniverse, Financial Services, Index Universe, NYSE Euronext, Financial
External links 2008-10-17
PNXQ: Name Change Signals Strategic Shift for NextQ ETF
IndexUniverse submits: PowerShares Capital Management has renamed its NextQ Portfolio (Nasdaq: PNXQ), an ETF launched last April to build off the brand recognition of the PowerShares QQQ (Nasdaq: QQQQ). PNXQ is now called the PowerShares NXQ Portfolio. The fund is already known in the market as PNXQ, therefore,...
Tags: Fund, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., Seeking Alpha, PNXQ, IndexUniverse, Branding, Financial Services, Marketing, Index Universe, ETF
External links 2008-10-21
AIG Posts More Than $1 Billion in Collateral to Shore Up ETC Funds
IndexUniverse submits: After trading in more than 100 exchange-traded commodity funds tied to American International Group AIG was halted last month on the London Stock Exchange, a new agreement was announced on Tuesday. London-based ETF Securities, which issued the ETCs, said that AIG had agreed to post some...
Tags: ETF, American International Group Inc., Seeking Alpha, IndexUniverse, ETF Securities, Financial Services, Index Universe, Financial
External links 2008-10-22
NYSE's Dallmer: ETFs Showing Mettle in Tough Market
IndexUniverse submits: Earlier this month, NYSE Euronext completed its acquisition of the American Stock Exchange. With the addition of AMEX's 416 ETF listings and 13 ETNs, the exchange-traded product listings at NYSE Euronext NYX now number 680, excluding overseas ETFs, and a total of $595 billion in exchange-traded product...
Tags: ETF, Financial, Financial Services, Index Universe, IndexUniverse, IU.com, NYSE Euronext, Seeking Alpha
External links 2008-10-26
Invesco To Launch Mutual Fund Made Up of PowerShares ETFs
IndexUniverse submits: Invesco's IVZ AIM family of mutual funds is launching an asset allocation fund using PowerShares exchange-traded funds as the underlying investments. The AIM V.I. ETF Allocation Fund has been designed for the variable insurance market. by Index Universe
Tags: AOL Instant Messenger, Invesco, Mutual Fund, Seeking Alpha, IndexUniverse, AIM V.I. ETF Allocation Fund, Mutual Funds, Retirement Plans, Asset Management, Investment, Human Resources, Benefits, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Finance, Index Universe, ETF
External links 2008-10-28
Invesco PowerShares Files To Launch First Active REIT ETF
IndexUniverse submits: Already the first to market with actively managed stock exchange-traded funds, Invesco IVZ PowerShares Capital Management has filed to launch a similar portfolio focused on real estate markets. In an exemptive relief filing dated Oct. 31, PowerShares is asking for the Securities and Exchange Commission to...
Tags: REIT, Invesco, Seeking Alpha, IndexUniverse, Real Estate, Investment, Business Operations, Finance, Index Universe, ETF
External links 2008-11-03
Lehman Indexes Folded Under Barclays' Banner
IndexUniverse submits: With the acquisition of Lehman Brothers and its indexing unit, Barclays BCS Capital said on Monday it's folding those benchmarks under a new brand name: Barclays Capital Indices. The new index family will unite the combined Lehman platform with existing benchmarks run by Barclays Capital to...
Tags: Barclays Plc., Seeking Alpha, IndexUniverse, Branding, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Marketing, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Index Universe, ETF
External links 2008-11-03
Solar ETFs Soar on 'Obama Factor'
IndexUniverse submits: Prospects that Barack Obama will become the next U.S. president continued on Tuesday to provide a surge for exchange-traded funds focused on solar energy. "There are a lot of factors going on in markets right now, but we think there's good evidence that at least with...
Tags: President, ETF, Seeking Alpha, IndexUniverse, Financial Services, Index Universe
External links 2008-11-04
AdvisorShares' Hamman: No Transparency Issues with Active ETFs
IndexUniverse submits: Noah Hamman is chief executive officer of AdvisorShares Investments LLC, a Washington, D.C.-based exchange-traded funds provider. Before starting the firm in late 2006, he was vice president of business development at Rydex Investments. The start-up company recently sold a 60% stake to Fund.com, a New...
Tags: Asset, ETF, Seeking Alpha, AdvisorShares, IndexUniverse, Asset Management, Financial Services, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Index Universe
External links 2008-11-11
MacroMarkets Real Estate ETFs Delayed
IndexUniverse submits: MacroMarkets is planning to delay the first-ever initial public offering open-auction launch of exchange-traded funds, which had been initially set for an opening auction date of tomorrow. Market conditions, rather than lack of interest in the planned U.S. housing market ETFs, have led the company to delay...
Tags: Auction, Seeking Alpha, IndexUniverse, IPO, Financial Planning, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Index Universe, ETF
External links 2008-11-12
J.P. Morgan To Start Servicing U.S. ETFs on Mexican Stock Exchange
IndexUniverse submits: J.P. Morgan's JPM depositary receipts group says it's planning to start servicing U.S. exchange-traded funds on the Mexican Stock Exchange, the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores. It will cross-list the ETFs in pesos—denomination and trading will be allowed through local brokers. J.P. Morgan will service the ETFs...
Tags: ETF, Stock, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Stock Exchange, Seeking Alpha, IndexUniverse, Financial Services, Index Universe
External links 2008-11-13
Hedging Heating Oil Costs with a Single, Convenient ETF
IndexUniverse submits: By Matthew Hougan The weather turned cold in Maine today, and that has me thinking about two things: heating oil and ETFs. by Index Universe
Tags: ETF, Seeking Alpha, IndexUniverse, Financial Services, Index Universe, Energy
External links 2008-11-17
S&P Targets Volatility in Pummeled Indexes
IndexUniverse submits: Standard & Poor's is zeroing in on volatility levels in four indexes within its Emerging Market and Global Thematic Index Series, indexes that have turned in terrible performance amidst the market crisis. The volatility targeting approach has been common in the structured products arena, but is...
Tags: Volatility, S&P, Seeking Alpha, IndexUniverse, Investment, Finance, Index Universe, Emerging Markets, ETF
External links 2008-11-18
Talking ETF with iShares CEO Lee Kranefuss
IndexUniverse submits: Lee Kranefuss, chief executive officer of BGI's iShares business, recently took time to discuss with IndexUniverse's Murray Coleman the future of exchange-traded funds and recent developments relating to the industry's dominant product line. IU:  Barclays recently renamed the Lehman-based bond indexes to the Barclays Capital moniker....
Tags: ETF, Index Universe
External links 2008-11-20
Japanese Equity Indexes, ETFs See Large Turnover
IndexUniverse submits: The annual rebalancing of the Russell/Nomura Japanese stock indexes just concluded, resulting in more than 30% turnover rates for each series in the benchmarking family. The Russell/Nomura Total Value Index had 212 deletions and 176 additions, while the Russell/Nomura Total Growth Index had 270 deletions and...
Tags: ETF, Japan, Index Universe
External links 2008-12-02
European ETF Asset Inflows Continue
IndexUniverse submits: According to the latest Industry Review from Barclays BCS Global Investors (BGI), European ETF assets totalled US$126 billion at the end of October, invested in 587 funds. Data for the first nine months of 2008 showed net cash inflows into ETFs of $54 billion, compared to...
Tags: ETF, Index Universe, Barclays Plc.
External links 2008-12-02
Barclays Launches First Exchange Traded Funds in Brazil
IndexUniverse submits: Barclays PLC launched three exchange-traded funds in Brazil on Dec. 2, the first ETFs from the world's biggest ETF manager for the Brazilian market. The Brazilian iShares tracks three indexes: 1) the Bovespa Index, which holds the 66 most-traded stocks on the main Brazilian stock exchange;...
Tags: ETF, Index Universe, Barclays Plc.
External links 2008-12-03
Goldman and Morgan To Launch European ETF Venture
IndexUniverse submits: To be called Source, the joint venture will start in Q1 2009, and involve the launch of a number of synthetic (swap-based) ETFs. One ETF market participant told IndexUniverse.com that the venture had been due to start in August this year, but had been delayed by the...
Tags: ETF, Financial, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Index Universe, Morgan Stanley
External links 2008-12-07
Nasdaq To Debut Sha'riah-Compliant Indexes
IndexUniverse submits: Nasdaq OMX NDAQ Indexes is about to break into the already crowded field of index providers targeting Islamic investors. Versions of the flagship Nasdaq 100 Index and Nasdaq Biotechnology Index are to be launched in the first quarter 2009. by Index Universe
Tags: ETF, Index Universe, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.
External links 2008-12-10
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