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ETF Securities moves on currency
ETF Securities is launching Europe’s first exchange-traded currency platform this week aimed at instituional and retail investors
Providers strive for the analytical ideal
Demand for fixed-income indices has grown, along with their sophistication
Lagging behind the home deals
Problems in data collection hamper the creation of global indices for real estate
Hedge funds: Still hard to get the whole picture
Data from hedge funds are difficult to capture and quantify, impossible to weight and tricky to trust
Putting a cap on it is not infallible
An array of more sophisticated indices on offer challenge the cap-weighted favourite
Forward rate bias: the ‘inefficiency’ that works
New benchmarks should encourage currency indices investors
Commodity indices: ‘rollover’ practice hits investors
Because the investors sell one future and buy the following one, the shape of the futures curve is crucial to the profitability of commodities indices
Ban swap-based ETFs, says ex-chief of Eurizon
The argument over traditional vs synthetic index products goes on
Stock lending discovers its spiritual home
Exchange traded fund providers gain a lot from this controversial practice
Investors find more comfort in tradition
Mutual funds are still top for index clients
