Six new equity index funds issued by BNP Paribas Easy SICAV have been tradable via Xetra since Tuesday, Deutsche Börse just announced. The six new BNP Paribas Easy ETFs enable investors to participate in the performance of stock corporations domiciled in Europe or the US which are selected based on one of the following criteria:…
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that the Morgan Stanley Smith Barney unit of investment bank Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) has agreed to pay an $8 million penalty and admit wrongdoing to settle charges related to single inverse ETF investments it recommended to advisory clients. The SEC’s order finds that Morgan Stanley did not…
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In recent years, the market in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has grown rapidly, both in Europe and globally. In a study of the French ETF market, the AMF analyses this growth’s consequences on market liquidity and stability. Under the influence of investors searching for yield and low-cost products, the ETF market has grown significantly, with global…
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ETFGI, the independent research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, just reported assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed globally reached a new record high of US$3.689 trillion at the end January 2017 surpassing the prior record of US$3.546 trillion set at the end of December 2016. ETFs/ETPs gathered a record level of…
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