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Exchange Traded Funds

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  Investors flee gold funds for broad commodity ETFs 21 Mar 2013

  COMMODITY exchange-traded fund (ETF) investors have put money into funds with wider commodities exposure after pulling record amounts from...

• Vietnam to permit establishment of ETFs 20 Mar 2013

  [HANOI] Vietnam will allow the establishment of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as part of efforts to boost the nation's equity market.
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  Invest like Buffett, go for ETFs 10 Mar 2013

  Even with his financial prowess, legendary investor Warren Buffett failed to outperform the widely watched S&P 500 Index last year.

• ETFs get the thumbs-up from traders 25 Feb 2013

  EXCHANGE-TRADED funds are having a jolly good time of late, with global investments in the product soaring past US$2 trillion (S$2.5...

• China could relax limits on access to onshore stocks via yuan ETFs 13 Feb 2013

  [HONG KONG] China is expected to allow brokerage firms and banks to enter the mainland stock market via exchange-traded funds (ETFs...
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  A simple way to invest gets more complex 09 Feb 2013

  [NEW YORK] THIS week was the 20th anniversary of the creation of the first exchange-traded fund: the Standard & Poor's Depositary Receipts...

• China approves first exchange-traded bond funds 10 Jan 2013

  SHANGHAI – China has given the green light to the launch of the country’s first exchange- traded bond funds, as Beijing moves to boost...

• Record US$262.7b in exchange-traded products 08 Jan 2013

  [NEW YORK] Exchange-traded products (ETPs) around the world attracted record deposits of US$262.7 billion last year as investors shifted...

• Investors buy more notes tied to iShares ETFs 23 Nov 2012

  [NEW YORK] Investors increasingly prefer that structured notes link to exchange-traded index funds rather than the benchmarks themselves...
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  Re-think ETF trading restrictions 19 Nov 2012

  AFTER years of phenomenal growth, turnover for exchange traded funds (ETFs) halved to $4.38 billion for the first 10 months this year from...

• Asia’s retail investors not sold on ETFs yet 09 Nov 2012

  THE market for exchange traded funds in Asia still faces a big challenge in wooing retail investors, an expert has warned.

• Credit Suisse's ETF business in Europe draws bidders 23 Oct 2012

  [NEW YORK] Credit Suisse has put its US$17.2 billion European exchange-traded fund business up for sale, according to sources familiar...

• Vanguard switches ETFs away from MSCI to cut fee 05 Oct 2012

  [NEW YORK] Exchange-traded funds are waging a price war that may save investors money on fees, but cheaper fund choices pose a greater...
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  ETF turnover plunges by half to $3.34b 11 Sep 2012

  TRADING in exchange-traded funds has slowed sharply following a rule in January that has made it harder for average investors to buy into...

• Soros, Paulson pile up gold ETF as prices drop 16 Aug 2012

  [NEW YORK] Billionaire investors George Soros and John Paulson increased their stakes in the biggest exchange-traded fund backed by gold...
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  ETFs poised to exceed trade in S&P 500 08 Aug 2012

  FOR the first time, the value of transactions in exchange-traded funds tracking the Standard & Poor's 500 Index is poised to exceed the...
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  Fidelity finally joins ETF bandwagon 04 Aug 2012

  FIDELITY Investments, the asset manager that watched from the sidelines as exchange- traded funds (ETFs) went from zero to US$1.5 trillion...

• 6-fold hike in 10 years seen for global fixed income ETFs 13 Jul 2012

  THE global market for fixed-income exchange traded funds could grow more than six times over the next decade to more than US$2 trillion in...

• Bond ETFs draw interest despite lagging returns 28 Jun 2012

  INTEREST in exchange-traded bond funds has continued to grow in Singapore as investors seek to diversify their portfolios, although...

• Dual-currency trading for ETFs 08 Jun 2012

  SINGAPORE Exchange is launching dual-currency trading for exchange traded funds on June 15, enabling investors to trade foreign-currency...