ETFs

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State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) is the latest ETF provider to slash fees on a range of its European products, as passive fees continue to come under pressure.

HSBC has launched the first of a range of ‘smart beta' ETFs, giving investors exposure to one of its own tailored global benchmarks.

BlackRock has launched two iShares exchange-traded funds to target emerging market consumption and US dividends, following fee cuts on its revamped 'Core' range last week.

UBS is formally reducing securities lending on its ETF funds to 50%, following in the footsteps of ETF giant iShares.

ETF provider Invesco PowerShares has appointed Bryon Lake as head of EMEA for the business.

iShares has cut the total expense ratio (TER) on the accumulation share class of its S&P 500 ETF to 7bps in a further bid to undercut competitors.

Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management has become the latest ETF provider to enter the price war raging across the sector, creating a range of low cost db X-trackers with an all-in annual fee of 9bps.

Source has listed a physically replicated Chinese A-Share ETF on the London Stock Exchange, following in the footsteps of Deutsche Bank.

Stamp duty on Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) is to be abolished from April 2014 in a bid to encourage more firms to domicile products in the UK.