ETFs

HSBC is to launch its Japanese equity ETF tomorrow, which will track the MSCI Japan Index.

Group files with US Securities and Exchange Commission to release index-based funds and actively managed ETFs

I was first attracted to ETFs by their simplicity and low costs. As a long-standing advocate of indexing investments in efficient, complex and foreign markets for a variety of good reasons, the advent of the ETF was manna from heaven.

FTSE Group has unveiled an index series designed to provide active returns based on components in its All-World index range.

Constant Maturity Commodity Index is the first benchmark index to diversify across commodities and maturities

Deutsche Bank has listed an ETF providing exposure to China on the Singapore exchange SGX, offering European investors access to A-shares through a Ucits-compliant vehicle.

While there are a number of solar ETFs investing in promising projects globally, investors may be better off opting for a more general clean-energy-based fund strategy, writes Martin Morris.

Regulation is laying the foundations for funds of ETFs and greater adoption of these products among IFAs, writes Matthew Craig.

UBS Investment Bank has launched a range of 69 exchange-traded commodities on the London Stock Exchange (LSE).

HSBC Global Asset Management is to launch a pair of ETFs tracking emerging market indices.