Infighting does not help ETF case

Mon, 30 May 2011 08:17:26 GMT

It is detrimental to the ETF cause that providers have taken to fighting among themselves, rather than presenting a united front. The main provider of traditional ETFs that hold index constituents, appears to have demolished prospects for an ETF trade body

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Cat-bond take-up on the rise

Sun, 29 May 2011 10:40:57 GMT

The take-up of catastrophe bonds by managers in search of yield is surging as the insurance-linked securities pay a floating rate coupon of 5-15 per cent over Libor

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