ETF / Index

Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc., today announced that it will publish a new index named the NOMURA FIG Index. The index is a weighted Index based on market value including accrued interest, consisting of bank bonds issued in Japan.

Euronext has extended its range of ETF listing and trading venues to London, enabling ETF issuers to access the UK investor base alongside its existing Eurozone trading and distribution network. Further benefits to issuers include competitive pricing, superior European cross listing efficiency and reduced time to market.

Deutsche Asset Management has launched a quality-weighted fixed income ETF that provides exposure to emerging market sovereign bonds...

Assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed in Europe reach a new record high of US$522 billion US at the end of Q1 2016, according to preliminary data from ETFGI’s March 2016 global ETF and ETP industry insights report. ETFs/ETPs listed in Europe gathered net inflows of US$5.11 Bn in March marking the 18th consecutive month of net inflows.

On March 10th, 2016 Lyxor switched their Japanese TOPIX ETF (JPN) to physical replication in their latest step towards 50% physical ETF assets.