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BlueBay Asset Management appoints alternative sales director
BlueBay names a director for its alternative sales team as Harmonic Capital appoints a managing director for North American distribution. Law firm Walkers adds to its Hong Kong funds group
US investors can profit from UK and China growth, says BlackRock strategist
Lookback: Improvements in Europe and China
Active ETFs: can they break into the mainstream?
Despite the lifting of a moratorium by the Securities and Exchange Commission last December, active ETFs have more hurdles to overcome before they're ready for the mainstream. Skittishness from the US regulator isn't helping, writes Yakob Peterseil
China to get its first Euro Stoxx 50 ETF
Stoxx has licensed the Euro stoxx 50 to China Universal for an ETF, marking the first of its kind in the country
First 'Smit' ETF launched as emerging markets equity inflows gather pace
Launch of Smit 40 Index ETF by Commerzbank coincides with surge in demand for emerging markets equity products
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Insurers to chase liquidity premium in 2013 – BlackRock
Exposure to collateralised loan obligations, infrastructure finance and high-yielding bank loans set to increase
Exchange-traded products expected to benefit from increased risk appetite
Exchange-traded products expected to benefit from increased risk appetite
Credit Suisse sells ETF business to Blackrock as synthetic model falters
Synthetic meltdown
iShares cements position as Blackrock snaps up Credit Suisse ETF business
Blackrock's acquisition of the exchange-traded funds operation will give iShares an even more dominant position in the European physical ETF industry
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Lookback
Investment in infrastructure set to rise as insurers seek yield
Swiss Re infrastructure deal shows developing appetite of insurers to finance long-term projects
Small reinsurers ‘shortening bond durations’ to protect against interest rate volatility
Companies prepared to take ALM mismatch to access higher yields on reinvestment
ETF roundup
ETF roundup
RIP OTC: Swap futures gaining buy-side fans
RIP OTC: Swap futures gaining buy-side fans
Dividend strategies deploy increasingly sophisticated screening methods
With exchange-traded funds linked to dividends seeing big inflows, providers are now offering more targeted exposure to the sector
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Esma levels ETF playing field
Levelling the field for synthetic ETFs
New Esma ETF guidelines change the rules on securities lending in favour of synthetics
The latest European Securities and Markets Authority guidelines for Ucits ETFs will make life more difficult for physically backed ETFs and point to a growing acceptance of synthetic funds
Risk 25 firms of the future: BlackRock
‘Jury out’ on OTC derivatives
Risk 25 firms of the future: Eris Exchange
The future of swaps?
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