Exchange-traded funds (ETFs)

Funds find favour

Funds are the structure of choice this year, as the exchange-traded funds business grows and structured product houses look for fund solutions. But the fund industry has its limitations, not least because of the complexity of structuring and the expense…

Editorial: ETFs are not derivatives

There are very few certainties in the financial markets, particularly when you are dealing in derivatives, but one truth that will always affect structured products is that exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not derivatives. Newswires sometimes write…

World Cup infects structured products

How much can investors earn if their national football teams perform well at the Fifa Football World Cup? Buy a structured product based on the fortunes of your favourite team and find out, says Richard Jory, speaking at a lunch meeting held in London on…

Coming of age

As Australia braces itself for a shift to a fee-for-service regime for financial advisers, low-cost, relatively transparent products such as exchange-traded funds look set to flourish. Wietske Blees reports