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Hedge funds and commodities ETFs bound to grow

Global Pensions | 16 Feb 2010 | 15:11

EUROPE – Exchange traded funds tracking commodities and hedge fund indices are the best placed to receive new inflows this year, a survey by db x-trackers revealed.

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Chinese sovereign wealth fund uses ETFs for diverse exposure

CHINA - China Investment Corporation, the Chinese sovereign wealth fund, is using exchange traded funds to gain exposure to a diverse range of asset classes, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

Global Pensions | 10 Feb 2010

Russell lures two BGI execs for ETF business

US – Russell Investments has tapped two Barclays Global Investors executives formerly tasked with growing its ETF arm iShares to help Russell build out products related to the exchange traded funds business.

Global Pensions | 26 Jan 2010

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FEATURES

From little acorns

Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at the rising trend towards timber investment and the many routes investors can take

Changing your approach

Giovanni Legorano looks at how investors are retooling their core-satellite approach in the wake of financial meltdown

Calling the cycle for alternatives

As with other types of investment, alternatives have been buffeted in the last year, but given the cyclical nature of this asset class is now the time to invest? Andrew Sheen reports

MEDIA CENTRE

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ETF debate

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More and more investors are turning to exchange-traded funds, looking for value in markets or commodities that are thriving in the face of falling global markets.

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POLL

Are claims that the European Commission's alternative investment fund manager directive will cause an exodus of alternative managers from Europe overblown?

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