The S&P 500 Short-term VIX Futures index shot up by almost 60% in the week to 8 August, triggering a surge in activity in exchange-traded notes (ETNs) on the index.

In volatile week for global equities, fresh year-to-date lows were reached across global indexes last week but ETP volumes picked up significantly.

The ETF market reached US$1.4 trillion at the end of the first half as ETF growth continued, according to BlackRock's Industry Review H1 2011.

John Davies, head of exchange traded products Europe at Standard and Poor's in London talks about attending the V Festival and an alternative career in landscape gardening.

The second edition of over-the-counter brings news and views on who is doing what in the ETF market.

Barclays Capital is to list nine exchange-traded notes (ETNs) on the Tokyo Stock Exchange through its exchange-traded product platform iPath, making them the first ETNs and foreign securities listed in Japan

ETFM brings you a roundup of some of the launches and listings which have taken place over the past seven days.

Standard and Poor's (S&P) has launched the Next Emerging 40 index, which provides exposure to emerging markets beyond Brazil, Russia, India and China (Bric).

US exchange-traded products (ETPs) lost US$72.5 billion of assets under management (AUM) after the S&P 500 had its largest drop since November 2008, says Deutsche Bank ETF Market Weekly Review.

Deborah Fuhr is joining Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London as head of Global Delta One Strategy, according to a source close to the bank.