Despite all the noise around sythetic ETFs, there is just as much risk in physical ETFs if counterparty risk is not diversified.

Source has grown rapidly since it first joined the ETP market in 2009 and although it is comparatively small its flows put it above some of the biggest European players.

State Street has made the next step on its expansion into Europe with a UK listing.

BlackRock's Investment Institute will run the asset manager's exchange traded fund (ETF) strategy following the exit of global head of research Deborah Fuhr.

Barclays Capital has launched a suite of commodity exchange-traded notes (ETNs) in the US, which aim to mitigate the disproportionate effects of supply and demand on commodity performance.