iShares has announced that its JP Morgan $ Emerging Market Bond fund has surpassed $1bn in assets.

Rabobank International is seeking to move into commodity ETFs in the next six months, by acting as swap provider and distributor for certain ETF Exchange (ETFX) products.

Deutsche Bank has launched two physically replicated db x-trackers ETFs on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange designed to track socially-conscious indices.

ETF Exchange (ETFX) has unveiled a swap-based ETF tracking the Dutch mid-cap AMX index in partnership with Rabobank.

Amundi ETF has unveiled two emerging market funds with lower total expense ratios (TERs) than their equivalents from other providers, the company claims.

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) intends to verify all physical gold stores held by ETFs.

Flows into physically-backed industrial metal ETCs are not expected to artificially inflate metal prices, based on analysing existing products in the market, ETF Securities says.

Deutsche Bank is providing db x-trackers ETF investors with daily disclosure on collateral and swap exposure, joining Credit Suisse and iShares in a drive to improve transparency.

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has named Frank Henze head of its SPDR ETF business in Asia Pacific.

BlackRock has launched the iShares Barclays 0-5 Year Treasury Inflation Protected Security (TIPS) Bond fund on NYSE Arca.