Beginning this year, providers of index-tracking UCITS will be required by European regulation to disclose predictions of their funds' tracking error and tracking difference. Providers will also have to explain any divergence between their predictions and the funds' actual performance.

This eBook from Eloqua is comprised of articles addressing many of the current challenges asset managers face, from global expansion in emerging markets to new ways to handle regulations.

This podcast looks at how the demand for ETF products is likely to increase through 2013 as investors continue seeking ways to gain cost effective yield. Matthew Arnold, senior ETF strategist at SPDR ETFs; and Kate Hollis, director at S&P Capital IQ Fund Research discuss how there are some

This paper describes the current state of European small-cap and mid-cap (SMID) indexing and introduces the innovative approach the Russell Europe SMID 300 Index takes towards constituent selection.

The European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") has now published its final guidelines on ETFs and other UCITS issues (the "Guidelines"). The Guidelines are aimed at investor protection, prescribing information that should be communicated to investors in Index-tracking UCITS and UCITS ETFs.

How much risk is there with exchanged traded products? The debate in the ETP market has focused heavily on risk in the last 12 months, but just how much risk is there in the sector?

This paper provides a commentary on the Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) industry, as of May 2012 and covers the latest key global and regional ETF and ETP industry trends.

This Macfarlanes financial services regulation update looks at the Government’s consultation on Real Estate Investment Trusts, the recent trends in exchange-traded funds and the issues of shadow banking.