The latest report supplies detailed figures on the growth of SIX Swiss Exchange’s ETFs segment in the first quarter of 2013…….
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In the first quarter of 2013, SIX Swiss Exchange posted an ETF trading turnover of CHF 23.1 billionIn both January (CHF 8’544 billion) and February (CHF 7’882 billion), a higher monthly turnover was achieved than in the best month of 2012 (February 2012: CHF 7’649 billion).
Equities from developed markets the most actively traded asset class
With CHF 10 billion, ETFs based on equities from developed regions made up 43% of total turnover. Commodities and precious metals contributed almost 28% of the total turnover for the ETF segment with CHF 6.4 billion. This saw six of the ten most actively traded ETFs in Q1 invest in equities from developed regions, followed by three products based on gold and one ETF in the emerging markets category.
For the sixth quarter in a row, the CS ETF (CH) on SMI ended the quarter as the most actively traded ETF, with a trading turnover of CHF 1’864 million. Second place in this list for the same period was occupied by iShares MSCI EMG, with a trading turnover of CHF 814 million. At the same time, CS ETF remained the best-performing product provider in the first quarter with 25%, followed by iShares with 20%, and UBS ETF newly in third place with 19%.
Take your pick – from our vast range of Exchange Traded Funds
SIX Swiss Exchange offers you an extensive range of ETFs. In the first quarter of 2013, the selection increased by another 34 ETFs, including the first ETFs on various Solactive Global Indices and SXI Life Sciences. As at the end of Q1, the ETF segment of SIX Swiss Exchange contained 915 products. Furthermore, SIX Swiss Exchange welcomed a new issuer in January: Vanguard. This meant that as of the end of March, ETFs were being traded from 19 providers, with 23 official market makers providing liquidity.
Source: ETFWorld.co.uk
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