ETF Weekly Market Update: EFSF faces key parliamentary approvals

The past week brought some relief to the EMU debt crisis as a number of member countries’ parliaments approved the EFSF expansion. …

The past week brought some relief to the EMU debt crisis as a number of member countries’ parliaments approved the EFSF expansion. …

The Luxembourg Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) has approved the merger of Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext. This represents an important supervisory milestone for the merger at Deutsche Börse Group’s important Luxembourg location……

ETFLab announces dividend detachments on the following ETFs..…

Double-Digit Growth in Trading Volumes Across All Venues Year-Over-Year Global Derivatives ADV Up 23%; U.S. Equity Options ADV Up 32% European Cash ADV Up 35%; U.S. Cash ADV Up 12%.…

The Bank of England has moved quickly to restart quantitative easing (QE) as fears mount of a double-dip recession… Azad Zangana, European Economist at Schroders

On the markets: The FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) took two major decisions at its recent meeting. First, in an attempt to get long term interest rates lower, the Fed is to extend average maturities in its Treasury bond portfolio…

In its Investor Guide to the Gold market, the World Gold Council noted seven key methods that investors may utilise to have exposure to the Gold market……

London Stock Exchange Group (LSE.L) sits at the heart of the world’s financial community, offering international business unrivalled access to Europe’s capital markets. In September a total of 35.1 million trades were carried out across the Group’s electronic equity order…