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Currency ETC trading volumes surge

28 May 2010

ETF Securities has seen assets in its Currency ETC platform, launched last November, increase by 530% this year

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ETF Securities has seen assets in its Currency ETC platform, launched last November, increase by 530% this year, reaching a total AUM of $200m.

Trading volumes in Currency ETCs have surged over 900% this year, as the average one-month G10 currency volatility increased 31% (as of 25th May 2010). Commodity ETCs (structured in a similar way to Currency ETCs) have seen their volumes increase from around $500m per week to around $2bn per week in the past 2 years. Last...


 

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