The latest in funds and investments in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Vanguard
Vanguard, the US investment group, has pushed into the Italian market, listing a range of exchange traded funds on the country’s stock market. 

One of the largest investment houses in the world, with $5.1 trillion of assets under management, the firm is listing a range of equity and fixed income ETFs on Borsa Italia. 

“We are especially looking forward to partnering with our clients - including asset managers, banks, insurance companies and pension fund managers as well as professional clients managing products and savings for and on behalf of retail clients – to give them the best chance for investment success,” Simone Rosti, head of Italy at Vanguard, said.

The following ETFs are being listed:

Leonteq
Swiss technology firm Leonteq, which concentrates on the structured products sector, is teaming up with Finanz und Wirtschaft, the publication and provider of financial analysis. The collaboration builds a chance to buy a tracker certificate on the FuW Risk Portfolio Index.

An exchange-traded tracker certificate for the FuW Risk Portfolio Index can be now be bought – this is a Swiss equity portfolio with a track record from the FuW publishing house. Investors can start with as little as SFr100 ($100.5).

FuW has been making investment recommendations within the FuW Risk Portfolio and publishing them since 1995. When selecting portfolio components, the publication’s team mainly focuses on undervalued Swiss equities (large-, mid- and small-cap equities) with a higher degree of risk and a short to medium investment horizon. Allocation of components are made by an FuW editorial team based on a combination of fundamental and technical analysis.

FuW's analysis covers firms listed in Switzerland and all global companies important to German-speaking investors. Switzerland-listed Leonteq acts as both a direct issuer of its own products and as a partner to other financial institutions.