OREANDA-NEWS. February 7, 2012. Individuals had a 14.4% participation of the total volume of ETFs traded on the Exchange in January. Financial institutions led with a 32.3% participation of the month’s volume, followed by institutional investors (30.5%), foreign investors (19.5%), and public and private companies (3.3%).

 ETFs are a simple diversification alternative for investment in equities. The investor can buy a stock portfolio in a single transaction without having to manage each individual share.

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 In January, shares of the iShares Ibovespa Index Fund were the most traded on BM&FBOVESPA. The  BOVA11 ticker represented 93.6% of the total volume traded by the ETFs on the Exchange, and 94.7% of the number of transactions.