OREANDA-NEWS. July 07, 2015. Recent years have seen phenomenal growth in the global ETF markets. Global assets in ETFs have reached a new record high of US\\$3 trillion, including nearly US\\$450 billion in Europe.

Their transparency and capacity to be traded like a stock intraday is behind the success of the growth of ETFs. Case in point: 66% of European ETFs are listed on two or more Stock Exchanges.

To help asset managers list and distribute ETFs, PwC Luxembourg has just released the 2015 edition of its European ETF Listing and Distribution.

This tool, which has become a reference for the industry, provides an overview of the cross-border ETFs distribution, their country of origin, the top 15 of cross-border ETF management groups, target markets for distribution and top European Stock Exchanges for the listing of ETFs. This third edition confirms that Luxembourg is a location of choice to distribute ETFs.

Christophe Saint-Mard, partner and ETF Global Distribution Leader at PwC Luxembourg, commented:

"The leading management group1 has chosen Luxembourg to domicile ETFs. Luxembourg is a hot spot for cross-border ETF distribution. With its regulator ensuring fast reactivity to financial market moves, its top quality services and its expertise, Luxembourg has a strong card to play."

The European ETF Listing and Distribution Poster is available on PwC Luxembourg website.


1: The group distributing ETFs in the greatest number of countries


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About PwC

  1. PwC Luxembourg (www.pwc.lu) is the largest professional services firm in Luxembourg with 2,450 people employed from 55 different countries. It provides audit, tax and advisory services including management consulting, transaction, financing and regulatory advice to a wide variety of clients from local and middle market entrepreneurs to large multinational companies operating from Luxembourg and the Greater Region. It helps its clients create the value they are looking for by giving comfort to the capital markets and providing advice through an industry focused approach.
  2. The global PwC network is the largest provider of professional services in audit, tax and advisory. We're a network of independent firms in 157 countries and employ more than 195,000 people. Tell us what matters to you and find out more by visiting us at www.pwc.com and www.pwc.lu.