Tuesday, July 28, 2009

UBS Ends Sales of Leveraged ETFs

UBS AG’s U.S. brokerage unit stopped selling leveraged exchange-traded funds, a fast-growing segment of the asset-management market that some regulators say might be inappropriate for individual investors.

UBS Wealth Management Americas suspended sales of inverse and leveraged ETFs immediately, citing the “short-term nature of these securities,” the New York-based unit said yesterday in a statement.

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