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The German Exchange Traded Funds

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  • Gerasimos G Rompotis

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This paper investigates the performance and trading characteristics of 43 German Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) traded on XTRA market during the period 2003-05. The findings show that these ETFs perform similar to the underlying indexes but are riskier than indexes. German ETFs do not adopt full replication strategies, a fact that results in a substantial tracking error. Return is positively related to risk and negatively related to tracking error. Furthermore, the volatility of German ETF returns is found to be positively correlated to tracking error, premium and intraday volatility, which means that the higher the magnitude of these variables, the higher the risk of ETFs. On the other hand, the risk of investing in German ETFs is negatively related to bid-ask spread. Tracking error is positively related to risk, premium and spread, while the expense ratio decreases when the size of ETFs increases due to economies of scale. Going further, the magnitude of bid-ask spread and the corresponding cost of investing in German ETFs increase when the premium and intraday volatility increase too. Finally, turnover is negatively related to intraday volatility.

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  • Gerasimos G Rompotis, 2012. "The German Exchange Traded Funds," The IUP Journal of Applied Finance, IUP Publications, vol. 18(4), pages 62-82, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:icf:icfjaf:v:18:y:2012:i:4:p:62-82
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    1. Kent T. Saunders, 2018. "Analysis of International ETF Tracking Error in Country-Specific Funds," Atlantic Economic Journal, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 46(2), pages 151-160, June.
    2. Aakanksha Sethi & Vanita Tripathi, 2022. "Excess Volatility and Costly Arbitrage in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs): Evidence from India," Global Business Review, International Management Institute, vol. 23(2), pages 334-353, April.
    3. Pham, Son D. & Marshall, Ben R. & Nguyen, Nhut H. & Visaltanachoti, Nuttawat, 2021. "The liquidity of active ETFs," Global Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 49(C).
    4. Ewa Feder-Sempach & Tomasz MizioĊ‚ek, 2023. "How precisely European equity ETFs mirror their flagship benchmarks? Evidence from funds replicating performance of Euro Stoxx 50 Index," Journal of Asset Management, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 24(2), pages 121-135, March.
    5. Damien Kunjal & Faeezah Peerbhai & Paul-Francois Muzindutsi, 2021. "The performance of South African exchange traded funds under changing market conditions," Journal of Asset Management, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 22(5), pages 350-359, September.

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