Investment Association gives green light to ETFs for sector inclusion
Tom Eckett | 23 May 2019
The Investment Association (IA) is set to include ETFs in its sectors, in another major milestone for the European ETF industry.
From Q1 2020, investors will be able to compare ETFs against the 3,500 funds...
The challenges of launching a European ETF business
Tom Eckett | 22 May 2019
Asset managers without an ETF range in Europe will be sweating under the collar at the fear of missing out on the huge flows seen in recent years but crucial barriers to entry remain.
European...
Solactive: Outperforming plain vanilla bond indices
George Geddes | 21 May 2019
A growing concern between investors and index providers is the weighting methodology for bond indices. Most bond indices follow a market cap weighting approach which means the weighting of the bond depends on the...
ETF industry responds to Moody’s liquidity warning
Tom Eckett | 20 May 2019
Industry commentators have hit back at the warnings made by analysts at Moody’s Investors Service earlier this month that the ETF market could be exposed during periods of evaporating liquidity.
In the report, Moody’s said...
ETF Insight: ETF providers seek opportunities in dying hedge fund industry
David Tuckwell | 20 May 2019
Hedge fund managers were once said to be the masters of the universe. Private jets, pin-striped suits, and Patek Phillipes – they looked ten feet tall and bulletproof.
Pension funds and endowments would beg them...
