Analysis

European Spotlight: Retrocessions biggest barrier to ETF adoption in French market

Country spotlight is a new series in which ETF Stream takes a deep dive into the ETF market of a single European country

Theo Andrew

a large city with a tall pointy tower and a red sky

Home to some of the largest ETF issuers on the continent, you would be forgiven for thinking the ETF market in France is one of the dominant players in Europe.

While certainly a main market, the country has the fifth largest ETF investor base in the region, according to Blackwater Search & Advisory – behind Germany, the UK, Italy and Switzerland – as the heavily segmented market still has barriers to growth such as retrocessions and poor financial literacy...

This article first appeared in ETF Insider, ETF Stream's monthly ETF magazine for professional investors in Europe. To read the full article, click here.

ETFs

No ETFs to show.

RELATED ARTICLES