The Fed funds rate hike, WisdomTree leadership tussle and Barclays ETN woes made headlines this week
Strong financial sector ETFs flows on hawkish Fed
European ETFs still on for a record-breaking year of inflows
Sector ETFs have delivered strong performance amid shift to value
Certain factors could offer favourable defensive characteristics
Value and growth stocks will tussle for primacy in a year of monetary tightening
At present, IUMF has a 74% weighting in tech, consumer discretionary and healthcare and no allocation in energy equities
XDEW finished the week to 15 January in Europe’s top ten for net inflows, with $223m piling into the ETF
