Third year of outflows for EM ETPs: Report
In 2015, emerging market equity ETPs had outflows for the third consecutive year, while global ETPs had record high inflows, according to a Blackrock report.
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European ETF inflows grow by a third
Index-tracking products continued to rise in popularity in 2015. According to data collated by research consultancy ETFGI, ETFs listed in Europe gathered a record amount of new assets in 2015.
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Staying top quartile – it’s nearly impossible for US equity managers
US equity funds have a hard time in beating their peers on a sustained basis. Only 4.28% of 678 US equity funds analysed by S&P managed to consistently finish in the top-quartile during three consecutive one-year periods from September 2012 to September 2015. So no wonder investors prefer the passive option…
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Turning up the heat on active managers
Active managers are under fire from all sides. Regulators in the Nordic countries are leading the attack on closet trackers, and cheaper ETFs are eating market share. Fund selectors are looking on this favourably, though the asset management example is not followed by the wholesale sector in every European country.
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Investors switch from active to ETFs in government bonds
ETFs have been very quickly establishing themselves as the preferred investment vehicle for government bond investors over the past few months, an analysis of Morningstar fund flows data shows.
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Rise of passives risks diminishing shareholder influence
Three-fifths of European institutional investors expect the rise of passive investment vehicles to have a negative impact on shareholder engagement, reported the latest paper in the Hermes Investment Management Responsible Capitalism survey.
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Moving on from index trackers – Dutch discover factor investing
Investors in the Netherlands have become enthusiastic users of index trackers over the past years. But institutional investors in the country are leading the way into a new trend – factor investing.
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Investors keep buying ETFs despite volatility
The pace of inflows into index-trackers shows no sign of abating. With still three months to go this year, ETFs listed in Europe have already surpassed the previous inflows record set in 2014.
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Part 1 of 2 – “We only invest passively in IG bonds”
Marcel de Kleer of Wealth Management Partners in the Netherlands has swapped all but one of his active bond funds for passive solutions, he tells EIE’s Tjibbe Hoekstra in a video interview.
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The ETF snowball effect: Are active managers being wiped out?
Exchange-traded Funds make trading more expensive, because they reduce liquidity of the underlying stocks in the ETF. This doesn’t only compromise investors, who are confronted with higher costs, but also makes markets less efficient. These are the main conclusions of a study conducted by three scholars from the United States and Israel*, based on data…
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ETF asset growth accelerates
ETFs and ETPs listed in Europe are gathering net new assets 13% faster than in previous years, according to research consultancy ETFGI.
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“There is no room for benchmark huggers,” – Rishma Moennasing, part 2 of 2
In part two of the interview, Rishma Moennasing, an equity fund analyst at Rabobank in the Netherlands, tells how she deals with managers she thinks are not active enough.