Asia investors’ ETF appetite growing
Asian institutional investors plan to further raise exposure to passive products over the next year, according to a survey by Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management.
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‘Multi-strategy smart beta’ set for super-fast growth
Low volatility and value are the most commonly used smart beta factor strategies among European investors. But decorrelation approaches which combine several factors with the aim of delivering more stable returns have the highest growth potential, according to a recent survey by the EDHEC Risk institute.
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Deutsche AWM launches China sovereign bond ETF
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management has launched the first exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the European market to provide investors with exposure to China’s domestic sovereign bond market.
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ETFs to become core portfolio holdings in Asia
Distributors in Asia-Pacific are likely to use exchange-traded funds and other index-tracking products as core holdings when building model portfolios, according to Cerulli Associates.
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A core-satellite approach – the best way to run a portfolio, says Rishma Moennasing – part 1 of 2
Rishma Moennasing, a senior equity fund analyst for Rabobank in the Netherlands, explains to EIE’s Tjibbe Hoekstra why she is a fan of the core-satellite approach, and how she implements it in practice.
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Risk-parity creates risks of its own kind, say fund managers at Expert Investor Monaco
“Huge amounts of money have been flowing into multi-asset and risk-parity funds,” said Fred Ingham, head of international hedge fund investments for Neuberger Berman, who was one of the speakers at Expert Investor Europe’s first ever event in Monaco. “Kind of all that money is predicated on similar volatility assumptions about correlations within and across…
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US equities are unpopular, even Icelanders sell off
Some 36% of fund selectors our researcher met on her recent trip to the island plan to sell part of their US equity holdings, while none want to increase their allocation. Very much in line with Pan-European sentiment, the asset class to benefit most from the US equity selling will be European stocks. A little…
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Index trackers – The Dutch are leading the way
Nearly all fund selectors in the country are active and sophisticated users of passives. The share of the portfolio reserved for passive strategies varies greatly, from 7% up to 70%, but is generally on the rise. None of the interviewees will decrease their allocation to index-trackers, and four in ten will increase it in the…
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Finnish fund selectors plan to ride
Even though they are slightly worried QE will only have a temporary effect, the majority of Finlands fund buyers are poised to take advantage of the European Central Banks monetary stimulus.
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PwC study reveals Atlantic split on ETFs
Global ETF assets will double until 2020, according to a study by PwC. But where growth is expected to come from varies greatly between the US and Europe.
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Belgian fund selectors make renewed case for EU
Fund selectors who our researcher met in Brussels in late November are planning to once again step up their allocation to European equities.
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Gold inflows highest in close to two years
Inflows into gold exchange-traded products have hit their highest levels since February 2013, according to ETF Securities.