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.
Index trackers
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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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“Passives should be the core of your portfolio” – Markus Schuller, part 2 of 2
In part two of this video interview, Schuller discusses the implications of the temporary nature of alpha opportunities for fund selection and portfolio construction.
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“I have a preference for focused funds” – Alexandre Théry, part 2 of 2
In part two of this interview, Alexandre Théry of Auxense Gestion explains why he has a preference for focused funds, and why smart beta strategies are sometimes too clever for him.
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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.
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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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ETF users want more EM equity and smart beta flavours
Emerging market equities and factor investing are the two areas where European investors want to see more and different ETF products, according to a recent survey of 222 European investors by the EDHEC Risk Institute in France.
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ETFs – The path of least resistance
Index-tracking strategies have come of age in the past decade, with increasing numbers of portfolio managers using passive investments tactically.