European exchange-traded fund (ETF) investors caught off-guard by the volatility at the start of the year, sheltered assets in traditional safe havens such as gold, according to analysis by Morningstar.
BlackRock expects the fixed income exchange traded products space to reach $2trn (£1.4trn, €1.75trn) by 2025, said Brett Olson, head of iShares fixed income EMEA.
Nikko Asset Management will launch an exchange traded fund that tracks Japanese companies investing in physical and human capital.
A group of exchange traded product providers has banded together to launch the ETF Forum, an initiative designed to improve advisers’ understanding of exchange-traded funds.
ETFs could get a boost when they are allowed to be traded through the stock connect programmes, according to James Martielli, Vanguard’s head of portfolio review for Asia.
ETF and ETP sponsor WisdomTree launched its first broad-based Enhanced Commodity Ucits ETF on the London Stock Exchange on Monday.
MCB Capital Markets, the investment banking arm of the MCB Group in Mauritius, and ZyFin have launched an exchange traded fund which will provide international investors with access to the Indian sovereign bond market.
Samsung Asset Management intends to launch at least one leveraged and one inverse exchange-traded fund in Hong Kong.
South Korean-based Samsung Asset Management and Mirae Asset Global Investments along with China’s CSOP Asset Management are among the firms planning to launch crude oil exchange traded funds (ETFs) in Hong Kong.
ETF Securities and Lombard Odier Investment Managers have jointly launched a range of ‘smart beta’ fixed income exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the Italian stock market.
Amundi Asset Management’s first ETF launch in Asia tracks the biggest Hong Kong-listed companies and has a non-China focus.
Assets invested in exchange traded funds and products globally have broken through the $3trn mark for the second time, according to data from ETFGI.
