ETF bonanza extends despite market turbulence
European ETF sales rose €1.1bn in February as an Amundi large and mid cap-focused index-tracking fund snared 12.8% of overall net inflows, according to data.
European ETF sales rose €1.1bn in February as an Amundi large and mid cap-focused index-tracking fund snared 12.8% of overall net inflows, according to data.
Allfunds Bank, the European headquartered open architecture platform, is to offer a trading facility to enable investors in Spain to transfer between ETFs and mutual funds without incurring any capital gains tax.
Franklin Templeton has poached a smart beta specialist from Invesco Powershares for a newly-created senior ETF role as it looks to expand in Europe.
State-owned China Post Global has applied to launch a China A-shares ETF in Europe, adding to its Market Access range on the continent, said the firm’s London-based managing director Danny Dolan.
European active equity funds saw a turnaround in net flows during 2017, enjoying a rise of €135.8bn in net new money to €62.7bn, after suffering an outflow of €73.1bn in 2016, according to Morningstar data.
Blackrock has reported record high net inflows for 2017, with $367bn (£269bn, €301bn) for the full year and more than $103bn in the final quarter alone, driven in part by a strong performance by iShares.
Most asset managers will offer ETFs in the next five years, according to two-thirds of respondents to an EY survey.
Legal & General Investment Management is to acquire ETF Securities’ European exchange-traded fund platform Canvas, which has $2.7bn (£20.5bn, €22.8bn) of assets under management.
This was the question posed by KPMG researchers for Blackrock who asked 130 UK financial advisers, wealth managers and private bankers responsible for £4.5 trillion of client assets.
The European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) is turning up the heat on asset managers, highlighting the impact of fund charges on returns in a fresh report. Fund fees wipe out an average 20% of gross returns, according to the regulator.
Vanguard has expanded into Germany by listing its range of equity and fixed income exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the German stock exchange and also introduced a Euro Stoxx 50 Ucits ETF.
“The world has gone mad” Baillie Gifford’s Charles Plowden has said, comparing the boom in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to the hysteria that led to the global financial crisis.