WisdomTree offers short-duration SHAG to investors
WisdomTree has united with Bloomberg Barclays to launch SHAG, an exchange-traded fund (ETF) targeting short-duration US fixed income.
Investment Strategy
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What do investors use ETFs for?
The use of index trackers by professional investors has skyrocketed in recent years. Investors have been attracted by the easy access to ETFs, their transparency and of course their low fees. But what do they exactly use ETFs for? Greenwich Associates asked 132 institutional investors the question.
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Chinese robo-advisers looking at data mining to stay ahead
Chinese robo-advisers are likely to use data to personalise their services, bringing clients closer to a private banking experience, according to Gregory Van Den Bergh of Chinese fintech developer Micai.
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Millionaire investors short-termism due to ‘information overload’
More than two-thirds of high net worth investors say they suffer from ‘information overload’ and admit being easily distracted by short-term developments in politics and the economy.
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Best and worst funds in Asia in April 2017
JP Morgan, Schroders, UBS, Castlestone, Kotak, SLI had funds among the best and the worst performers over the last three years. Our sister publication Fund Selector Asia (FSA) takes a look at the data on funds available in Hong Kong and Singapore.
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ANALYSIS: Are platforms facing an ‘existential crisis’?
As certain platform businesses boomed in Q1 with year-on-year sales over 30% higher, others posted huge losses, begging the question: are they facing an “existential crisis”?
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Advisers are backing UK equities, says Aegon
A new poll from Aegon UK highlights that a significant portion of UK advisers are riding on UK equities to provide the best return for clients ahead of the snap election.
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Investors dump US equities, buy Europe, says Lipper
US equity ETFs saw net outflows of €1.3bn ($1.4bn, £1.1bn) in April, in a sharp reversal from the previous month when it was the best-selling asset class overall, Lipper reported. European equity ETFs, by contrast, enjoyed huge inflows on the back of macro(n)economic optimism.
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Eaton Vance targets European investors with global HY fund
Eaton Vance Management International has rolled out a global high yield bond fund, aimed at European investors.
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ANALYSIS: Is the only thing to fear… fear itself?
Multi-asset and absolute return strategies have been at the height of popularity in recent months as investors scramble to defend against potential headwinds, but with economic data so favourable is the only thing we need to fear actually fear itself?
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ESG has evolved to active stock picking, says East Capital
ESG investing moved on from simple exclusion screening long ago, said Karine Hirn, partner at East Capital.
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US equities after the Trump rally – any opportunities left?
It’s very easy to make the bear case for US equities right now: valuations are high, and the market has priced in all the good things it expects from Donald Trump and none of the bad stuff. But that may be too simplistic a view.