IA fund flows: Tracker funds hit record £3.8bn net inflow in April
Largest net inflows for the IA fund universe as a whole since August 2021
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UK investors pull £24.3bn from IA funds in 2023
UK equity strategies suffered £14bn net outflows over the year
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Costly trackers enjoy last hurrah ahead of FCA changes
Virgin charges investors 1% for a tracker fund that fell more than 10% in 2018
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Saudi Arabia emerging market upgrade creates opportunities
Saudi Arabia’s promotion from frontier to emerging market in FTSE Russell indices is an opportunity for short-term investors to take profits, while longer-term investors can take the announcement as confirmation the market is moving in the right direction.
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ANALYSIS: FCA report puts closet trackers on notice
Unsurprisingly, most of the responses hitting the inboxes of industry journalists through the course of an otherwise quiet Friday began with “welcoming” messages to the FCA interim report on the asset management industry.
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US tracker popularity resilient despite election
Tilney Bestinvest’s clients continued to put money into US tracker index funds in October despite markets being spooked by the potential outcome of the presidential election.
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Tracking responsibly – are ESG index trackers any good?
The growing popularity of index investing is only just starting to be felt in the world of responsible investing but as the market for plain vanilla trackers becomes increasingly crowded, what does the future hold for ESG passive products?
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European closet tracker investigation ‘flawed’
The European Securities and Markets Authority’s (Esma) investigation into funds marketing themselves as active but in reality are passive, or ‘closet trackers’, underestimates the extent of the problem, according to UK investment boutique SCM Direct.
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Tracker funds see record net retail sales IMA
Latest statistics from the UK’s Investment Management Association revealed net retail sales of tracker funds reached £532m in July, the highest level since IMA records began in January 1992.