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Only 1 in 4 Canadian equity funds outperformed, says SPIVA
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… S&P Dow Jones Indices, shows that few managers outperformed their funds’ respective benchmarks during the one-year period ended June 30, 2016. (Fund performance was measured net of fees.) …
BlackRock backs single-fund stress tests, Vanguard against hard rule
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… BlackRock (BLK.N), the world's biggest asset manager, has told an international financial watchdog it supports plans to stress test individual mutual …
Taiwan determined to boost ETF transactions
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… Taiwan Index Plus Corp., owned 100 percent by the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE), is determined to encourage …
Dutch Speed-Traders Targets U.S. ETF Market
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… to off-exchange trading of U.S. ETFs, throwing down the gauntlet to major market makers and trading giants such …
AMF warns against relaxing Ucits marketing rules
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… France’s Autorité des Marchés Financiers has warned that national regulators’ power to supervise the marketing activities of cross-border funds should not be …
Survey Forecasts Rising Usage of Factor-Based ETFs as "Next Wave of Smart Beta" May Improve Diversification and Dampen Portfolio Volatility
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… investing-focused survey1 of financial professionals at the Morningstar ETF Conference in Chicago. …
EU countries call for 12-month Priips delay
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… A group of 24 European Union member states have called for the implementation of new legislation regarding packaged …
Hancock, Columbia Nab New Leaders for Smart-Beta ETFs
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… John Hancock and Columbia Threadneedle are hoping that the crop of ETF veterans each has hired will kick-start sales and further product development efforts as they compete against … other large active mutual fund shops for smart-beta assets. …
PassiveBeat: can ETFs help you learn to love natural resources?
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… ‘An investment only a mother could love’ could apply to many asset classes and products, but in a recent paper Lucas White and Jeremy Grantham (above) of GMO applied the slight to natural-resource equities. …
Ellis: Index Revolution
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… low cost, passive index funds, not actively managed ones is the best choice for most individual investors. …