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Smart beta ETFs look tasty
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… Smart beta products have been hailed as “the next big thing” — so many times, in fact, that it’s become a cliché. The marketing muscle behind these products is equally enthusiastic …
Trend Setting or Fad Chasing? Fund Giants Bet on 'Thematic' ETFs
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… Some of the biggest mutual fund companies are betting part of their ETF strategy on investors’ interest in funds targeting “themes” such as generational change, technology disruption …
Dutch watchdog urges clarity on active ETFs
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… The Dutch regulator has devised a screening tool to help distributors navigate the features of smart beta and actively managed exchange … out revealed that investors are failing to distinguish these products from conventional ETFs. …
AJ Bell launches passives-only managed portfolio service
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… AJ Bell has broadened its investment offering with the introduction of a passives-only managed portfolio service (MPS). The MPS features five portfolios constructed according to their respective risk brackets, which will be rebalanced on …
Vanguard Attracts Record New Money as Investors Flock to Passive
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… It’s another record for Vanguard Group Inc. The firm, which has grown to become the world’s largest mutual fund manager by offering low-cost …
Canadian regulators consider ban on mutual fund trailer fees
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… The Canadian Securities Administrators, a group of the nation's provincial securities regulators, said on …
Gulf between passive and active equity flows swells to $500bn
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… between active and passive equity flows globally, with the overall gap in the US reaching a record level in 2015, new figures show. …
Regulators hold all the ETF cards
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… The exchange-traded funds industry faces a year of uncertainty with a swathe of regulatory initiatives set to affect the evolution of …
ETFs to play main role in the next crisis
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… The next financial crisis will be played out in indexes and exchange traded funds. That is inevitable given the huge share that ETFs now take of investor fund flows, and their popularity as hedge fund trading vehicles. …
US regulators eye market controls after August price swings
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… US regulators examining the sources of the wild price moves that hit Wall Street one day last August are taking a hard look at …