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EDHEC seeks to debunk Top 10 misconceptions of smart beta strategies

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… Providers of smart beta investment strategies have allowed too many misconceptions to circulate about the range of investment management types they market, according to research by EDHEC-Risk Institute.  …

Platforms are quite costly when it comes to trading ETFs

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… fund (ETF) desk at Peel Hunt a few years ago, he had to admit to the then-chief executive, “I don’t even know what ETFs …

Robo-advice set to grow among UK retirees

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… UK retirees are set to become big users of robo-advisers in years to come as they increasingly manage their own pension …

Deka to take control of online broker: reports

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… Deka, one of Germany’s largest asset managers, plans to take full ownership of German online broker S Broker, … is controlled by the country’s savings banks, according to people familiar with the situation.... …

IIROC PROPOSAL CHANGES GAME FOR MUTUAL FUND ADVISORS

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… IIROC is seeking comment on a proposal that would allow firms and individuals to conduct, under IIROC’s regulatory oversight, a business that is limited to mutual funds …

UK startup to launch nudging app for investors

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… app that rounds up users’ spare cash and invests it is due to launch in 2016 in the UK, applying behavioural finance techniques to help people save from a young age... …

All eyes on smart beta ETFs

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… Active managers across Europe are increasingly looking to leverage their capabilities by launching into smart beta exchange traded funds, analysts say, as fund houses rush to harness the popularity of passive products... …

BlackRock migrates €2.7bn ETF range to int'l platform

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… a $2.9bn (€2.7bn) range of iShares exchange traded funds to an international settlement structure as the firm seeks to eliminate the costs and complexity associated with settling ETFs listed on multiple …

Changsheng's China ETF goes belly up

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… Changsheng Fund Management (Changsheng) is set to delist its Changsheng SSE Market Value Top 100 ETF (Changsheng SSE 100 ETF), making it the first ETF to be removed from a stock exchange in China... …

S. Korea eyes listing of foreign ETFs on local bourse

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… The South Korean bourse operator said Monday that it will seek to lure overseas exchange traded funds (ETFs) into the local stock market in order to meet rising demand for …