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Gatekeepers Put Active Mega Funds Under the Microscope

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… More of the industry’s assets have become concentrated into fewer mutual funds, making it more difficult for funds … down the food chain to fight for attention and assets, according to new research from Propinquity Advisors.  …

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 …

Amundi embarks on physical ETF drive

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… Amundi, Europe’s largest listed asset manager, is to expand its offering of exchange … traded funds that use physical replication in an attempt to boost its ETF business with European retail investors.  …

SIFMA AMG Comments On The FSB Consultation On Asset Management Activities

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… SIFMA’s Asset Management Group (“SIFMA AMG”) today submitted comments to the Financial Stability Board (“FSB”) regarding the FSB’s …

Lux regulator meets UK firms for Brexit talks

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… The Luxembourg regulator has met with “a number of large institutions” from the UK to discuss the implications of …

Banks face $5bn hit to research teams as asset managers cut spending

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… Asset managers intend to cut their analyst research budgets by 30 per cent, heaping more … investment banking industry that has already been forced to make thousands of people redundant on the back of falling …

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 …

Pedro Coelho has been appointed head of UBS ETFs Spain for UBS Asset Management

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… Aviva Investors has added four senior people to its client solutions team, while Manulife has named its …

Factor-based investing gains in Asia, but questions remain

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Initial moves by Asia-based institutional investors into smart-beta equity strategies have focused on specific …

Oops There Goes Another ETF: AccuShares Funds Close Down

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… Say goodbye to AccuShares’ exchange-traded funds. AccuShares Investment …