ETF
New ‘smart beta’ fixed income ETFs launched in Italy
ETF Securities and Lombard Odier Investment Managers have jointly launched a range of ‘smart beta’ fixed income exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the Italian stock market.
Amundi AM debuts ETF in Hong Kong
Amundi Asset Management’s first ETF launch in Asia tracks the biggest Hong Kong-listed companies and has a non-China focus.
ETF assets breach the $3trn mark
Assets invested in exchange traded funds and products globally have broken through the $3trn mark for the second time, according to data from ETFGI.
Retirement | 8 Apr 16
Asset Allocator: Portfolios for a low growth world
UK Sipp provider AJ Bell has created three risk-rated portfolios designed to deliver returns in a low return, low interest rate and low inflation world, explains investment director Russ Mould.
Investors sell off as markets trough
European investors did themselves a disservice in February. They sold out of pretty much all asset classes when markets hit (in some cases) multi-year lows before recovering their losses in the past couple of weeks. The outflows mainly hit active funds, as ETFs saw modest net inflows.