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    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Adventurous InvestorDavid Stevenson
      Go on the defensive: ETFs for a volatile market

      Investors naturally gravitate towards more defensive ideas and strategies in times of heightened market concern

    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Exchange traded funds
      US investors shun costly passive ETFs as actives gain ground

      Low-cost and active ETFs attracted $39bn in October, mid-market vehicles suffered a net $4bn in outflows

      A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      Chinese equities
      Over 75% of foreign money invested into Chinese stocks in 2023 has left

      Traders wait for signs of strong economic rebound before buying back in

      A montage of the Shanghai skyline and a chart going down
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      Exchange traded funds
      MFS, home of first-ever mutual fund, jumps into ETFs

      Boston-based firm that created the mutual fund embraces fast-rising rival fund structure

      A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange
    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
      Exchange traded funds
      Investors pull record sums from corporate bond ETFs as lending rates soar

      US Treasury exchange traded funds draw nearly $30bn of inflows in September

      A cyclist passes the Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC
    • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
      Exchange traded funds
      HSBC AM takes lead in ‘foundational’ European shift to passive

      Assets in Europe-domiciled passively managed funds grew threefold to €2.8tn between June 2014 and June 2023

      Stock prices listed on an information board at the Frankfurt stock exchange in Germany
    • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
      Exchange traded funds
      JPMorgan plans active ETF expansion in Europe

      With $10bn in active ETFs in Europe the lender is already the continent’s largest provider of the products

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    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      News in-depthETF Hub
      Investors in ‘synthetic’ ETF nursing losses after Nigeria pulled from index

      Move by S&P Dow Jones Indices highlights risks of swap-based contracts, especially in frontier markets

      The headquarters of the Nigerian Stock Exchange in Lagos
    • Saturday, 4 November, 2023
      On Wall StreetToby Nangle
      Why there are still active asset managers

      Markets appear inefficient enough to justify large investors’ use of them

    • Friday, 3 November, 2023
      News in-depthETF Hub
      Stockpicking ETFs attract inflows from European investors

      Active ETFs in Europe pull in €9.3bn since the start of last year, following strong growth in the US

    • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
      Exchange traded funds
      State Street Global Advisors slashes fees on flagship European ETF

      ‘Bold’ move to cut fees to 0.03% means manager can go no lower without losing money, analyst says

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    • Thursday, 26 October, 2023
      FT WealthStephen Foley
      Simplicity is key to avoiding a gap in investment returns

      Exotic strategies . . . in real life confound investors into costly mistakes

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    • Wednesday, 25 October, 2023
      Moira O'Neill
      Diversification: is 30 funds too many?

      Most DIY platforms suggest between 10 and 15

    • Tuesday, 24 October, 2023
      Equities
      ‘Magnificent Seven’ tech stocks drive US equity domination to new highs

      Handful of companies propel all of this year’s gains in the MSCI All-Country World index

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    • Monday, 23 October, 2023
      Investing in funds
      ETFantasmagoria

      Is the glut of new ETFs an augury of a catastrophe?

    • Monday, 23 October, 2023
      Special ReportFTfm: Exchange Traded Funds
      Will India’s rise above China mean higher ETF returns?

      Analysts are asking how much of the country’s buoyancy is priced in to valuations

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    • Monday, 23 October, 2023
      FT GuidesDigital financial services: an explainer
      How can data-screening help investors meet ESG standards?

      As demand for exclusionary investments rises, AI especially is evolving to process information on companies’ activities

    • Monday, 23 October, 2023
      Special ReportFTfm: Exchange Traded Funds
      Why have ETFs not caught on in the UK?

      Their market share is a third of that in the US but, as platforms lower costs and technical hurdles, younger investors are showing interest

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    • Monday, 16 October, 2023
      ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
      Fight to launch spot bitcoin ETF in the US passes another hurdle

      Reaction to SEC’s decision not to appeal against Grayscale ruling suggests investors think approval looks more likely

      Bitcoins against a computer motherboard
    • Monday, 16 October, 2023
      ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
      Stock lending weakens BoJ’s ETF buying programme, BIS paper claims

      Researchers suggest reduced lending fees encourage short selling and that impact is greater on hard-to-borrow stocks

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    • Wednesday, 11 October, 2023
      ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
      Investment grade ETFs suffer second-highest outflows on record

      Investors pulled out $4.1bn in September even as they poured $30.7bn into large-cap US stocks — many of which issued the debt

      Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
    • Tuesday, 10 October, 2023
      ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
      South Korean regulators vow to curb ‘theme stocks’ craze

      Kosdaq one of world’s best performers as retail investors pile into superconductor, battery materials and salt stocks

      A man looks at a screen featuring the Kospi index
    • Monday, 9 October, 2023
      ESG investing
      Climate change the ‘most common’ reason for portfolio exclusion

      Research shows continuing effect on investment decisions, despite a pushback against ‘woke’ capitalism

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    • Wednesday, 4 October, 2023
      Exchange traded funds
      Ether futures ETFs fizzle on US debut

      The nine ETFs saw combined trading volume of $6.6mn on Monday — attracting only a fraction of BITO’s $1bn initial haul

      Representation of Ethereum, with its native cryptocurrency ether
    • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
      The Big Read
      ESG ratings: whose interests do they serve?

      Regulators and politicians are focusing on the accuracy, transparency and potential for conflicts of interest with sustainability scores

      A montage of Greta Thunberg on a loudspeaker with industrial cooling towers in the background and graph points with US dollar bill images running along the bottom
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