All ETFs Guide articles – Page 6
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Special ReportFixed income: Consistent growth in a changing landscape
Fixed income, an asset class that historically traded over the counter, is increasingly being traded on exchange through exchange-traded funds (ETFs)
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ESG: Responsible investing that reduces your carbon footprint
The development of ESG indices reflects growing interest in divesting out of fossil fuel investments to address the threat posed by global warming
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ESG: Building impact and values into portfolios
Exchange-traded funds that prioritise environmental, social and governance matters have grown exponentially in popularity over the past few years
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Special ReportFactor investing & smart beta: What’s in a name?
Many smart beta ETFs are bought with the expectation of long-term market outperformance. The factors that many are based on have been proven both academically and empirically to produce excess returns
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Special ReportFactor investing & smart beta: The smart beta (r)evolution
The ability of stocks with certain investment characteristics to outperform the market has been well understood and documented for decades. But options of how to implement this strategy were limited
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Factor investing & smart beta: Advances in factor-based fixed income indices
Global fixed income investors have benefited from a long bull market that began in the early 1990s
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The market: M&A activity in European ETFs
The European ETF industry is still relatively youthful compared with its US counterpart, but already there have been significant mergers and acquisitions
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Special ReportImplementation: The future is active
While passive ETFs continue to dominate flows, active ETFs are one of the factors that will drive further growth in the sector
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Implementation: Five myths about ETFs debunked
Over the years, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have attracted their fair share of criticism from market participants, regulators and investors
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Using ETFs for income investing
Many investors have traditionally associated passive investing with the headline values of indices and the resulting opportunities for capital growth. But over the last decade this approach has changed.
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Indices, ETFs and governance
ESG concerns were once the remit of active and activist investors, but ETF and index providers are becoming increasingly vocal proponents of better corporate stewardship
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Fixed income ETFs: the next frontier
Equity ETFs are still more popular, but fixed income products are catching up
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Global trends in institutional ETF trading
As institutions increase their use of ETFs, they have also grown more discerning regarding whom they trade with and how these trades are executed
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Understanding the ETF landscape and flows in Europe
April 2017 marked the 17th anniversary of the listing of the first ETF in Europe. Although no longer a new product, the sector’s growth rate continues to be impressive
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How cyclical are your factor indices?
The composition and weight of stocks in factor indices can differ significantly from one index provider to another
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Will ETF issuers create their own indices?
ETF providers are becoming attracted to the idea of developing bespoke indices and saving on licence fees
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Special ReportETFs: The test is yet to come
With assets already surpassing the $4trn mark, ETFs are an undoubted success in the constellation of asset management products
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The next generation bond market
Fixed-income markets have undergone significant structural changes since the 2008 financial crisis. These seismic shifts are forcing investors to adapt to a new market paradigm
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How to crack the big three in European ETFs
Both the US and European ETF markets are dominated by a few key providers
