ETFs | Institutional Asset Manager

Amun AG completes initial funding round

Tue, 12/03/2019 - 08:19

Amun AG, a Swiss fintech aiming to facilitate access to crypto-asset investments, has completed its first funding round, bringing on board a number of experienced industry figures including Adam Draper, Founder of Boost VC, Graham Tuckwell, Founder of ETFS Capital, Greg Kidd, Co-Founder Hard Yaka, as well as four family offices. »

European institutions increase use of ETFs by half, says Greenwich Associates

Fri, 01/03/2019 - 10:57

European institutions increased their allocations to ETFs by 50 per cent in 2018, according to the latest Greenwich Associates European ETF Study. »

AJ Bell comments on IA’s ETF proposal

Fri, 30/11/2018 - 09:27

Ryan Hughes, head of active portfolios at IFA platform provider AJ Bell, comments on the Investment Association’s consultation on the inclusion of ETFs into sectors… »

UK investment managers’ association to consider including ETFs in fund sectors

Fri, 30/11/2018 - 00:01

The Investment Association, the association representing investment managers in the UK, has opened a consultation on including ETFs in the IA fund sectors. »

EY ETF study predicts more promoters entering market over next two years

Wed, 28/11/2018 - 10:26

EY’s sixth ETF Research market study reveals that 92 per cent of the respondents interviewed predict more promoters will enter the market over the next two years. »

Equileap and As You Sow apply gender equality data to US mutual funds and ETFs

Wed, 14/11/2018 - 09:19

Gender equality research firm Equileap has licensed its 12 key performance indicators to As You Sow, which is launching a tool screening the specific holdings of nearly 5,000 US-based mutual funds and ETFs. »

Expat Capital offers CEE Equity Index ETFs

Wed, 31/10/2018 - 10:13

Expat Capital is a Sofia-based asset management company that offers investors a family of unique ETFs based on the major CEE local equity indices. »

MSCI launches FaCS to bring clarity to factor investing

Mon, 29/10/2018 - 15:16

Mark Carver, executive director, head of Factor Index Products, MSCI spoke at the recent Inside ETFs conference in London on the launch of the firm’s MSCI FaCS and Factor Box, designed to bring clarity to the confusion of smart beta. »

BlackRock launches range of ESG ETF and analytic products

Tue, 23/10/2018 - 10:56

BlackRock has unveiled a new set of sustainable ETFs, ESG data disclosures, model portfolios and portfolio analytics, designed, the firm writes, to deliver a simplified sustainable investment experience to the growing number of investors seeking to align their values with their long-term financial objectives. »

Jane Street’s second institutional ETF trading survey finds growing use of ETFs

Thu, 11/10/2018 - 10:41

Institutions are getting more comfortable with ETF liquidity and more sophisticated about measuring it, according to the second annual institutional ETF trading survey by global trading firm and liquidity provider Jane Street. »