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Acquisition lifts Korean asset manager’s ETF assets above $85bn, making it 14th-largest provider
10 have launched in the country since October last year
Investors drawn to the greater liquidity offered by fixed income ETFs
Move comes as price of the cryptocurrency has tumbled nearly 70% from November highs
Passively managed index funds have overtaken actively managed funds in the US
Investing in commodities futures contrasts sharply with newer future of food funds
Traditional asset management groups are racing to expand their offerings in alternative investments, to boost profitability and head off competition from private equity giants. Direct indexing products are rising in popularity. Meanwhile, China’s population provides a huge potential market for western asset managers
S&P Global and MSCI could be reclassified as investment advisers by US regulator
Names Rule amendments could have a particular impact on thematic ETFs, analysts say
Wide divergences in fee splits between fund managers and clients criticised by Esma
SEC slams ‘egregious’ allocations of customer money that extracted ‘hidden costs’
Analysis raises fresh questions over widespread adoption of index-based investing
Online brokers and apps forecast to be primary source of demand, says PwC research
Swing to the historically low-risk assets deepens investors’ defensive pivot
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Mark Zuckerberg’s empire is set to become . . . a value stock
The moves, which include index switches for four funds, will be accompanied by huge reductions in fees
The launch follows debut of three physical crypto vehicles in the country last month
Around 16 per cent of US stocks are held by index trackers and ETFs vs 14 per cent by actively managed funds
KARS, a US-domiciled version of the strategy, has about $240mn in assets
Six years after scheme was proposed, investors will soon be able to trade eligible ETFs on each other’s exchanges
Asset managers will also be permitted to roll out passively managed equities-linked saving schemes
Morgan Stanley, Neuberger Berman, SEI and Matthews Asia have launched or are poised to debut products
Putnam entered the ETF market last year with four semi-transparent funds
Group’s Fund Connect platform also has green light to go live in Australia
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