Archive for February 2017
Feb 27th, 2017 |
By James Lord, CFA
Gold has remained a firm favourite with investors, according to ETF Securities’ latest weekly funds flows report, attracting a net $192.1m into the firm’s gold ETPs during the week ended 24 February 2017. These figures – the fourth consecutive week of positive net gatherings – marked a 30 week high for gold ETPs net inflows. As reported by ETF Securities, investors were lured to gold’s defensive characteristics as the Eurozone remains mired in political uncertainty with Dutch and French elections just around the corner.
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Tags: Commodities, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, ETF Securities, ETNs and ETCs, Gold and Precious Metals
Feb 27th, 2017 |
By James Lord, CFA
PowerShares has launched four actively managed multi-asset ETFs, providing exposure to globally-diversified portfolios of equities and bonds with each fund catering to a different risk tolerance profile – from conservative to growth-oriented investors. Jason Bloom, Global Market Strategist at PowerShares, said: “Given the increasingly complex markets and varying risk profiles of our clients, we’re excited to bring Invesco’s broad range of capabilities together in simplified, single ticket solutions.”
Posted in ETF and Index News |
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Tags: Active ETFs, Equities, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, ETF Launch, Global, Invesco, United States and Canada
Feb 27th, 2017 |
By James Lord, CFA
Vanguard has reduced the fees charged across a broad range of its US-listed funds, including nine equity ETFs and three bond ETFs. Five of the ETFs chosen for fee reductions are the industry’s largest within their respective categories, according to Morningstar data. Vanguard CEO Bill McNabb, said: “While Vanguard is lowering — and will continue to lower — the cost of investing, the so-called fee war is essentially over on the beta battleground… Investors have won.”
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Tags: Equities, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, Fixed Income, Global, United States and Canada, Vanguard
Feb 27th, 2017 |
By Rachael Revesz
Investors in European equity ETFs have enjoyed a bullish start to the year as local companies have gained ground amid positive economic and corporate earnings data – the MSCI Europe Index is up around 2.9% year to date in EUR terms, reflected in a range of ETFs tracking the index. Despite the strong performance, headwinds remain for the region with analysts noting a slowdown in global growth as well as political uncertainty over several key elections as potential disruptors to the continent’s growth momentum.
Posted in Equities |
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Tags: Equities, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, Europe, iShares, Source, STOXX
Feb 24th, 2017 |
By James Lord, CFA
Satrix Managers, the company to launch the first ETF in South Africa, has added two new funds to its suite of ETFs – the Satrix Property ETF (JSE: STXPRO) and Satrix Inflation-Linked Bond ETF (JSE: STXILB). Satrix chief investment officer, Helena Conradie, commented: “Satrix will stay relevant and will remain the resonant voice in the South African indexing industry. We will continue to write real stories in the lives of real people.”
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Tags: Alternatives, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, ETF Launch, Fixed Income, S&P Dow Jones, Themes and Strategy
Feb 24th, 2017 |
By James Lord, CFA
The VanEck Vectors Morningstar US Wide Moat UCITS ETF (LON: MOAT) has returned 31.3% over a one-year period ended 31 January 2017, outperforming the S&P 500 Index’s 20.0% return over the same time frame. According to recent Morningstar data, the US-listed version of the fund is in the top percentile for the US large blend category for the past 12 months (out of a universe of 1,415 funds).
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Tags: Equities, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, S&P Dow Jones, Themes and Strategy, United States and Canada, VanEck Vectors
Feb 24th, 2017 |
By George Watson
Hartford Funds has released survey data showing that a significant number of investors aren’t taking advantage of the full range of factor-based investment solutions available to them. Despite investor worries about market volatility and geopolitical uncertainty, the survey shows that 36% of advisors do not currently invest in strategic beta ETFs, indicating there is plenty of room for growth in the segment.
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Tags: Equities, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, Global, Smart Beta, United States and Canada, Volatility
Feb 24th, 2017 |
By Rachael Revesz
Research from Thomson Reuters Lipper found that, across 107 global asset class classifications, 75 of the categories displayed a directional divergence in net flows between active mutual funds and ETFs listed in Europe. According to Lipper, the figures showed that ETFs are gaining a greater relative share of assets in categories covering efficient markets while investors are still preferring active funds over ETFs where market inefficiencies present opportunities.
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Tags: Equities, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, Europe, Global, Thomson Reuters
Feb 24th, 2017 |
By James Lord, CFA
Euronext has launched the Euronext Family Business Index, tracking the performance of 90 family-run companies listed across the four Euronext exchanges – Amsterdam, Paris, Lisbon and Brussels. The index has been designed to serve as the underlying reference for future investment products including ETFs.
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Tags: ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, Europe, Solactive, Themes and Strategy
Feb 24th, 2017 |
By Rachael Revesz
Investors have begun to shift away from low-volatility ETFs – in direct contrast to strong net inflows for other smart beta funds – as equity markets continue to make strong gains and disruptions remain significantly low. Thus far this year, the VIX has fallen to below 10 points, the first time it has done so in a decade, while several global and US equity indices have reached record highs. Consequently, investors have begun voting with their feet, globally withdrawing $600m from low-volatility ETFs in January.
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Tags: Equities, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, Global, Smart Beta, United States and Canada, Volatility