Archive for May 2017

Vanguard launches online investment service for UK investors

May 17th, 2017 | By

Vanguard has launched a new investment service for retail investors in the UK that provides direct access to the firm’s ETF range as well as Vanguard’s other funds for an administration fee of just 0.15% per annum. Sean Hagerty, head of Vanguard’s European business, commented: “We aim to deliver investors the highest value investment products and services available with an unwavering commitment to lowering the cost of investing in the UK.”


Pakistan set to join MSCI Emerging Markets ETFs

May 17th, 2017 | By
Pakistan MSCI

Index provider MSCI has re-confirmed the upgrade of Pakistan from frontier market to emerging markets status following the firm’s latest market reclassification review. The move will see Pakistan rejoin the bellwether MSCI Emerging Markets Index, tracked by several large ETFs in Europe including the giant iShares Core EM IMI UCITS ETF (LON: EIMI).


WisdomTree: Five reasons Indian equities could spice up your portfolio

May 17th, 2017 | By
India Spice ETFs

By Viktor Nossek, director of research at WisdomTree Europe.

India is at an interesting crossroad where leadership is pro-actively taking tough reforms for long-term growth. Two pillars of the Indian economy, that is consumption and demographics, have encouraging projected growth numbers.


Solactive launches US investment grade corporate bond index

May 17th, 2017 | By
Steffen Scheuble, CEO of Solactive

Frankfurt-based index provider Solactive has unveiled the Solactive USD Investment Grade Corporate Index, tracking the performance of US dollar-denominated investment grade corporate bonds.


WisdomTree launches enhanced yield US short-term bond ETF

May 17th, 2017 | By
Source debuts with actively managed US equity income ETF

WisdomTree has launched the WisdomTree Barclays Yield Enhanced US Short-Term Aggregate Bond Fund (Bats: SHAG). The ETF seeks to enhance yield but maintain similar risk characteristics compared to the short end of the US Aggregate fixed income universe.


Lyxor offers interest-rate protection with new floating-rate note ETF

May 17th, 2017 | By
Floating Rate Note ETFs

Lyxor, the second largest provider of fixed income ETFs in Europe, has launched the Lyxor $ Floating Rate Note UCITS ETF (LON: BUOY), offering bond investors exposure to the US dollar-denominated corporate market with protection from rising interest rates.


ETF/ETP assets in Europe top $650bn in April

May 17th, 2017 | By
Strategy Shares reports AUM growth over 300% YTD

Assets invested in exchange-traded funds and exchange-traded products listed in Europe reached a new record high of $658 billion at the end of April 2017 surpassing the prior record of $640bn set at the end of Q1 2017, according to analysis by ETF industry consultant ETFGI.


First Trust lists US equity income ETF on Borsa Italiana

May 17th, 2017 | By
Fineco AM debuts 11 equity and fixed income ETFs

London-based ETF issuer First Trust Global Portfolios has launched the First Trust US Equity Income UCITS ETF (UNCA) on Borsa Italiana, marking the first time the firm has issued an ETF on the Milan exchange.


Central Bank of Ireland publishes discussion paper on ETFs

May 17th, 2017 | By
Ireland ETFs - Ireland’s economic turnaround gathering momentum

The Central Bank of Ireland has published a discussion paper on the exchange-traded funds industry to facilitate engagement between the central bank and industry participants on issues related to ETFs.


Allfunds to offer ETFs on platform

May 17th, 2017 | By
Delta One enhances SOLA index and ETF data platform

Allfunds, Europe’s largest fund platform, with more than €280 billion in assets under management, is to launch a new ETF service from 1 June 2017 to supplement the 52,000 funds from 540 fund managers already available to investors.