Blackrock undercuts Vanguard with slashed fees
Blackrock has undercut Vanguard by slashing fees on an iShares emerging markets product and matching its rival’s pricing on four European equity funds.
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Blackrock has undercut Vanguard by slashing fees on an iShares emerging markets product and matching its rival’s pricing on four European equity funds.
Amundi has launched a Ucits compliant ETF designed to provide diversified US corporate bonds exposure while applying environmental, social and governance (ESG) selection filters.
Passive funds provide exposure to floating rate notes (FRNs) – a debt instrument with a variable interest rate.
European investors have piled into a Vanguard ETF tracking the S&P 500, despite the launch of a cheaper rival tracking US large-cap companies.
Index-linked funds’ filters will avoid companies exposed to nuclear power, weapons and tobacco as German asset manager seeks to cash in on trend for socially-conscious investing.
ETFs have evolved significantly in recent years but do such products have a key place in a portfolio or are issuers falling wide of the mark?
The rapid growth in passive investing is likely to cause more sudden and sharp movements in equity markets but could also give active fund manager a bigger role in influencing stock moves, according to three top industry executives.
Wealth managers are increasing their use of sector ETFs as they seek a wider dispersion of returns and a more granular approach to asset allocation, according to research from SPDR ETF.
Net new assets gathered by exchange traded products saw the lowest monthly net inflows in March since June 2015, according to new data.
Iberian fund selectors’ appetite for index-tracking products took a sharp dip in the first quarter as volatility shook the markets.
German asset manager launches new index-tracking funds as passives price war intensifies.
Fidelity International has stepped up the passives price war with the launch of six low cost Irish-domiciled equity index funds and the reduction of pricing on three existing UK-domiciled index funds.