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Passive Investing

  • Friday, 30 May, 2025
    Exchange traded funds
    Investment managers accused of misleading market over ‘active’ ETFs

    Leading industry figures say some act more like passive funds that track benchmark indices

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  • Wednesday, 28 May, 2025
    Investing in funds
    To beat their enemy, have active managers become their enemy?

    Well, kinda, maybe, maybe not

  • Wednesday, 21 May, 2025
    Investing in funds
    Taiwan’s huge ETF industry is in an FX pickle

    It’s not just a lifer issue

  • Wednesday, 21 May, 2025
    Investing in funds
    Investors flock to equity funds that exclude US after Trump’s return to power

    World ex-US funds have long been out of favour but have attracted $2.1bn in assets over past three months

    The Amundi logo on its headquarters in Paris
  • Friday, 2 May, 2025
    Investing in funds
    New rules result in near absence of ‘sustainable’ passive funds

    Average fees for active funds are seven times higher than trackers

    An overhead view of a wind turbine
  • Thursday, 24 April, 2025
    ETFs are turning credit into a monthly market

    Passive flows rule everything around me

  • Saturday, 19 April, 2025
    LexNeil Woodford
    Neil Woodford times his second coming to perfection Premium content

    Former UK fund manager plots Easter comeback but his new ‘investment strategy platform’ has some obvious flaws

    Neil Woodford
  • Tuesday, 8 April, 2025
    Exchange traded funds
    Investors lose $25bn in leveraged ETFs in sector’s biggest meltdown

    Risky funds drop almost a quarter of their value as Trump’s trade war hits market

    Traders work on the floor of the American Stock Exchange
  • Friday, 28 March, 2025
    Claer Barrett
    Rachel Reeves’ Isa reforms must be designed with Gen Z in mind

    The chancellor’s plan to revolutionise retail investment needs young investors

    Parents with a  young baby pore over papers next to an open laptop on a table
  • Friday, 28 March, 2025
    The Big Read
    Active ETFs: a lifeline for Europe’s struggling asset managers?

    Growth has been rapid, but from a low base, and big US rivals already dominate the market

    Montage image of Matthew Beesley and Valérie Baudson, with logos including BlackRock’s in the background
  • Wednesday, 26 March, 2025
    Exchange traded funds
    Institutional ETF users fuel corporate bond volatility, IMF warns

    Research found volatility is particularly marked at times of market stress

    A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
  • Saturday, 22 March, 2025
    On Wall StreetBurton Malkiel
    Passive investing wins again

    Evidence in favour of index funds grows more compelling despite concerns over AI stock boom

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  • Wednesday, 19 March, 2025
    Exchange traded funds
    Vanguard plugs ‘transformational’ idea for Europe ETF trading venue

    Euronext’s plan to consolidate ETF trading on to one of its seven bourses would cut costs, senior executive says

    Trading data is displayed on digital boards at the Euronext stock exchange in Paris, France,
  • Monday, 17 March, 2025
    Exchange traded funds
    Managed futures hedge fund ETF launches in Europe

    The momentum-surfing vehicles have taken off in the US with investors seeking the potential of uncorrelated returns

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  • Wednesday, 12 March, 2025
    Exchange traded funds
    Capital Group wades into active ETF model portfolio market

    World’s largest active asset manager follows Dimensional in launching suite of its own active ETFs

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  • Monday, 10 March, 2025
    Exchange traded funds
    European approval for semi-transparent ETFs sparks debate

    The structure has failed to take off in the US, but some argue it could broaden the European active ETF market

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  • Thursday, 6 March, 2025
    Isa Guide 2025
    What’s going into your stocks-and-shares Isa this year? 

    Diversification is key if you’ve benefited from the US tech boom

    Illustration of a kitchen counter with a mixing bowl, spilled flour, broken egg and a book of financial information
  • Wednesday, 5 March, 2025
    We want to talk about niche index methodology tweaks

    Reverse clickbait

  • Tuesday, 4 March, 2025
    Exchange traded funds
    Euronext plan to consolidate ETF trading venues sparks scepticism

    Proposal to use single venue would raise liquidity and cut costs, but hurdles remain

    The reflection of a digital board showing trading data at the Euronext stock exchange in Paris
  • Monday, 3 March, 2025
    Exchange traded funds
    Crypto ETFs set to trump precious metal peers, says State Street

    Surging demand means digital token funds will be the third-largest asset class in the rapidly growing US industry

    Crypto coins
  • Friday, 28 February, 2025
    Personal Finance
    Index funds saved billions in fees. Now the industry wants its money back.

    Innovations may be a costly trap

    Illustration of trainer shoes displayed on a wall for sale, with arrow lines going in different directions and a hand picking up one of the shoes
  • Friday, 21 February, 2025
    Exchange traded funds
    Amundi lists 11 ETFs in London

    Move underlines its ‘commitment to UK market’, French manager says

  • Thursday, 20 February, 2025
    News in-depthETF Hub
    Innovations expected to turbo-charge crypto ETF industry

    Participants say favourable regulatory environment could lead to enthusiasm for diversified indices of digital tokens

    Representations of cryptocurrencies in an illustration
  • Tuesday, 18 February, 2025
    Exchange traded funds
    Vanguard triumphs over State Street to take largest ETF crown

    The manager’s VOO S&P 500 vehicle has overtaken rival SPY by amassing $632bn of assets

    A Vanguard sign outside the company’s headquarters in Pennsylvania, US
  • Tuesday, 18 February, 2025
    Exchange traded funds
    Goldman launches high-yield active ETFs in Europe

    Funds will add to Goldman’s existing offering of an active investment grade corporate bond ETF launched last month

    Stock price information displayed on a board at the London Stock Exchange
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