Global exchange-traded products (ETPs) attracted $113.9 billion (€101.5 billion) throughout the second quarter of this year, bringing the total year-to-date inflows to $218.6 billion.
Global exchange-traded products (ETPs) attracted $113.9 billion (€101.5 billion) throughout the second quarter of this year, bringing the total year-to-date inflows to $218.6 billion.
Investors placed US$3.3 billion (€2.9 billion) into funds of Ashmore Group, a specialist emerging markets asset manager based in London, in the second quarter of the year.
MSCI, the index provider, has created an environmental, social and governance (ESG) rating system for 32,000 equity and fixed income funds.
Sovereign investors are increasingly looking to China, with nearly three times as many planning to raise exposure in emerging markets rather than Europe.
Investors recently returned to UK equity funds after two years away, according to latest available data for May.
London-based Aviva Investors has added to its US equities team with three hires as part of the firm’s efforts to expand its equities capabilities.
European investor sentiment was described as “far from exuberant” by one asset manager – but there are hopes that Christine Lagarde’s surprise appointment as European Central Bank (ECB) chief will help maintain the region’s positive performance this year.
France’s Lyxor Asset Management and New York-based Academy Investment Management are launching a systematic market-neutral global equity fund that uses wide data sets to minimise risk.
Net sales of Ucits and alternative investment funds (AIFs) saw a boost in April, totalling €43 billion – up €6 billion from the previous month.
Chicago-headquartered Northern Trust is set to transfer its distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform for private equity asset servicing to Broadridge Financial Solutions.
