Poor-quality stocks have consistently outperformed high-quality stocks since the start of 2009, finds a Hennessee Group white paper.
The former regional head of ETF sales and marketing at Lyxor Asset Management has rejoined former colleague Dan Draper.
The former regional deputy at Morgan Stanley Investment Management has moved to BlackRock’s exchange-traded funds arm.
Last week, AsianInvestor spoke to the Hong Kong-based firm’s management team about its plans and thoughts on the exchange-traded funds market.
The index-fund industry is watching for a response from the Securities & Futures Commission after a magazine article highlights the risks of swap-based and synthetic exchange-tr...
China Asset Management saw a steep drop in turnover, Harvest Fund Management joined the ranks of ETF providers, and iShares and State Street lost market share, according to ...
The imminent tax on exchange-traded funds in Korea is likely to hit returns and thus harm the development of the market, argues Bae Jae-Kyu of Samsung Asset Management.
State Street Global Advisors is set to restructure its ETF business after the departure of Yip, who becomes Lippo Investment Management's third consecutive hire from SSgA, as ...
The Taiwanese civil servant pension fund is struggling in its search for products that it understands and that offer decent liquidity. Meanwhile, it is mulling adding a ...
The US information and technology group today launches 7,500 new equity sector-level indices, including Asia-Pacific and emerging-market benchmarks.
Deutsche Bank’s latest Singapore-listed ETFs are being created around Asian demand in a Ucits fund structure, with European marketing to come second.
An apparent change in behaviour by these institutions may be affecting investors' approach to the metal, says the World Gold Council.
The firm has also listed four exchange-traded funds in Singapore, including the first in Asia to track US and European sovereign bonds and US inflation-linked bonds.
Regulatory uncertainty still clouds parts of the exchange-traded funds market, says a new report from State Street Global Advisors.
Russell Investments' index unit picks Shanghai as the likely venue for the launch of the first Asia-Pacific ETF to reference one of its benchmarks.
The new exchange-traded funds include the first fund in Asia to track the Brazilian stock market. The bank expects sizable growth in inflows from pension and sovereign funds.
There are better ways for institutional investors to gain market exposure, says Peter Ryan-Kane, Asia-Pacific head of portfolio advisory at the investment consultancy.
Meanwhile, the exchange-traded fund giant still has no plans to launch inverse or leveraged ETFs.
The head of iShares' new Asia-Pacific capital markets team echoes warnings from regulators and other asset managers.
According to Barclays Global Investors, there were 272 ETFs with exposure to emerging markets as of end-June.