Emma Boyde

The fund invests only in European companies unlike its peers, which have a global exposure

Outflows are in contrast to the US where flows to US equity ETFs represented nearly half of the total accrued

There has been a surge in interest in weapons makers, but current ETFs offer only global exposure

Nearly 8% of ETFs include sanctioned securities and there has been a 700% rise in such securities in past two years

Public Investment Fund stumps up $200mn as seed investor in SSGA’s Europe-listed bond fund in support of Vision 2030

After healthy returns from US equities, investors are being warned the era could end, and unlisted securities could be the answer

A monthly regular ETF investment habit that started in Germany is catching on across the continent

But businesses will be tempted to play down sustainability with an incoming president who vows to support fossil fuels

The European Securities and Markets Authority has recommended the EU move to one-day settlement in Q4 2027

Institutional iShares assets under management have been growing at a compound annual growth rate of nearly 30% in the region, according to BlackRock

More than $500bn pumped into the fund format despite volatile markets

Stakeholder group calls for temporary suspension of penalties for failed trades when EU moves to one-day trade settlement

Research Affiliates found that S&P 500 falls before a close election and surges after

For investors hoping to make good returns by investing in funds focused on companies that emphasise gender equality it has been a difficult time. As the FT’s Alphaville recently reported, companies that score highly on the Morgan Stanley Holistic Equal and Representation Score (HERS) screen last year delivered their worst relative performance since 2011. The performance data must be confusing for those who less than 18 months ago were reading Morgan Stanley research which claimed that based on…

With more than 10 per cent of people globally now suffering from obesity it is no surprise the share price of the providers of the latest weight-loss drugs has surged. But investors seeking exposure through two newly launched weight-loss exchange traded funds need to ask if they are the best way to gain exposure to this generation of drugs, industry observers say. The Roundhill GLP-1 Weight Loss ETF (OZEM) and the Amplify Weight Loss Drug and Treatment ETF (THNR) both launched on May 21 with t…

Aakash Choubey says it was during India’s Covid lockdowns that he realised something was seriously wrong at Khaitan & Co. There was a sudden jump in resignations and requests for sabbaticals, the firm’s HR partner explains — which made him realise that not only were some staff struggling with their mental health but also that some of their difficulties might be work-related. “During Covid, we realised that personal boundaries were being erased. We were in lockdown for close to a year in India.…

The exchange traded fund industry faces a perfect storm on May 28 when the US cuts trade settlement times — with the transition occurring over a public holiday weekend and amid a series of major index rebalancings. Gerard Walsh, who heads Northern Trust’s global banking and markets client solutions group, said he was having urgent last-minute talks with asset management clients, some of whom still seemed oblivious to the looming task at hand. “Our key thing at Northern Trust is we’re talking t…

Jump in flows that began in February suggests region has overcome its traditional reluctance to invest in arms

A political “war on woke capitalism” has soured sentiment towards investing according to environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles — delivering a blow to the whole concept of doing well by doing good. But behavioural scientists reckon that those asset managers predicting that “ESG will be dead in five years” are ignoring fundamental truths about how investors act. They have found that, while political storms might blow through investment communities, people’s underlying values chan…

China ‘national team’ activity and interest in India emerge as clear trends in otherwise ‘messy’ picture from analysts