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    • Thursday, 11 August, 2022
      Passive Investing
      Active funds can beat passive if fees are low enough, study shows

      Retail investors miss out on outperformance enjoyed by institutional investors due to higher costs

    • Tuesday, 19 April, 2022
      ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
      Passive funds could threaten UK climate transition, warns think-tank

      Research finds index-tracking funds’ growing ownership of fossil fuel industry risks creating stewardship ‘inertia’

    • Tuesday, 5 April, 2022
      ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
      Active funds underperformed during Covid market stress, watchdog finds

      Esma research undermines active manager claims that they outperform passives in tough trading conditions

    • Friday, 25 March, 2022
      ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
      Schroders chief slams Ark ETFs for ‘massive wealth destruction’

      Peter Harrison claims Cathie Wood’s funds are an example of the trend for ‘speculating rather than investing’

    • Friday, 11 March, 2022
      ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
      ESG investors accused of ‘failing’ over Russia

      Sustainable finance expert says investors should have learned lessons after annexation of Crimea

    • Wednesday, 19 January, 2022
      ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
      Switch to ESG indices has not pleased all European investors

      Industry observers say repurposing an ETF can affect the client relationship and destroy trust

    • Tuesday, 18 January, 2022
      ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
      FCA to probe index providers over potential competition law breaches

      Respondents to watchdog’s consultation say there are multiple barriers to switching indices

    • Tuesday, 23 November, 2021
      ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
      Popularity of crypto funds sparks growing interest from managers

      Fidelity, UBS and State Street are the latest to say they are scrutinising the crypto fund space

    • Wednesday, 17 November, 2021
      ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
      Net inflows into UBS ETFs this year have been only to ESG funds

      Manager’s other ETFs have seen net outflows

    • Tuesday, 26 October, 2021
      ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
      European ESG funds found not to charge higher fees

      Research debunks criticism that switching to sustainable options is a costly choice

    • Thursday, 14 October, 2021
      ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
      Largest index providers’ ‘stranglehold’ is limiting fee cuts

      FTSE Russell, MSCI and S&P indices account for more than 80% of passive European equity assets

    • Friday, 8 October, 2021
      ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
      Passive managers urged to do more to exclude ‘coal laggards’

      Only 15% of European ETFs and other index products track ESG indices

    • Thursday, 9 September, 2021
      News in-depthETF Hub
      ETFs struggle to adapt to EU’s new SFDR sustainable fund rules

      Actively managed vehicles have been able to tweak their strategies but passive funds face tougher challenges

    • Thursday, 26 August, 2021
      Exchange traded funds
      ETF fee cuts fail to win over European investors, says State Street executive

      Matteo Andreetto says the US market has instead benefited from competitive pricing

    • Friday, 30 April, 2021
      ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
      UK financial advisers still shun ETFs, data show

      Platform charges and difficulties of buying fractional shares mean index-tracking mutual funds continue to dominate

    • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
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      Fund managers speak out after crypto funds crackdown

      Concerns rise that FCA decision could push investors into ‘wild west’ market of underlying securities

    • Thursday, 22 October, 2020
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      Vanguard active fund closure highlights challenge in Europe

      Low-cost provider’s passive fund growth is vastly outpacing its actively managed business

    • Tuesday, 15 September, 2020
      ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
      Amundi closes 11 France-domiciled ETFs

      Each of the closed funds had assets below €20m at the end of June

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