In February 2015, exchange-traded products (ETPs) listed in Canada saw net inflows of US$1.2 billion, says ETFGI’s monthly ETP report for February.
At 25, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have risen to prominence in the investment portfolios of some of the most sophisticated investors in the world. They’ve also been blamed for market volatility, attracted some serious regulatory scrutiny and have even been used as a key policy tool by major governments (think Japan). To illustrate how important ETFs have become in global capital markets, one need only scan the investment headlines throughout the week to see what role they’re playing.
Global assets invested in exchange-traded products reached a high of US$2.91 trillion as of the end of February, according to preliminary data from ETFGI.
The 2015 ETF Summit covered the tools and strategies being used by Canadian institutional investors today. Here are my top five take-aways.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the creation of the world's first exchange-traded fund.
What's the outlook for exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the institutional space? Favourable.
The debate over leveraged and inverse exchange-traded funds (ETFs) continues. A team of academics has come up with new evidence that perhaps these ETFs do ramp up end-of-day volatility—and that the effects can be detrimental to investors, particularly in the real estate sector.
There has been much ado about low-volatility investors pushing up the price of stocks that fit the bill, there has been less discussion of exactly how such low-volatility products actually carry out their mission. Compare the performance of low-volatility ETFs and you can see that not all of them are going about it the same way.
Oil bulls believe a big bounce in prices is around the corner. This group is putting some serious cash behind their beliefs - and that money is finding its way into exchange-traded funds (ETFs) according to Bloomberg.
Each month, IIROC publishes a list of the floating and tracking error margin rates for Canadian and U.S. index products.