ETF turnover surges
Perhaps the most interesting statistic in the WFE report is growth in turnover, aka the rate at which a particular stock or ETF changes hands.
- February 21, 2012 September 13, 2019
- 12:52
Perhaps the most interesting statistic in the WFE report is growth in turnover, aka the rate at which a particular stock or ETF changes hands.
Coverage of the 2011 Investment Innovation Conference.
Then this week investors pushed their money into fixed income ETFs at record levels. According to BlackRock's latest ETP Landscape report, fixed income ETPs set a new global record, attracting $9.1bn in January 2012 – 27% of overall inflows into the ETP space. The influx of money into fixed income ETPs could also reflect growing concerns about the value of active management in the bond space – something that is evident after PIMCO experienced its worst year ever, with investors pulling more money out of its flagship $250 billion Total Return Fund than they put in.
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Keith Ambachtsheer looks at the compensation conundrum.
Non-delta one ETFs aren’t to be confused with the action-packed Chuck Norris film, Delta Force – but the name is certainly a lot more headline friendly than “inverse” or, worse, the l-word – leverage -which has proven to be a bit of a turn-off for investors in this post-crisis landscape.
Coverage of the 2011 Investment Innovation Conference
Toronto-based office to be led by Jeff Mouland.
Today, ESMA will publish draft rules designed to protect ETF investors – although active managers and other industry participants have called for sweeping rules to curb ETFs, those calls haven’t filtered down on the regulatory front, at least when it comes to this first piece of rulemaking.
CalPERS 2011 return below its assumed rate by 6.65 percentage points