Vanguard rakes in record flows amid coronavirus bloodbath for UK funds industry
Equity trackers buoy passive giants as investors pull £9bn from UK-domiciled investments
Passives
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Wisdomtree poaches from Invesco for UK sales head
Ravi Azad is among a trio of hires for the ETF business
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Vanguard fee cuts disappoint as rivals remain cheaper
$5trn funds giant touts savings for investors as it drops fees on 36 products
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ETFs to join Investment Association sectors by 2020
Only physically-replicated products will be eligible
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LGIM inflows fall by a third despite bond sales
Still on track to become first UK asset manager with £1trn AUM
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Ominous outlook for split bond and equity portfolios
A passive portfolio of 50% bonds and 50% equities faces negative annualised returns, according to a report by Pictet Asset Management.
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Helena Morrissey jumps on gender equality fund trend
Legal & General Investment Management has become the latest fund manager to launch a passive fund tracking companies with diverse boards.
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Challenging the naysayers on high yield ETFs
High yield ETFs have a reputation for poor tracking difference, but 7IM senior portfolio manager Peter Sleep argues there are still ways for passive investors to access the asset class.
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Capital market risks loom if passives dominate
The asset management industry is split on the market implications if passives continue to rake in inflows, while investors lose faith in active management.
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How to navigate the passives surge in EM equities
As cumulative flows into emerging market passive funds surpass active alternatives investors should seek opportunities further down the market-cap scale, Aviva Investors head of emerging markets and Asia Pacific Will Ballard argues.
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‘Free-riding’ passive investors under central bank scrutiny
Passive investors pay scant regard to the fundamentals of individual securities and free-ride on the work of active investors with implications for financial stability, price discovery and index correlation, according to a paper from the Bank of International Settlements.
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Coutts opens online platform; launches passives range
Coutts is offering access to five risk-graded multi-asset passive funds via a new online platform, Coutts Invest.