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Forty four per cent of active funds in Europe outperformed their benchmarks in 2017, up 16 percentage points on the previous year, according to a new study by Lyxor Asset Management’s ETF Research Team. »

Two-thirds (67 per cent) of institutional and sophisticated investors polled by Invesco PowerShares believe that MiFID II will result in increased use of ETFs by institutional investors in Europe.  »

ETF data provider ETFGI reports that ETFs and ETPs listed in Canada gathered USD2.27 billion in net inflows in March 2018. YTD 2018 net inflows are at USD6.06 billion which is more than the USD4.93 billion in net inflows at this point last year. »

Hartford Funds has launched the Hartford Schroders Tax-Aware Bond Exchange-Traded Fund (NYSE: HTAB), expanding its roster to five actively managed fixed income ETFs and seven multifactor ETFs. »

VanEck Europe has listed the VanEck Vectors Global Mining UCITS ETF (GDIG) on the London Stock Exchange, which is designed to give European investors access to metal and mining industries around the world. »

Euroclear Bank has announced that State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), the asset management arm of State Street Corporation (STT) has now completed the migration of all of its SPDR Irish-domiciled ETFs to Euroclear’s ICSD model. »

Solactive has launched the Solactive UBS Development Bank Bond Index Family, a new family of financial benchmarks targeting the World Bank and other high-grade development bank debt. »

ETF data provider ETFGI reports that ETFs and ETPs listed in Europe gathered USD1.46 billion in net inflows during March 2018, the lowest monthly amount since June 2015 when net inflows were USD882.99 million.  »