Elston Consulting has launched a series of free-to-market “Access Portfolios” of ETFs, published on justETF.com, designed to help investors ‘find the right needles in haystacks’ according to Elston founder Henry Cobbe. »

Latest research from Cerulli Associates reveals that European ETFs are likely to be among the major gainers in 2019 as institutions and retail investors continue to seek cost savings. »

iShares attracted USD167 billion in assets globally into its ETFs in 2018 – 32 per cent of market share – against a backdrop of broad market volatility which pushed investors towards ETFs in the search for risk diversification and liquidity. »

Dallas, Texas-based Cushing Asset Management, with USD3.3 billion under management, has just launched its first four ETFs based on the Cushing Indices which have exposure to master limited partnerships (MLPs) of 24 per cent, allowing for income generation within US tax rules. »

Europe’s leading ETF providers, including Invesco, iShares, SPDR, DWS and Lyxor, have joined forces to provide investors with a ‘consolidated tape’ of aggregate ETF trading data in one place for the first time. »

The World Gold Council’s November report reveals that gold-backed ETFs benefited from ongoing global stock market volatility, the under-performance of other commodities, such as oil, and geopolitical developments.  »

The world’s first benchmark index to price financial water risk to equities has launched on Bloomberg. The LIMEYARD TSC Water Risk Index is designed to inform asset owners and investment managers of the water risk to equities in their financial portfolios through a portfolio theory-based risk model.  »