Institutions are getting more comfortable with ETF liquidity and more sophisticated about measuring it, according to the second annual institutional ETF trading survey by global trading firm and liquidity provider Jane Street. »

The top team at State Street Global Markets has commented on last night’s (10 October) global market sell-off. »

Morgane Delledonne, ETF Investment Strategist at BMO Global Asset Management, has written a note explaining why the business is cautiously optimistic on emerging market equities.  »

Speaking at the recent Inside ETFs conference in London, Fran Rodilosso, head of fixed income ETF Portfolio Management, VanEck, was part of a panel discussing fixed income and the challenges ahead, including rising rates, liquidity and more. »

New research from the global association of regulated funds, the Investment Company Institute, compiled by Dr Rochelle L Antoniewicz, senior director, industry and financial analysis, reveals new insights into the worldwide ETF industry.  »

Morningstar has published its semi-annual report entitled European Active/Passive Barometer, designed to measure the performance of European-domiciled active funds against passive peers in their respective Morningstar Categories. »

Funds focused on new technology caught the eye this week with a distributed ledger (blockchain) fund from First Block Capital and funds from HANetf based on Solactive’s Innovative Technologies and Cloud Technology indexes. Elsewhere, Franklin Templeton added three new passive funds to its LibertyShares line-up, while Legg Mason launched its first actively-managed taxable fixed income ETF… »