Over 10 years since its launch, VanEck’s alternative energy ETF has received a rebrand to reflect the changing nature of the sector as driven by investors looking for low carbon investment opportunities. »

We are conducting our annual survey to assess the best ETF providers and service providers over the period 31 May 2018 to 31 May 2019 for the ETF Express USA Awards 2019. »

The SEC’s exemptive relief granted to non-transparent ETFs is a first but significant step for active managers and a boost to the ETF industry, says Rob Owens, Managing Director of SEI's Investment Manager Services division.  »

ETFs Down Under have pushed through the AUD50 billion milestone for the first time at the end of June, according to Australian ETF provider BetaShares. »

According to analysis conducted by BlackRock, the proportion of UK wealth portfolios invested in index funds and ETFs will grow by 50 per cent over the next two years, driven by four factors encouraging businesses and investors to re-think old habits. »

The low level of liquidity in fixed income markets makes ETFs vulnerable says Louis Gargour, managing partner and CIO of LNG Capital. “I think it’s a very unappreciated big financial risk,” he says, citing data that reveals proprietary trading capital in high yield in the US is now USD50 billion out of a market that’s worth just over USD4 trillion. »

Joe Bello (pictured) is the iShares UK Head of Asset Manager coverage, which focuses on the institutional uses of ETFs and is designed to give clients the tools, technology, and portfolio consultative services, supported by their BlackRock Portfolio Analysis and Solutions team who leverage the power of BlackRock’s proprietary risk system, Aladdin, to analyse portfolios. iShares is a market leader in the USD900 billion AUM EMEA ETF space with greater than 40 per cent market share, giving it an undeniably strong presence in the institutional ETF space. »