“With such a visible shift of assets into passive strategies, it is inevitable that the ECB and regulators view the growth of the ETF industry with some concern,” says Federico Cupelli (pictured), senior regulatory policy adviser at EFAMA.   »

Data from legal marijuana experts Arcview reveals that worldwide spending on cannabis exceeded USD12 billion in 2018, with a projection that this will increase to USD31.3 billion by 2022, an annual compounded growth rate of 26.7 per cent. »

Research firm CFRA has acquired ETF data and analytics provider First Bridge Data LLC, strengthening CFRA’s offering to the institutional and wealth management markets. »

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. »

ETF provider WisdomTree Europe, with USD21 billion under management, has announced that it is to finalise the integration of the original ETF Securities’ European commodity, currency and short-and-leveraged ETP business, and rename or close the rest of its product range. »

Client feedback lies behind the extension of LGIM’s range of ETFs says Howie Li, Head of ETFs at LGIM.   »

Educating the investing public that ETFs are not actually a trading tool has kept Matt Brennan (pictured), AJ Bell’s head of passive portfolios, busy. »