March this year saw Markov Processes International (MPI) launch hedge fund indices with data from BarclayHedge. The MPI Hedge Fund Indices were designed to deliver performance benchmarks by pairing monthly hedge fund indices with daily tracker indices comprised of liquid securities that enable daily monitoring of hedge fund performance and risk. »

Expat Capital is a Sofia-based asset management company that offers investors a family of unique ETFs based on the major CEE local equity indices. »

Chicago-based Distillate Capital, an asset manager focused on fundamental equity analysis, has launched its first ETF, the Distillate US Fundamental Stability & Value ETF. »

Mark Carver, executive director, head of Factor Index Products, MSCI spoke at the recent Inside ETFs conference in London on the launch of the firm’s MSCI FaCS and Factor Box, designed to bring clarity to the confusion of smart beta. »

Jacob Ma-Weaver, founder and manager at Cable Car Capital, was interviewed in AlphaQ in 2017, and in what turned out to be a prophetic throwaway line, announced he was researching shorting companies seeking to profit from the legalisation of marijuana. »

David Cohen is index manager and founder of the Nasdaq 7HANDL Index, a Target Distribution Index consisting of a diversified, multi-asset portfolio of ETFs designed to support a 7 per cent annual distribution rate. »

The announcement by Invesco of its plans to acquire asset manager Oppenheimer Funds is but another assertive move by the firm this year that would bring its assets under management to about USD1.2 trillion.  »

This etfexpress special report, with contributions from WisdomTree and Tabula, reveals the flight to quality in the fixed income markets and the drivers behind the moment in the spotlight for fixed income ETFs… »