UK financial services firm Hargreaves Lansdown’s research team has expanded its coverage to include ETFs as well as trackers, and actively managed funds and investment trusts.

Only one in five (22 per cent) retail investors in the UK currently invest in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) or ETPs, according to a survey of 1,000 UK retail investors commissioned by WisdomTree, the ETF and ETP sponsor.

European ETF provider Tabula Investment Management has hired Woon Kim to enhance its business development in the United Kingdom.

Algo-Chain, a FinTech company specialising in ETF portfolio strategies, has launched an AI Driven Model Portfolio Toolkit, targeted at financial advisers and wealth managers.

The Royal Mint has announced that it has partnered with Quintet Private Bank to introduce the use of recycled gold in an ETC. 

HANetf’s The Royal Mint Physical Gold ETC (RMAU) has hit close to half a billion dollars in assets under management with a year-to-date growth of 73.4 per cent.

European ETF provider Tabula Investment Management Limited has reported that its assets under management (AUM) grew by 144 per cent in 2021, from USD275 million to USD672 million, while the European fixed income ETF market as a whole grew significantly slower.

Northern Trust Asset Management’s FlexShares ETFs have announced the listing of the FlexShares Listed Private Equity UCITS ETF (Ticker: FLPE), the firm’s first ETF that offers investors direct exposure to the listed private equity market.

Plans to strengthen the rules on cryptoasset advertisements and protect consumers from misleading claims have been published by the UK government.

Leverage Shares had quite the end of the year in 2021, breaking the record for the greatest number of listings in one day on the London Stock Exchange, with 42 new products offering a new range of ETPs, including ETPs on ARK Invest’s renowned range of thematic ETFs, with inverse and leverage options, plus access to Berkshire Hathaway.