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SEC commissioners reveal sharp disagreements on move to abandon proposed controls
Pre-clearance requirement removed for exchange traded funds using up to two times leverage
The vehicles link Hong Kong and mainland Chinese asset managers
Sustained negative rates in the region cited as main reason for divergent fortunes
Rule change adds the products to the list of permitted alternative assets
Asset manager aims to cross-list up to 100 overseas funds by end of March
‘Tokenisation’ would allow a crypto asset to represent single securities like ETFs
Fresh direction for investment house that currently offers no pure ESG funds in any market
Nine of the 10 largest sustainable ETFs and mutual funds outperformed in H1
Investor inflows jump to $488bn in first nine months of 2020
Only half of stock pickers outperformed in 2020’s volatile markets
The outflows from the physical fund help explain the decision to launch ‘synthetic’ version
Coal-reliant Germany falls foul of first environmentally-weighted sovereign bond fund
Authorised participants use the creation redemption mechanism to control how many shares an ETF has
The main problem is that distributors have little incentive to market the products
Claer Barrett talks to listener Naureen about how to start investing in the stock market
Investors seek to mitigate a world of low returns from fixed income
Managers are switching to positive screening for investments with good credentials
The world’s largest asset manager has launched a synthetic ETF after years spent criticising the structure
Investment banks and specialist market makers are an essential part of the ETF business
Fund will invest in companies with low leverage, ethical practices and good governance
As ETFs helped push the price to record highs, Indian and Chinese consumers are selling the precious metal
West’s easy money policy boosts China’s bond market; tricky times follow US corporate borrowing binge: vast Chinese debt market requires big reforms; going green on bonds is best way to change behaviours
Despite the industry’s popularity in the west, financial hubs in Hong Kong, Singapore and Seoul fail to be won over
The $90bn attracted to its benchmarks this year dwarfs that of MSCI and S&P Dow Jones
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