Last November saw BMO Global Asset Management, part of the Bank of Montreal, open the European arm of its ETF business in London. Marc Knowles (pictured), director of ETFs, BMO Global Asset Management says: "The Canadian ETF business has been
Alternative investment firm Saba Capital Management has launched CEFS, an actively managed ETF that seeks to generate high income by investing in closed-end funds trading at a discount to net asset value (NAV) and hedging the ETF's risk to rising
CEO and Founder of Sun Global Investments, Mihir Kapadia, has commented on why investors are increasingly choosing ETFs over hedge funds. “ETFs already outstrip hedge funds by about USD3.4tr, or by over 10 per cent,” Kapadia (pictured) says. “The ETF industry has
Beaumont Capital Management (BCM), a provider of tactical, ETF-based investment solutions, has made its strategies available through HedgeCoVest, a unified managed accounts platform, and SMArt Xchange, an alliance partnership between HedgeCoVest and SS&C Advent. The sub-advisory relationship with HedgeCoVest will
Data-drive asset manager ACSI Funds has launched its inaugural exchange-traded fund, the American Customer Satisfaction Core Alpha ETF (BATS: ACSI), which sheds light on customer satisfaction for more than 350 national brands. In 1994, ACSI Funds’ sister company, the American
JP Morgan Asset Management has launched its first alternative and actively managed exchange-traded fund, JPMorgan Diversified Alternatives ETF (JPHF). It is designed to provide diversified exposure to hedge fund strategies including equity long/short, event driven and global macro strategies. JPHF
June has seen two events in the ETF calendar organised by firms who have overcome their market competitiveness with each other in favour of educating investors. The ETF Forum is an independent, UK-based partnership founded by ETF/ETP providers BMO Global
Christopher Meyers (pictured), head UK & NL institutional trading at Flow Traders, reports that over the last 18 months, the firm has seen an increase in wealth and asset managers in the UK using ETFs. Flow Traders is a global
The incredible level of market volatility arising from the uncertainty over the UK's referendum vote has caused a great deal of de-risking on the part of investors over recent months. Chanchal Samadder (pictured), Head of UK and Ireland ETF sales
Dorsey, Wright & Associates, a Nasdaq company, whose expertise in technical analysis helps bring innovative investment solutions to Wall Street, has developed a new ‘smart beta’ fixed income index designed to operate in a non-traditional fashion. Referred to as the Dorsey Wright Fixed
