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Is it the product or the person?

Investment Week | 30 Sep 2011

The ETF market is the latest segment of the industry to ask itself this question. It is a path which in the last decade has been trodden by the structured investments and split capital investment trust sectors.

Terry Smith

UBS debacle highlights dangers of ETFs

City financier Terry Smith has been a long-standing critic of exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Here he explains why the latest rogue trader scandal, which is reported to have cost UBS $2bn, shows the hidden dangers of ETFs.

Investment Week | 16 Sep 2011

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Fortune favours the brave

It is funny how fear becomes infectious and eventually clouds rational people’s judgement.

Investment Week | 09 Sep 2011

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Barclays’ research drives Smith’s RADAR to five years of success in tough markets

Group’s meticulous macro research process brings half decade of outperformance for RADAR offering, which gives access to pool of over 750 researchers

Investment Week | 15 Aug 2011

Consolidate to accumulate

The predictions of consolidation within the asset management industry come and go with the economic cycles and stock market volatility.

Investment Week | 08 Aug 2011

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State Street opens ETF range to UK market

SPDR ETFs, the exchange traded funds (ETF) platform of State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), has listed a range of physically-backed equity and fixed income ETFs on the London Stock Exchange.

Investment Week | 26 Jul 2011

Energy Risk - Cutting edge technical

Euro regulator calls for tighter ETF rules

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has proposed wide ranging reforms and a tightening of the rules around how exchange traded funds (ETFs) operate in Europe.

Investment Week | 25 Jul 2011

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Redwood: Keeping things simple

Regulators have rightly been puzzling over what could go wrong from here. They are spoilt for choice, as they seek to distinguish between the risks that can be well managed, and the risks that might in bad circumstances bring the system down again.

Investment Week | 25 Jul 2011

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Serious Fraud Office to investigate ETF market

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has launched a high level review of the potential dangers posed by ETFs, weeks after the FSA and Bank of England expressed their own concerns.

Investment Week | 06 Jul 2011

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State Street to enter UK ETF market in Q3

State Street Global Advisors is launching its inaugural UK range of ETFs within the next quarter, as part of plans to launch more than 50 index-tracking funds in the next two years.

Investment Week | 09 Jun 2011

Terry Smith

Smith vs ETFs: The feud continues

Carrying on from last week’s debate, Fundsmith founder Terry Smith and SCM Private’s Alan Miller continue to fight their corners in the ETF arena

Investment Week | 03 Jun 2011

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Are ETFs the next CDOs?

Regulators are comparing ETFs with collateralised debt obligations, but do the two seemingly different products share any common ground? Helen Fowler reports.

Investment Week | 03 Jun 2011

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Commodities tumble takes the shine off silver

After a volatile few weeks for silver, Maria Merricks examines what the future holds for the precious metal.

Investment Week | 20 May 2011

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PIMCO to launch ETF version of Gross' Total Return fund

PIMCO has put forward a SEC filing for the launch of an exchange traded version of Bill Gross' Total Return fund, the world's largest bond fund, CNBC has reported.

Investment Week | 21 Apr 2011

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Closed-ended funds must fight back against ETFs

The recent Financial Stability Board (FSB) report on exchange traded funds will have left many industry leaders in the unit and investment trust space quietly purring with delight.

Investment Week | 21 Apr 2011

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Jupiter Unit Trust Managers employs the most FE Alpha Managers with 12 on the newly revealed list for 2012.

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Gosling's Grouse: Baying for blood

When a phlebotomist sticks a needle in a vein you pay attention. He or she has you just where they want you.

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FDR, Reagan, Clinton or Obama: When were markets strongest?

Three years into Barack Obama's term as US president, how do equity market returns under this administration compare with those seen under previous leaders?

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