Deep Dive: Fixed income ETF boom puts active management to the test

Bond ETF assets top $3trn

Jack Roach
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In 2022, amid strained Western government finances and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the post-financial crisis era of ultra-low interest rates came to an abrupt halt as spiralling inflation ravaged developed economies.

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