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Tom Eckett

Tom Eckett

Senior Asset Management Correspondent

Tom joined Investment Week in August 2016 as an asset management correspondent covering the ETF beat.

Outside of the office he is a keen cricket, football and boxing fan and runs his own sports website. 

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Articles by Tom Eckett

Regulation

Aberdeen's Gilbert: The unintended consequences of the 'Big Bang' 30 years on

Contributed to market short-termism

clock 27 October 2016 • 3 min read

Investment

Janus sees outflows of $2.4bn in Q3 ahead of merger announcement

Biggest outflows in a year

clock 26 October 2016 • 1 min read

Funds

Four funds to mitigate US election volatility

'Expect the unexpected'

clock 25 October 2016 • 3 min read

ETFs

European smart-beta ETFs see record growth in 2016

Smart-beta ETFs in Europe have experienced record inflows in 2016 so far with assets under management (AUM) reaching $30.6bn; a 40% increase from the $21.6bn seen in 2015.

clock 24 October 2016 • 2 min read

Emerging markets

Investors dump local currency EMD on US rate hike fears

Outflows of $727m this week

clock 21 October 2016 • 1 min read

Financial services

SEC to probe rapid growth of ETF industry

Accounts for 30% of all US shares traded

clock 21 October 2016 • 1 min read

People moves

Rowan Dartington Signature poaches managing director from Brewin Dolphin

Stephens to take on technical investment role

clock 20 October 2016 • 1 min read

Europe

Amundi confirms interest in UniCredit's Pioneer Investments

Denies €4bn offer

clock 19 October 2016 • 1 min read

People moves

HarbourVest's takeover bid for SVG Capital accepted by board

A bid of 715p a share

clock 19 October 2016 • 1 min read

Markets

Fund managers hike commodity and EM exposure to three-year high but raise cash levels

Tail risks include US election

clock 18 October 2016 • 2 min read
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