ETFs

While there are a number of solar ETFs investing in promising projects globally, investors may be better off opting for a more general clean-energy-based fund strategy, writes Martin Morris.

Regulation is laying the foundations for funds of ETFs and greater adoption of these products among IFAs, writes Matthew Craig.

UBS Investment Bank has launched a range of 69 exchange-traded commodities on the London Stock Exchange (LSE).

HSBC Global Asset Management is to launch a pair of ETFs tracking emerging market indices.

Several milestones in the exchange traded funds (ETF) industry are expected in 2010, with global assets under management having recently passed $1trn and the 1,000th product likely to launch soon

As the debate between passive vs active investing continues to divide opinion, a fine balance exists between the two, wherein it is possible to get a passive underlay with an active overlay. In such precarious times, balance is everything

The asset management industry has mixed feelings about the long-term threat exchange traded funds pose to index-hugging unit trusts and Oeics

Over the past few months I have constantly banged the drum for a brave new world in which asset managers finally bite the bullet and launch cost effective multi-asset portfolios, comprised largely if not exclusively of ETFs.

Cheap and easy to set up, ETFs are seen as a major breeding ground for innovation over the coming years

I don't know about you, but I find most investment industry events and conferences deadly dull.