ETFs

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Recessionary markets have been historically positive for ETFs, though IFAs remain reluctant to recommend them to retail clients. However, experts point to their flexibility in tumultuous times and argue that an increased focus on risk and accountability...

Exchange traded funds are enjoying new-found prominence and their success in volatile markets is fuelling the active versus passive debate

With several new players entering the UK market, exchange-traded funds are beginning to grow in popularity as a cheap and easy way of playing markets

Deutsche Bank believes that its db x-trackers range of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), listed on the London Stock Exchange this month, provides a wealth of opportunity for many types of investor

exchange traded funds

Exchange traded funds are traded on exchanges in the same way as shares and can be bought and sold simply through brokers - and one significant advantage for clients are their low trading costs

Offering a number of advantages over traditional indexed investment funds, the exchange traded funds industry has grown to £86bn in the US but failed to repeat that success in the UK