Opening up ETFS

Retail investors in the UK are not yet fully benefiting from the potential of exchange traded funds....

Retail investors in the UK are not yet fully benefiting from the potential of exchange traded funds. Investors are missing out on the broad range of lower-cost investment opportunities offered by the ETF market due to a number of distribution and regulatory barriers that cause these products to be overlooked and undersold. But why has this occurred and what steps can be taken to ensure that retail investors benefit from the full potential of ETFs ? Firstly, it is necessary to understand the market and its growth. The first generation of ETFs took off in the UK a few years ago and passivel...