Concerns around fixed income ETFs will 'never be put to rest' - Howie Li

Manager praises bond ETFs following spring volatility

James Baxter-Derrington
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Investors will always be "trying to find reasons for ETFs to not do their job", according to head of ETFs at Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) Howie Li, who is "glad" the passive instrument was put to the test during the coronavirus-induced market turmoil earlier this year as it "did what it was supposed to do" and he no longer has to "battle those questions that we have all been having to answer over the past decade".

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