ETF

In a week when tapering talk reached fever pitch, one of our best read stories looked at the dollar slump as Fed chief Ben Bernanke said he will hold firm on QE for a while longer.

Fund managers have voiced concerns ETF trading is increasingly driving the direction of the wider market and exacerbating recent slumps, raising questions over the use of the products in less liquid securities.

Blackrock has completed the purchase of Credit Suisse's ETF business as part of an expansion into the Swiss market.

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The continued weakness of sterling against the US dollar has prompted fund buyers to move out of sterling-hedged share classes and into unhedged or dollar-denominated positions.

Nitesh Shah, research analyst at ETF Securities, says while the price of gold has dipped recently, other precious metals could provide investors with a good return as economic conditions improve.

Multi-asset managers have been moving back into property for the first time since the financial crisis, as higher income levels from the sector attract yield-hungry investors.

Outflows from gold-backed exchange traded funds in 2013 are now greater than the combined level of inflows seen in 2011 and 2012, according to Bloomberg data.

Vanguard Asset Management has bolstered its ETF range with the listing of four products on the London Stock Exchange.