ETF

S&P Capital IQ has launched a grading system for ETFs that will treat passive funds as a separate asset class.

Vanguard chief investment officer Gus Sauter will retire at the end of the year after a 25 year spell at the firm.

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS

In the latest Conjecture debate, our panelists from ETF Securities and S&P Capital IQ discussed ETFs.

Some 54% of fund managers are set to increase their exposure to ETPs and ETFs over the next three years, with a quarter anticipating an increase of 10% or more.

FundsNetwork has announced a range of 50 exchange traded funds (ETFs) will launch on the platform for advisers next week.

The number of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in Europe will continue to grow, but there are currently 241 European ETFs on a ‘death list' for profitability reasons, according to Lipper.

Retail investors in corporate bond ETFs could be at risk as large institutional trades may be distorting the price of shares in the funds, analysts warn.

WEALTH MANAGERS

Investors have pulled almost $900m out of one of the world's largest gold ETFs in a single day, the biggest one-day outflow since August 2011.