ETFs

iShares has launched three ultra-short bond exchange traded funds (ETFs) and two short duration bond ETFs as investors seek out new ways to protect themselves if interest rates start to rise.

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Vanguard Asset Management has launched four Irish-domiciled ETFs with total expense ratios (TERs) ranging from 0.15% to 0.29%, taking its range listed on the London Stock Exchange to nine.

ACTIVE FUNDS

Exchange-traded fund (ETF) platform iShares has launched a toolkit to help advisers assess the ETF market.

BlackRock has entered a definitive agreement to acquire the exchange-traded funds (ETF) business of Credit Suisse, in a deal set to complete by the end of the second quarter.

Barclays has launched Retail Distribution Review (RDR)-ready share classes on its active and passive funds and discretionary offerings.

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

ETFs

Exchange Traded Product flows reached their highest monthly level in almost four years in September as investors piled into passives.