ETFs

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ETFs

GOOD SHAPE?

The regulatory body for the European Union has proposed stricter disclosure requirements on providers of exchange traded funds (ETFs), but has backed away from imposing more radical reforms on the sector.

Derek Bradley, CEO of PanaceaIFA.com, laments the FSA’s decision not to pre-approve financial products.

Platform FundsNetwork is developing functionality to allow advisers to declare whether or not their post-RDR activities constitute "advice" in a bid to clear up ambiguities surrounding legacy commission.

SIPP investors who have the vast majority of their assets held in Unit Trusts or OEICs may be better off using a platform pension due to cost, says Skandia.

Advisers have expressed concern at the rise in popularity of 'short ETFs' - products designed to track the inverse price of an index or underlying asset.

Graham Tuckwell, one of the pioneers in the exchanged traded fund market, has put his company ETF Securities up for sale with a potential £1bn ($1.6bn) price tag.