Progress indeed... but understand the risks

  Spring is in the air and life is returning to the fastest-growing segment of the asset management industry - the index-tracking ETF space.  Over the next few election-filled weeks, advisers should expect to see a continuing stream of fund launches and new arrivals to the market. We have recently seen our first two times leveraged ETFs on mainstream equities, courtesy of stalwart Deutsche Db x-trackers. Source, a relatively new player, has also just launched an innovative range of European Stoxx sector ETFs that focus on strategies such as tracking cyclicals, defensives and consum...