Joanne Young talks with industry experts about their outlook for the year ahead in the ETF market
Global ETF assets continued their steady march upwards throughout 2010, in a year characterised by extensive product diversification and innovation. BlackRock’s year-end industry review put global ETF assets at $1,311bn, at the close of 2010, growing 26.6% over the year. For Deutsche Bank ETF strategist Christos Constandinides, the success of ETFs over and above other types of funds characterises last year. “There are two main reasons why ETFs have fared well despite a tough year. The first is a trend for a back-to-basics approach. The second is that ETFs have developed to enable alloc...
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