Seeing is believing: ETFs and transparency

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Emma Cusworth looks at the virtuous cycle of ETF transparency and looks at what the introduction of MiFID II will bring to the market

Trading visibility, or the lack of it, is one of the ETF industry's biggest challenges. With over-the-counter (OTC) trading on the rise in Europe, the true depth of liquidity is increasingly hidden, dampening confidence among investors and hindering asset growth. With MiFID II expected to address non-reporting of OTC trades and efforts underway to aggregate European trading data, a solution is in sight, but it will undoubtedly be a complex and lengthy process. As OTC trading continues to dominate an increasingly fragmented market, solving the transparency problem will only grow in impo...

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