BlackRock

The ETF market reached US$1.4 trillion at the end of the first half as ETF growth continued, according to BlackRock's Industry Review H1 2011.

US exchange-traded products (ETPs) lost US$72.5 billion of assets under management (AUM) after the S&P 500 had its largest drop since November 2008, says Deutsche Bank ETF Market Weekly Review.

Deborah Fuhr is joining Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London as head of Global Delta One Strategy, according to a source close to the bank.

As the budget deficit crisis talks in the US remain in deadlock, a number of US financial institutions including BlackRock, Legg Mason and Allianz Global have written an open letter to Barack Obama and Members of Congress urging them to reduce the deficit...

BlackRock's Investment Institute will run the asset manager's exchange traded fund (ETF) strategy following the exit of global head of research Deborah Fuhr.

HAS ABSOLUTE RETURN BEEN MIS-SOLD?

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...

Blackrock reports there were US$85.7m net inflows to STOXX Europe 600 sector ETFs during the first week of July, while LaBranche states that Gold ETFs witnessed the largest weekly increase since May 2010 from 1.15m oz to 67.58m oz.

Head of UK retail at BlackRock, Tony Stenning, looks at the evolution of the absolute return sector a decade since its launch.

ETFs have continued to thrive despite the financial crisis, but when markets recover will they still be the top of the gene pool? Helen Fowler reports