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BlackRock veteran Bob Doll predicts the US stock market could achieve annualised returns of 8% over the next decade.

More hedge funds will create ETFs to provide investors with low-cost access to their funds while broadening their distribution capabilities, BlackRock says.

Low liquidity levels in the fixed income markets have led investment grade and high yield ETFs to rack up higher-than-expected tracking errors and lower performance, according to asset manager Robeco.

The average total expense ratio for equity ETFs in Europe is around 51 basis points (bps) lower a year than the average equity index tracking fund, according to BlackRock.

European-listed ETFs providing exposure to fixed income saw net inflows of $1.5bn in June, while ETFs tracking European equities experienced $1.5bn in net outflows in this month.

A panel of industry experts discuss the burgeoning ETF industry and how it has developed over the last few years in the latest Interactive Financial Adviser debate.

BlackRock has reported $12.9bn in net inflows in its iShares business at the end of the second quarter, despite the firm recording a total loss of $213.3bn in assets under management (AUM) in this period.

Industry experts are urging investors to consider the tax status of ETFs as part of their due diligence, rather than blowing tax treatment "out of proportion."

Head of iShares International Rory Tobin has left the firm and Mike Latham has been appointed global head of iShares.

John Fletcher, head of exchange-traded products at Charles Stanley, looks at how investors can differentiate between the growing number of ETFs