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Invesco Perpetual's Neil Woodford is one of a trio of highly regarded managers appointed to run balanced managed unit trusts for St. James's Place.

BlackRock's ETF arm iShares has surpassed $500bn in global assets under management (AUM), hitting $509bn at the end of March.

The European ETF market is celebrating 10 years since the first products were launched on the Deutsche Boerse.

The European ETF industry is expected to exceed $500bn in assets under management (AUM) by the end of 2012, according to BlackRock.

The arrival of the new millennium saw the birth of ETF markets in the UK and Europe. Emma Dunkley looks at how this ETF landscape has been shaped by certain events over the last 10 years

Active ETFs are gaining traction, with assets on the rise and more providers seeking to issue new funds. Yet these hybrid products are evoking mixed opinions in the industry. Matthew Craig reports

As demand for access to China increases, the range of ETFs tracking this country is growing. Barney Hatt looks at the development of funds investing in Chinese securities

Peter Sleep, portfolio manager of the £375m Asset Allocated Passive (AAP) funds at Seven Investment Management, talks to Nick Sudbury about gaining low cost exposure to global markets

Bank ETFs experienced the largest inflows compared with other funds tracking the Stoxx 600 sectors, seeing $158.9m in the week ending 26 March, according to BlackRock.

The search for returns is prompting greater development of new index methods, blurring the line between active and passive strategies. Will these alternative benchmarks become popular underlyings for ETFs? Helen Fowler reports