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Paolo Giulianini, head of ETF trading and advisory at UniCredit, speaks to Emma Dunkley about liquidity and the role of the market maker

The development of alternative products allows investors to tap asset classes that are otherwise hard to access. But do these new breeds undermine the appeal of ETFs? Helen Fowler reports

Paul Burgin analyses the Italian ETF market

Matthew Craig reports investors are seeking a wider set of products

The EU may aspire to economic integration, but the performance of the various European single country funds reveals the true extent of the divisions, as Nick Sudbury reports

David Chellew at HSBC Global Asset Management looks at the growing popularity of beta and the different market access vehicles on offer

John Fletcher, head of exchange-traded products at Charles Stanley, discusses the rise of swap-based ETFs and the implications for the industry

Fergus Bescoby investigates the UK's largest cause of work related absence

Jeremy Passmore on how charitable giving is on the increase

Groves discusses the problems surrounding the scrapping of the annuity age