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Sector offers chink of light as investors shun the rest
The collapse of Lehman Brothers was a decisive turning point for the exchange traded funds sector
Product popularity stirs competition
Tracking the fortunes of the winners and losers in the sector
Active ETFs: a little excitement could go a long way
Actively managed exchange traded funds have been on the market for more than a year but it is too soon to tell whether they are going to be successful
Jargon buster
Investment terms translated
Platforms are the solution
ETF Securities and Source are seeking to provide infrastructure for banks to bring ETFs to market
Retail sales and transatlantic effects
Fee-based advice is crucial for US-type trading in Europe
Investors show appetite for oil and gold
Investors seeking less correlated asset classes are turning to exchange traded commodities
Institutional interest boosts the sector
An increasing number and range of institutional investors are using exchange traded funds but the take up varies and Europe still lags the US
New product invention has ‘just begun’
There is already overcapacity in some areas, but despite the recent spate of closures, professionals expect more new exchange traded funds
Plain vanilla comes back into fashion
As the range of assets covered by ETFs increased so did the complexity
