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Institutions tilt towards ETFs, survey says

By Ruth Sullivan

Published: November 22 2009 10:02 | Last updated: November 22 2009 10:02

Institutional investors increasingly turned to exchange traded funds during last year’s market turmoil, according to Barclays Global Investors’ annual review.

Nearly 3,000 global investors used at least one ETF in 2008, an increase of 10 per cent on 2007, BGI found. These included more than half of institutions with assets greater than $10bn (£6bn, €6.7bn).

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