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Investors eye juicy opportunities
ETFs have proved a strong pull for institutional investors and go some way to explaining why ETF asset flows have held up in spite of the downturn in the wider fund management industry
Success brings greater competition
Barclays Global Investors has been a victim of increased success in the European ETF arena and has seen market share drop
Small investors become a significant force in Europe
Market volatility has already boosted interest in ETFs and the market downturn is likely to prompt a further shift by private investors to lower-cost products
Funds sliced and diced into oblivion
The ETF market has exploded to include funds so specialised that investors can choose to focus only opthalmology if they choose
Will active management boost results?
Active management has finally arrived in the world of exchange traded funds, but whether the newcomers attract assets will depend on a combination of the success of the managers and the costs relative to their mutual fund cousins
Novel product sparks ‘phenomenal’ interest
Exchange traded commodities have grown strongly during the past year, as investors on both sides of the Atlantic have sought exposure to soft commodities and precious metals in a rising market
Dilemma for mutual fund managers
With exchange traded funds garnering the bulk of new sales and attracting increasing interest from financial advisers, staying on the sidelines may no longer be an option for traditional mutual fund firms
Cutting expenses comes at a price
Some operators insist that certain ETFs, for example in emerging markets, are unavoidably more costly, and investors should also consider tracking error and trading cost
Proliferation is likely to lead to a cull
ETFs are proliferating, but many now face extinction as they find themselves either beaten to their niche market by a rival or simply too small
Managers set out to populate niches
After a slow start in the early 1990s, the universe of exchange traded funds has expanded into increasingly specialist areas of investment and a broader range of investment strategies
