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Growth of an investment solution
Since finding a mechanism that largely eliminates the discount at which closed-end funds trade to their net asset value, fund management groups have flooded the market with ETFs
Perfect chaos in deviation measurement
Tracking error poses problems, and some have discovered a connection between fees and the margin of error
Still seeking the holy grail of the industry
Product providers seem unable to deliver what some have called the holy grail of the business – the first actively managed ETF
Evolution of ETFs 'hits critical mass'
Total global exchange traded fund assets are growing rapidly – this year they passed $700bn, and are expected to pass $2,000bn by 2011
Cheap provider of beta is under-used
Exchange traded funds are potentially a good way of securing core beta
Many new ideas yet to be exploited
At first glance, it would appear that there is already an exchange traded fund to meet every conceivable need, but there is still room for some more
Supermarket mode draws the crowds
Deutsche Bank entered the European exchange traded fund market in January, and is already the third-largest player by product number and the fourth-largest by assets
After a slow start, market takes off
It has taken a while, but exchange traded funds seem to be catching on in Europe
Tokyo finds a new weapon for growth
Tokyo's attempts to revitalise itself to become Asia's main international financial centre is prompting a renewed wave of interest in exchange traded funds
Late-comers find attractive niche
They might have been latecomers to the market, but fixed income exchange traded funds are most definitely shaking up the investment landscape
