ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETFs and ETPs ecosystem, reported today that assets invested in ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) ETFs and ETPs reached a new milestone of US$187 billion at the end of 2020.
If the UK equity market was out of favour at the beginning of 2020, it's even more so now. Until the arrival of three vaccines prompted a wave of market exuberance towards the end of the year, UK equities had fallen approximately 20%. The only two worse-performing equity markets were Russia and Brazil...
According to Eric Dubos, CFO and member of the MACSF COMEX, with negative rates on a good part of the yield curve, the search for yield pushes investors to extend the duration of portfolios ...
Leading Spanish bank BBVA issued its ‘Quantitative Investment Strategies' (QIS), a business focusing on the design, manufacturing, and distribution of investment strategies via self-created indices aimed at end investors.
Jaime Ramos Martin, portfolio manager of Aviva Investors' climate transition strategy, and Rick Stathers, Aviva Investors' climate lead, look at three themes that will shape the outlook in 2021.