ETFs are investment funds that can be traded on stock exchanges like ordinary shares. ETFs' liquidity depends on several factors, including the liquidity of the underlying securities and the structures put in place by the ETF issuer to facilitate trading. In this expert opinion Grégoire Blanc, head of capital markets at Lyxor Asset Management, responds to frequently asked questions on the topic of ETF liquidity.

ETF Securities, one of the world's leading, independent providers of exchange traded products (ETPs) has recently launched ETFS US Energy Infrastructure MLP GO UCITS ETF on the London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Boerse (Xetra).

Penalised at the peak of the European debt crisis by highly correlated and non-trending markets, trend-following funds have retained their unrivalled ability to improve the efficiency of an investment portfolio. Better consideration of the issues associated with risk allocation will strengthen these strategies' potential going forward.

Etienne Vincent, head of THEAM's global quantitative management, explains how the four main recurring sources of outperformance in the equity markets, extensively developed in the “smart beta” concept, can be likened to the four cardinal virtues described by Plato, the Greek philosopher.

Dividend Futures give rise to growing interest among market professionals, including fund management companies based in France, as evidenced by the recent launch of strategies specifically dedicated to this market segment, particularly in Melanion Capital or Laffitte Capital Management for instance...