Global investors are keeping faith with equities while raising cash as markets enter the volatile year-end period, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey for December.

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ETFs were designed to allow investors accessing broad indices while only trading into a single security, at low costs and with all protections inherent to collective investments. The reality is probably more complex...

Global investors have a restored appetite for risk amid greater optimism over the outlook for profits and the economy, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey for November.