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Passive Investing

  • Wednesday, 25 June, 2025
    Exchange traded funds
    First ETF tracking ‘autocallable’ structured products launched in US

    New fund underlines push to package up complex financial instruments in vehicles available to retail investors

    Trader sits in front of bank of screens
  • Monday, 23 June, 2025
    Vanguard Group Inc
    Vanguard cuts fund fees as competition in Europe heats up

    World’s second-largest asset manager estimates reduction will save investors $3.5mn a year

    Vanguard signage outside the company’s campus in Paoli, Pennsylvania, US
  • Friday, 20 June, 2025
    Adventurous InvestorDavid Stevenson
    ETFs have transformed European markets — but choose one carefully

    There are a number of guidelines investors should use before picking an ETF

  • Thursday, 19 June, 2025
    Exchange traded funds
    The S&P 500 liquidity divergence

    SPY > Spoos

  • Friday, 6 June, 2025
    Exchange traded funds
    Fund firms court ‘bored’ investors with flurry of exotic ETF launches

    Vehicles tracking memecoins and Pudgy Penguins tokens and NFTs among recent filings

    A Pudgy Penguins artwork
  • Wednesday, 4 June, 2025
    Exchange traded funds
    The most grimly inevitable ETF filing of 2025

    Every day we stray further from God’s light

  • Friday, 30 May, 2025
    Exchange traded funds
    Investment managers accused of misleading market over ‘active’ ETFs

    Leading industry figures say some act more like passive funds that track benchmark indices

    The Church of Saint John in Grund in Luxembourg
  • Wednesday, 28 May, 2025
    Investing in funds
    To beat their enemy, have active managers become their enemy?

    Well, kinda, maybe, maybe not

  • Wednesday, 21 May, 2025
    Investing in funds
    Taiwan’s huge ETF industry is in an FX pickle

    It’s not just a lifer issue

  • Wednesday, 21 May, 2025
    Investing in funds
    Investors flock to equity funds that exclude US after Trump’s return to power

    World ex-US funds have long been out of favour but have attracted $2.1bn in assets over past three months

    The Amundi logo on its headquarters in Paris
  • Friday, 2 May, 2025
    Investing in funds
    New rules result in near absence of ‘sustainable’ passive funds

    Average fees for active funds are seven times higher than trackers

    An overhead view of a wind turbine
  • Thursday, 24 April, 2025
    ETFs are turning credit into a monthly market

    Passive flows rule everything around me

  • Saturday, 19 April, 2025
    LexNeil Woodford
    Neil Woodford times his second coming to perfection Premium content

    Former UK fund manager plots Easter comeback but his new ‘investment strategy platform’ has some obvious flaws

    Neil Woodford
  • Tuesday, 8 April, 2025
    Exchange traded funds
    Investors lose $25bn in leveraged ETFs in sector’s biggest meltdown

    Risky funds drop almost a quarter of their value as Trump’s trade war hits market

    Traders work on the floor of the American Stock Exchange
  • Friday, 28 March, 2025
    Claer Barrett
    Rachel Reeves’ Isa reforms must be designed with Gen Z in mind

    The chancellor’s plan to revolutionise retail investment needs young investors

    Parents with a  young baby pore over papers next to an open laptop on a table
  • Friday, 28 March, 2025
    The Big Read
    Active ETFs: a lifeline for Europe’s struggling asset managers?

    Growth has been rapid, but from a low base, and big US rivals already dominate the market

    Montage image of Matthew Beesley and Valérie Baudson, with logos including BlackRock’s in the background
  • Wednesday, 26 March, 2025
    Exchange traded funds
    Institutional ETF users fuel corporate bond volatility, IMF warns

    Research found volatility is particularly marked at times of market stress

    A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
  • Saturday, 22 March, 2025
    On Wall StreetBurton Malkiel
    Passive investing wins again

    Evidence in favour of index funds grows more compelling despite concerns over AI stock boom

    Pedestrians walk down Wall Street
  • Wednesday, 19 March, 2025
    Exchange traded funds
    Vanguard plugs ‘transformational’ idea for Europe ETF trading venue

    Euronext’s plan to consolidate ETF trading on to one of its seven bourses would cut costs, senior executive says

    Trading data is displayed on digital boards at the Euronext stock exchange in Paris, France,
  • Monday, 17 March, 2025
    Exchange traded funds
    Managed futures hedge fund ETF launches in Europe

    The momentum-surfing vehicles have taken off in the US with investors seeking the potential of uncorrelated returns

    The reflection of a digital board showing trading data at the Euronext NV stock exchange in the La Défense business district in Paris, France
  • Wednesday, 12 March, 2025
    Exchange traded funds
    Capital Group wades into active ETF model portfolio market

    World’s largest active asset manager follows Dimensional in launching suite of its own active ETFs

    A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
  • Monday, 10 March, 2025
    Exchange traded funds
    European approval for semi-transparent ETFs sparks debate

    The structure has failed to take off in the US, but some argue it could broaden the European active ETF market

    A reflection of a bell inside the Euronext stock exchange in Paris, France
  • Thursday, 6 March, 2025
    Isa Guide 2025
    What’s going into your stocks-and-shares Isa this year? 

    Diversification is key if you’ve benefited from the US tech boom

    Illustration of a kitchen counter with a mixing bowl, spilled flour, broken egg and a book of financial information
  • Wednesday, 5 March, 2025
    We want to talk about niche index methodology tweaks

    Reverse clickbait

  • Tuesday, 4 March, 2025
    Exchange traded funds
    Euronext plan to consolidate ETF trading venues sparks scepticism

    Proposal to use single venue would raise liquidity and cut costs, but hurdles remain

    The reflection of a digital board showing trading data at the Euronext stock exchange in Paris
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