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Do Vanguard and BlackRock Have Too Much Power?

Chicago law professor Eric Posner argues that the concentrated power of some institutional investors is reducing competition

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Passive Fund Providers are Taking an Active Role in ESG

Morningstar's Jose Garcia Zarate tells Emma Wall that passive fund providers have bowed to pressures to engage with ESG issues

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10 Most Popular ETFs in 2017

The ETFs with most net inflows to November 30 2017 were a mixed bag, with bond, equity and gold-focused funds catching investors' imaginations

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Trump Tax Reforms Boost Investment into US Equity ETFs

Investors pumped cash into US large-cap equity ETFs in the fourth quarter of 2017 as they look to cash in on buoyant markets

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Can You Use ETFs to Invest in High Yield Bonds?

Against a backdrop of increased popularity, it becomes important to assess if high-yield ETFs truly are the efficient alternative to active funds

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ETF Investors Prepare for Higher Inflation

European ETF Investors spent December and January preparing for increases in inflation, as US CPI comes in higher than expected

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Benchmark Trackers Should Have Ultra-Low Costs

Investors can reduce their costs, and thereby improve their outcomes, by paying as little as possible for tracking the market

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Use ETFs to Combat Rising Rates

Morningstar senior analyst Jose Garcia Zarate shares three ways investors can use ETFs to prepare for higher rates in the eurozone

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ETF Investors Favour Emerging Markets in 2018

Investors scaled back their ETF purchases in March, but in the first quarter of 2018 there were some clear favourite areas of focus

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ETF Investors Should Beware Hidden Costs

Despite total fees falling, investors should still beware less visible costs that can add to an ETF's ongoing charge and eat into investor returns

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Market Volatility Spurs ETF Outflows

Europe-domiciled exchange traded funds run by dominant player iShares endured hefty outflows of more than ?4 billion in March and April

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Global Dividend ETFs Underperform

Rising US bond yields have made already expensive dividend stocks less financially attractive from a risk/reward perspective

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ETF Investors Dump European Stocks

European equity focused ETFs saw net outflows of ?5 billion in the first half of 2018, as corporate earnings and economic growth weakened and political risk rose

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The Future of China's Stock Market

As they open their doors to foreign investors, Chinese capital markets are entering the next stage of their evolution - but what does the future hold?

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US Leads Best-Performing ETFs of 2018

US equity exchange traded funds have topped the charts so far, with two small-cap offerings leading the way, but emerging markets and Japan have lagged

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ETF Investors Look to Healthcare Stocks

The S&P 500's Healthcare sector has returned 18% in the year-to-date, almost twice that of the wider index's 9.5% - and ETF investors are getting in on the act

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The 5 Megatrends Shaping the Future of Investing

iShares' Rob Powell talks to Emma Wall about thematic investing and how megatrends are shaping global economies and stock markets

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Fidelity's Spreadbury: 4 Rated Funds Under Review

Following the announcement that Fidelity's Ian Spreadbury will be retiring at the end of the year, Morningstar analysts have placed four funds under review

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ETF Investors Drop Commodity and Gold Funds

After inflows in the first half of 2018, commodity-focused exchange traded funds saw sentiment reverse in Q3 as investors took flight

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How Exposed to Italy Are Passive Bond Funds?

Italy has the largest government bond market in the eurozone and the third largest in the world after the United States and Japan

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