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NEWSLETTER | 10 Jul 2020

This week brings a feature on the adaptability of China, source of the pandemic but up and about again, offering investment returns which easily outperform the country’s emerging market status and also rising up the ranks for its domestic fund industry. We interviewed a number of providers and commentators in the China ETF sector for this piece.

We also have a piece on the Morningstar US ETF fees survey which reveals that the average expense ratio paid by fund investors is half of what it was two decades ago. Investors have saved billions, Morningstar says.

We also have the Invesco Gold survey, the inaugural survey, which celebrates the enormous growth in demand for gold via ETPs – demand increased by over 300 per cent year-on-year when comparing Q1 2019 with Q1 2020, the survey says.

In our comment section this week, we have Edward Monrad, Head of European Equity Market Structure, Optiver Europe, writing that recent market volatility has sparked the usual calls for bans on short selling. “While regulators’ intentions to reduce stock market declines and diminish volatility are admirable, short-selling bans have shown to do just the opposite,” he says.

We are busy working on our etfLIVE North America Digital Summit in October this year. All the information is here, plus a link to register for a place…

Also, voting is now open for the ETF Express US Awards 2020. You can cast your vote here.

Beverly Chandler
Managing Editor, ETF Express

Companies in this issue
Amundi
Bfinance
EFAMA
Franklin Templeton
GraniteShares
Horizons ETFs
HSBC
Investment Company Institute
Invesco
KraneShares
Lyxor
Morningstar
Nikko Asset Management
Optiver
Tabula
Van Eck
UBS

China ETFs see strong growth as investors seek broader exposure to economic recovery

Thu | 9 Jul 2020, 13:49

Despite being the launch pad for the Covid-19 pandemic that has swept the world and changed it forever, China as an investment destination has kept up in the performance stakes, both in terms of offering performance to external investors and in growing its own domestic asset base.

Thu | 9 Jul 2020, 13:49

The inaugural Invesco Gold Report, the first in a new series of quarterly reports on the gold market, has found that a record USD15.4 billion in gold was purchased by ETFs and similar products in Q1 2020 globally, the equivalent of 298 tonnes.

Thu | 9 Jul 2020, 13:49

The latest fees survey from Morningstar for the US ETF industry finds that the average expense ratio paid by fund investors is half of what it was two decades ago.

Thu | 9 Jul 2020, 13:49

Recent market volatility may have sparked the usual calls for bans on short-selling, but any such move would be counter-productive, says Edward Monrad, Head of European Equity Market Structure, Optiver Europe…

Thu | 9 Jul 2020, 13:49

The European exchange-traded funds market rebounded strongly in the second quarter of the year with net inflows of EUR33.4 billion, compared with EUR4.4 billion of outflows in Q1.

Thu | 9 Jul 2020, 13:49

Anthony Ginsberg, Co-creator of the HAN-GINs Indxx Healthcare Innovation ETF (WELL) says the Coronavirus crisis has exposed many flaws in the US and other healthcare systems, which has proven a boost for innovative healthcare companies.

Global ETF launches 02-09.07.20

Thu | 9 Jul 2020, 13:49

There’s a decidedly green hue to this week’s new launches starting with the addition of four new Paris-aligned funds to Lyxor’s climate ETF range. UBS GAM meanwhile, debuted a new Pacific-focused equities ETF on Xetra, while Amundi’s latest offering is the MSCI Emerging ESG Leaders UCITS ETF.