Asset Allocation
Australia’s First Sentier Investors Names CFO, Strategy Officer
The appointment comes just as the firm prepares to launch its first ETF on the Australian Securities Exchange.
Tag: ETFs
Asset Allocation
Brown University Endowment Adds $5M in Bitcoin ETFs
The endowment purchased 105,000 shares of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust exchange-traded fund.
Asset Allocation
ETFs See Lowest Inflows in a Year, per State Street
Investors added to gold, inflation-linked exchange-traded funds during a month of volatility.
Asset Allocation
Which Allocators Are Most Invested in ETFs?
A handful of corporate plans, foundations and endowments are all-in on exchange-traded funds, according to their Form 13F filings.
Corporate Moves
Vanguard Announces Fee Reductions Across 108 ETFs
According to the firm, the reduction is its largest fee cut to date.
Asset Allocation
Saudi Arabia’s SWF Seeds State Street Bond ETF With $200M
The exchange-traded fund tracks the performance of the J.P. Morgan Saudi Arabia Aggregate Index.
Pensions
Proposed Kansas Bill Would Authorize KPERS Allocation to Bitcoin ETFs
Senate Bill No. 34 would permit the $27.3 billion Kansas Public Employees Retirement System to invest up to 10% of its portfolio in digital asset exchange-traded funds issued by a Kansas-registered company.
Market Moves
Investors’ Confidence in ETFs Continues to Grow, per State Street
The firm’s 2024 ETF Impact Survey found exchange-traded-fund use highest in Japan, lowest in Sweden and the U.S.
Research
Human Capital: A New Investment Thesis That Is Delivering So Far
By measuring employee morale and other people-centered influences on share prices, fledgling ETFs have beaten benchmarks—and attracted a large SWIB position.
Asset Allocation
Long-Duration Corporates Will Pay Off When Fed Eases, Janus Henderson Says
Buying the bonds now is a good arb play amid talk of lower rates in 2024, the firm believes.
Passive Strategies Poised to Take Mutual Fund, ETF Market Lead
Despite a ‘symbolic’ victory for passive expected in 2024, active remains dominant in the larger investing context, according to Cerulli.
Corporate Moves
TCW Group Acquires Engine No. 1’s ETF Business
The San Francisco-based firm’s Transform platform manages more than $600 million in US equity ETFs.
Market Moves
Asset Managers See Revenue, Income Drop in 2022
It was a tough year, but margins didn’t suffer that much, ISS Market Intelligence says.
Asset Allocation
ESG, Non-ESG Investing Returns Differ Minimally, Says Research Affiliates
But when portfolios are not cap-weighted, green-oriented investments do better, the firm finds.
Asset Allocation
Finnish Pension Fund Invests More Than $2 Billion in Climate-Focused ETF
Ilmarinen investment helps make the ETF launch the largest in U.S. history.