21 November, 2008 (What Investment)

Jenny Lowe explains how exchange-traded funds can help private investors put their asset allocation decisions into practice Having been popular among investors in Europe and the US since the early 90s, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have been relatively slow to take off in the...

Pros Say: Earnings Estimates to Fall 50% in 2009

11 November, 2008 (CNBC Asia)

Text Size More gloomy economic news heightened fears of a deep-set global recession and weighed on global stocks Tuesday. As a result, strategists are lowering their estimates for corporate earnings next...

A drive toward passive investing

29 September, 2008 (FT Adviser)

Poor performance has made index investing a real challenge for active fund managers

Spa ETF and Caixa - Banco de Investimento launch first ETF in Portugal

19 September, 2008 (Alternative Asset Adviser)

Exchange-traded fund provider Spa ETF has signed an agreement with NYSE Euronext and Caixa - Banco de Investimento, the investment banking arm of the state-owned Caixa Geral de Depsitos banking group, to list and distribute the first ever ETF in...

First ETF launched in Portugal

17 September, 2008 (TrustNet)

SPA ETF PSI-20 will be listed on the NYSE Euronext in Portugal and will track the Portuguese stock market index, PSI-20. London-based SPA ETF said that the new fund has been launched in response to domestic and international investor demand for access to Portugal's stock...

Financial & Energy Stocks Not Gone Forever

15 September, 2008 (Index Universe)

With stocks soaring Thursday on reports that regulators will form a 1990s' style resolution trust to rescue banks, traders are hoping markets can mount a sustainable rally in coming days.

ETFs: Index Funds Are Still a Good Idea

15 September, 2008 (Business Week)

Don't trust the recent arguments that they do more harm than good

ETFs: Index Funds Are Still a Good Idea

15 September, 2008 (BusinessWeek)

There's been a lot of ballyhoo in recent months over the growing number of actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that have come to market. The conventional wisdom among financial advisers is that investors should deploy their money using methods that remove emotion from the equation, such as sticking.

ETFs: Index Funds Are Still a Good Idea

15 September, 2008 (Business Week)

Don't trust the recent arguments that they do more harm than good by David Bogoslaw There's been a lot of ballyhoo in recent months over the growing number of actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that have come to market.

ETFs: Old Favourites

8 September, 2008 (Funds Europe)

With a plethora of flavours available, Angele Spiteri Paris questions whether demand really exists for the ever expanding variety of ETFs Just as pink or brown can never really be the new black, no trendy exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that invest in arcane asset classes are likely to replace straightforward..

Spa rebalances stock

1 September, 2008 (FT Adviser)

Spa ETF has rebalanced its quant-based US stock index MarketGrader 100, removing Berkshire Hathaway, Microsoft and Exxon Mobil. Advertising Financials have been slashed from 13 per cent to 5 per cent and information technology from 23 per cent to 13 per cent as the spreading global downturn takes...

Do advisers share appeal for sector-based ETFs?

21 August, 2008 (Citywire)

SPA ETF believes UK advisers, following their transatlantic cousins, will increasingly abandon generic funds in favour of a sector-based investment...