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...Kenneth Lamont, senior fund analyst for passive strategies at Morningstar, said it was often assumed that a passive fund will lag its index by its combined management fee and running costs....
...Abrdn follows in the footsteps of Franklin Templeton, Axa Investment Managers and Fineco Asset Management, which have all recently entered the European ETF market. Others are poised to follow suit....
...But when it comes to ETFs, “we have seen very, very fast uptake”, said Kenneth Lamont, senior fund analyst for passive strategies at Morningstar. “It’s the quickest ever.”...
...Kenneth Lamont, senior fund analyst for passive strategies at Morningstar, said the difference in flows between ETFs and open-ended funds was part of a gradual movement towards passive investment....
...For thematic funds, it is because of the last two reasons,” said James Lo, Taipei-based head of ETF product team at Franklin Templeton SinoAm Securities Investment Management....
...Morningstar expects providers to introduce more Paris Agreement-aligned core equity ETFs in 2021 following launches by Amundi, Lyxor and Franklin Templeton last year....
...However, this would also present difficulties, says Kenneth Lee, analyst at RBC Capital Markets....
...Mr Gardner has moved to the £50bn UK fund house from Franklin Templeton Investments. Leon Wei has also joined Jupiter as a fixed income credit analyst....
...Funds managed by Allianz/Pimco, Franklin Templeton and BlackRock alone own almost $13bn of Argentine debt....
...Francis Fukuyama Senior fellow at Stanford and author of ‘Political Order and Political Decay John DiIulio’s Bring Back the Bureaucrats (Templeton Press) is an eye-opening account of the hollowing out...
...While not officially accepted into the case yet, among their number are GMO, Greylock, and Franklin Templeton Investments. Here’s their latest filing....
...Templeton Global Bond has done almost as well, with three-year annualised returns of 7.98 per cent and five-year annualised returns of 13.43 per cent....
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