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...An iShares analysis of the ETF market published in January this year found that fixed income ETFs accounted for just 2.5 per cent of fixed income assets in the US, 1.6 per cent in Europe and 0.3 per cent...
...The Ireland-domiciled iShares World Equity High Income and iShares U.S....
...BlackRock’s iShares managed about 32 per cent of the US ETF market as of November....
...Ignites Europe reported last year that State Street’s dominance in servicing Europe’s ETF market could be a problem for the sector, as the bank acts as custodian for more than two-thirds of European ETF...
...For example, from December 1 2021 to September 27 2022, the iShares Index Linked Gilts Ucits ETF dropped 50 per cent....
...As for the broader out-of-favour thematic ETFs, one casualty, in Europe at least, appears to be market leader BlackRock’s iShares brand....
...In March 2023 the iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (ESGU) haemorrhaged $3.9bn in one day. On the same day the iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (QUAL) saw a $4.8bn jump in net inflows....
...in Europe....
...One way to access them is through an iShares ETF ticker EPOL (iShares MSCI Poland ETF). Georgia to the south is best accessed via the UK-listed Georgia Capital fund....
...“There is more room to extend duration risk in Europe, if you think about the market pricing of rate cuts this year,” Chedid said....
...BlackRock’s ETF arm iShares was the top seller of such products during the month, attracting €8.6bn of net new money....
...go if you consider there is a lot of cash on the sidelines that can be deployed,” he said, with safety-first money market funds attracting nearly $2tn last year, pushing their assets to $8tn, while in Europe...
...Vasiliki Pachatouridi, head of iShares fixed income product strategy, Emea, at BlackRock, said that 2024 has the potential to be a “better year” for risk assets because investors are “looking for opportunities...
...In Europe we are probably already in recession....
...While the percentage has moderated — US and Europe-domiciled EM ETFs accounted for 18 per cent of the total in February, according to Karim Chedid, head of investment strategy for BlackRock’s iShares arm...
...In euro terms, the largest positions are held by BlackRock’s iShares MSCI USA SRI Ucits ETF, at €324mn as of mid-November, the iShares MSCI World SRI Ucits ETF (€208mn), and Eleva European Selection (€171mn...
...Europe also boasts the Amundi MSCI India II Ucits ETF, which tracks the same index as the iShares ETF, and the L&G India INR Government Bond Ucits ETF, for those interested in fixed income....
...Jane Sloan, head of iShares and index investing for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at BlackRock, said “delivering investments online and through mobile banking brings the simplicity and affordability...
...The iShares Core UK Gilts ETF, which tracks the FTSE Actuaries UK Conventional Gilts All Stocks Index, is down 1.6 per cent since the start of the year in total return terms, net of interest paid....
...In contrast the “higher risk” iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD) had $1.2bn of net outflows....
...Finally, this one . . . . . . shows the price of the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (or TLT), up to the end of trading on Thursday. It took another nosedive after Friday’s NFPs....
...An iShares ETF which owns Treasuries with a maturity date of 20 years or longer is down by 12.9 per cent this year....
...The Stoxx Europe 600 rose 0.9 per cent to a record high in early trade on Thursday. Gold also made a fresh high, at $2,222, in Asia trading....
...Flows into passive sustainable funds in Europe have outstripped active flows since the second quarter of 2022, with the last half of 2023 seeing outflows from active sustainable funds but inflows into passive...
...The iShares 7-10 year Treasury ETF is down 4.7 per cent, according to Morningstar Direct....
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