Four Global X covered-call exchange-traded funds (ETFs) go ex-dividend today (29 October 2026). The funds show why strategies with large cash distributions are becoming more popular, and why investors need to tell income apart from total return. The latest monthly distributions, announced on 22 October and payable on 6 November, are: ETF Ticker Distribution per […]
FTSE Russell is considering a major overhaul of its US growth and value indices, as the increasing dominance of a handful of technology giants threatens to undermine the distinction between the two investment styles. Since their introduction in 1987, the Russell indices have divided the market capitalisation of their parent indices equally between growth and […]
Indonesia has moved to overhaul its main stock market index after MSCI threatened to remove the country from its emerging-market classification, potentially forcing ETFs tracking its indices to sell billions of dollars of Indonesian shares. The Indonesia Stock Exchange has announced plans to exclude around 80 companies with highly concentrated share ownership from the Jakarta […]
The QuotedData Investors’ Choice Awards are back, with voting now well under way (cast your votes here). We have already explained how the awards work (see my colleague Matthew Read’s article here) and why we believe private investors should have the final say. This year, for the first time, we have added two new Exchange […]
Janus Henderson has launched a US equity ETF with a total expense ratio (TER) of 0%, entering the increasingly competitive market for low-cost passive investment products. The Janus Henderson US Large Cap Equity Core UCITS ETF (J501) listed on the London Stock Exchange on 9 October and tracks the Solactive GBS United States 500 Index, […]
European investors have poured $12.3bn into unhedged Japanese equity ETFs so far this year, signalling a striking shift in attitudes towards the yen as demand for exposure to Japan’s stock market accelerates. The figure represents 82% of the $14.9bn in net inflows recorded by Japan-focused UCITS ETFs during the eight months to the end of […]
Systematic investment strategies are attracting almost twice as much money as traditional discretionary stock pickers in Europe’s rapidly expanding active equity ETF market, according to new figures from Morningstar. Systematic active equity ETFs attracted €12bn of net inflows during the first nine months of 2026, compared with €6.7bn for discretionary strategies. Systematic funds use quantitative […]
Fidelity International recorded net outflows from its active ETFs in the third quarter of 2026, bucking a wider trend that saw billions of dollars pour into rival products across Europe. European active ETFs attracted $13.1bn of net inflows between July and September, according to ETFBOOK data reported by ETF Stream. Equity strategies accounted for $9.5bn […]
Xtrackers is seeking shareholder approval for a wholesale overhaul of one of its smallest US equity ETFs, replacing a minimum-volatility strategy with exposure to American small- and mid-cap companies. The Xtrackers MSCI USA Minimum Volatility UCITS ETF currently tracks an MSCI index of large- and mid-cap US companies selected and weighted to reduce volatility. Under […]
Fidelity International is targeting a threefold increase in its European active ETF assets over the next two years, as it looks to challenge JPMorgan’s dominance of the rapidly expanding market. The asset manager currently oversees almost $17bn in European active ETFs, making it the region’s second-largest provider. Samantha Ricciardi, Fidelity’s head of EMEA, has described […]
