It’s been a blockbuster year for exchange traded funds; ETFs brought in another $73.1 billion in new money in November, bringing the total to $793.6 billion year-to-date reported Morningstar.
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Last Updated: Apr 16, 2021, 09:19 AM IST
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2020 saw the rise of innovation in the form of thematic products such as ESG, Target Maturity Debt ETF, Smart-Beta ETFs etc coming to the market. What is more important is that the ETFs started gaining acceptance from retail investors also.
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The year 2020 witnessed a surge in the number of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) launched along with substantial inflows into these products. The year also saw the rise of innovation in the form of thematic products such as ESG, Target Maturity Debt ETF, Smart-Beta ETFs etc coming to the market. What is more important is that the ETFs started gaining acceptance from retail investors also, apart from institutional investors who are significant investors in ETF already. ETFs have potential to provide different solutions that can cater to demands of various investors. Desired market exposure at low-cost through plain
January 21, 2021
Liquid Strategies, the parent of Overlay Shares ETFs, announced their suite of ETFs has crossed $300 million in assets under management since it began trading on the NYSE Arca in October 2019. Overlay Shares also announced the launch of two new ETFs to add to their suite of funds.
“We are particularly proud of raising this level of assets during a time when investors are understandably concerned with the COVID-19 pandemic”, Brad Ball, CEO of Overlay Shares and Liquid Strategies.
Concerning the additions to the ETF suite, Overlay Shares has launched two new ETFs:
Overlay Shares Short Term Bond ETF (OVT) and
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A massive rally in the equity markets since May bringing in heavy inflows into equity ETFs and open-ended debt funds has helped mutual fund AUM grow 17 per cent.
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A massive rally in the equity markets since May bringing in heavy inflows into equity ETFs and open-ended debt funds has helped mutual fund AUM grow 17 per cent to top the Rs 31-lakh-crore-mark in 2020, which is 1 percentage point lower than 2019, according to a report. During the year, the 44-player industry has added Rs 4.5 lakh crore to the AUM, while in 2019 it grew 18 per cent from Rs 22.86 lakh crore in 2018, when it had grown only 7.5 per cent, as per Crisil data.