Pension fund and insurance company use of ETFs surges in Europe

October 18, 2024--Institutional iShares assets under management have been growing at a compound annual growth rate of nearly 30% in the region, according to BlackRock
Institutional adoption of exchange traded funds by asset owners such as pension funds and insurance companies has accelerated in Europe since 2020, according to BlackRock's analysis of its own iShares ETF ownership.

There has been a compound annual growth rate of 29 per cent since 2020 in the value of iShares held by the largest European institutions, said Kirst Kuipers, head of institutional iShares sales Emea and head of official institutions sales Europe.

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ESMA publishes latest edition of its newsletter

January 9, 2025-- The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's financial markets regulator and supervisor, has today published its latest edition of the Spotlight on Markets Newsletter.

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Palmer Square Capital Management Set to Launch First European CLO ETFs

January 9, 2025--Top global CLO issuer expands European footprint with three innovative investment products
Palmer Square Capital Management ("Palmer Square"), a credit-focused alternative asset management firm with more than $33 billion in assets under management founded in 2009, is planning to launch three pioneering ETFs for European institutional investors.

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Amundi to shut its original 'multi' smart beta ETF

January 8, 2025--The fund made returns of nearly 20% last year but has failed to retain sufficient assets to be 'economically efficient'
Amundi is to close a multi-strategy smart beta exchange traded fund, the product it launched to enter the space a decade ago.

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