ETFs shift from 'core' to 'satellite' in portfolios

May 23, 2024-- BBH survey indicates the funds are increasingly vehicles of choice for active strategies and tactical short-term use

Exchange traded funds are increasingly vehicles of choice for active strategies and for tactical short-term use, a new study reveals, underlining how much has changed from their buy-and-hold, broad market historical origins.

Actively managed ETFs that guarantee protection against losses, leveraged or inverse strategies that reset daily and cryptocurrency investments, topped the list of ETF strategies that appealed most to investors in the US, Europe, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, according to the latest Brown Brothers Harriman survey of more than 300 institutional investors globally.

New WFE Research quantifies the impact of stock exchanges on economic growth

January 6, 2025--The World Federation of Exchanges, the global industry association for exchanges and CCPs (The WFE), has published new research which analyses the link between stock market development and economic growth on a global scale.
The research analysed quarterly data from 36 countries over two decades (2003-2022).

5 transformational trends shaping global finance

January 6, 2025--The global economy has undergone seismic changes since the pandemic.
Major structural shifts are underway, shaped by five fundamental forces:
Deglobalization, decarbonization, debt, digitalization, and demographics.
The global economy is very different now compared with even just a few years ago.