23.09.2015 - ETFs Are Bigger Than Hedge Funds And Hedge Funds Are A Big Reason Why
In July, ETFGI, a London-based ETF research firm, confirmed that total assets under management at the world's exchange-traded products, including ETFs and exchange traded notes (ETNs), eclipsed the assets held by hedge funds. “According to our analysis there was US$2.971 trillion invested in the 5,823 ETFs/ETPs listed globally at the end of Q2 2015, assets were down slightly from their record high of US$3.015 trillion at the end of May 2015, while assets in the global hedge fund industry, according to a new report published by Hedge Fund Research HFR, reached a new record high of US$2.969 trillion invested in 8,497 hedge funds, which is US$2 billion smaller than the assets in the global ETF/ETP industry,” said ETFGI two months ago...............................................Full Article: Source
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