ETFs, those low cost investment vehicles once considered a “passive” method to catch market beta, have grown to $2.76 trillion in assets under management. The train is not expected to stop, as a report from ETFGI research says assets are anticipated to break through the $3 trillion mark by the first half of 2015. In November alone, asset flows into ETFs swelled to $42 billion as year to date asset inflows of $275.3 billion are breaking records, according to the report, published on the Thompson Reuters Alpha Now web site. Strong European ETFs European ETF flows have been strong, breaking…
Assisted By "Smart Beta" Trend, ETF Assets Hit New Record High
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.