Scottish Widows has selected BlackRock to manage GBP30 billion of assets in index strategies, following the review by Scottish Widows and Lloyds Banking Group’s Wealth business of their asset management arrangements. »

Morgane Delledonne, ETF Investment Strategist at BMO Global Asset Management, has written a note explaining why the business is cautiously optimistic on emerging market equities.  »

The top team at State Street Global Markets has commented on last night’s (10 October) global market sell-off. »

SCM Direct has called out the FCA for failing to enforce legally required cost transparency regulation under MiFID II, which was passed in April 2014 and came into force on 3 January 2018. »

New research from the global association of regulated funds, the Investment Company Institute, compiled by Dr Rochelle L Antoniewicz, senior director, industry and financial analysis, reveals new insights into the worldwide ETF industry.  »

Speaking at the recent Inside ETFs conference in London, Fran Rodilosso, head of fixed income ETF Portfolio Management, VanEck, was part of a panel discussing fixed income and the challenges ahead, including rising rates, liquidity and more. »

Funds focused on new technology caught the eye this week with a distributed ledger (blockchain) fund from First Block Capital and funds from HANetf based on Solactive’s Innovative Technologies and Cloud Technology indexes. Elsewhere, Franklin Templeton added three new passive funds to its LibertyShares line-up, while Legg Mason launched its first actively-managed taxable fixed income ETF… »