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MarketsMedia: Greenwich Associates said in a report, European Institutions Explore New Asset Classes with ETFs, that average ETF allocations among institutions increased to 10.3 % of total assets last year, from just 7.7% in 2016.

Cash: Die 125 institutionellen Investoren, die an der jüngsten Studie des Analyse- und Beratungsunternehmens Greenwich Associates zum europäischen ETF-Markt teilgenommen haben, sehen sich verschiedenen Herausforderungen gegenüber. 

Funds Society:  Esta es la principal conclusión que arroja el informe Buscando alfa en un mar de beta, elaborado por Greenwich Associates en colaboración con Alger, gestora especializada en gestión de estilo growth.

Wealth Professional: Greenwich Associates reported that Canadian institutional investors hold 19% of total managed assets in ETFs, up 3.5% year over year and the highest average globally.

ETF.com: The 2017 Greenwich Associates 2017 U.S. ETF Study found that more than half of U.S. institutional investors (53%) used multifactor smart-beta funds.

Bloomberg: “We don’t know if it will increase share for BrokerTec, but it’s a big change that will cause market participants to take a look at their current strategy going forward,” said Kevin McPartland.

Reuters: “What’s happening with a lot of crypto exchanges is that they’re doing to some extent a copy-paste from what we’ve learned from other asset classes, specifically stock markets,” said Richard Johnson.

MarketsMedia: “Much of the growth over the past year can be attributed to the entry of new institutional users to the ETF market – especially in fixed income,” said Andrew McCollum. 

Globe and Mail: Canadian institutions that use ETFs allocate an average 18.8 per cent of total assets to the funds, up from 15.2 per cent last year and the highest globally, according to Greenwich Associates.

Traders: “...the pension community has yet to widely embrace a variety of well-proven options strategies that could improve returns while still minimizing risk,” said Richard Johnson.