ETF and indexing conference

  At a time when many investment vehicles were adversely affected by the economic downturn and the collapse of Lehman Brothers, ETFs were burgeoning through the latter part of last year. Speaking at the ETF and Indexing Investments Europe 2009 conference, Barclays Global Investors global head of research Deborah Fuhr explained some of the benefits of these vehicles. She said: “ETFs are transparent, provide instant diversification to a benchmark, while retail investors can buy one share and get the same economies of scale that pension funds find attractive.” The ETF market in the UK lo...