RBS: The route into ETFs

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The ETF business at RBS is still in its early stages but it is growing. Andrea Sozzi Sabatini and David Moroney talk to Clare Dickinson about the development of the business and how they plan to expand it

The development of RBS’ ETF business has been two-fold; it inherited the business from Dutch bank ABN Amro when it was taken over in 2008 but after that the focus fell on other parts of the business. This year it has approached the ETF business with renewed vigour and a firm plan to take it forward. Andrea Sozzi Sabatini, head of sales for EMEA and LatAm structured retail at RBS has been involved in the European ETF business since its inception. When he was at Merrill Lynch in 2000, he was involved in what would become the first ETFs in Europe, the Merrill Lynch LDRS. Even before that...

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