ETFs tracking commodities and hedge fund indices are the best placed to receive new inflows this year, a survey by db x-trackers reveals.
The survey questioned investment professionals, including fund managers and investment advisers, across Europe. Over half of respondents (54%) indicated commodities as the area with the highest potential for increased use, while 46% accessed hedge fund replication through ETFs. Some 64% of the professionals surveyed say only between one percent and 25% of all their clients were currently using ETFs, with 88% of investment professionals saying they will increase use. Manooj Mistry, head of db x-trackers UK, says: "With a majority of respondents noting that less than 25% of their cli...
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