Koen Van de Maele, global head of investment solutions at Candriam, has said external index providers still remain the best choice when it comes to benchmarking ETF products, rather than self-indexing, despite the firm designing its own benchmark methodology.
Speaking to Investment Week, Van de Maele highlighted a number of issues with self-indexing, including the strict regulations that come with it. Over the past year, there has been an increasing trend...
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Koen Van de Maele, global head of investment solutions at Candriam, has said external index providers still remain the best choice when it comes to benchmarking ETF products, rather than self-indexing, despite the firm designing its own benchmark methodology.
Speaking to Investment Week, Van de Maele highlighted a number of issues with self-indexing, including the strict regulations that come with it. Over the past year, there has been an increasing trend...
Working in London and Geneva
Staunch value investor
Effective 24 September
Latest edition of the print magazine online
Four-part Big Question special
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