Analysis: ETF

After 23 Years of Dominance, BlackRock no Longer the ETF King in the US

For the first time since 2003, Vanguard has overtaken BlackRock as the leading issuer of ETFs in the United States.

Why Korea remains the ETF star of the year

When using an ETF screening tool, it is impossible to miss South Korean equities at the top of the rankings. And for a good reason: the KOSPI, the Korean benchmark index, has nearly doubled in five...

Memory: The ETF betting big on three global giants

The explosion of the memory sector is attracting investors. Roundhill has seized the opportunity by launching the first ETF dedicated to memory chipmakers. The market has welcomed the initiative,...

Are Inverse ETFs Like ProShares Short S&P 500 Worth the Risk?

Betting against the S&P 500 might seem counterintuitive. Yet, that is the core principle of an ETF widely used for hedging or speculation. While the ProShares Short S&P 500 may look appealing when...

ETFs to counter market volatility

Professional investors often say that periods of market volatility create opportunities. But they are also stressful times. To take the edge off, it may be worth turning to instruments that are less...

New models, new channels: how ETFs will benefit from the digital revolution

One-third of industry professionals believe that technological changes could drive assets under management up by 80% by 2030.

ETF: put momentum in your portfolio

This week, the focus is on an equity index built around the European stocks with the strongest upward trends, overweighting high-momentum names and underweighting those losing steam, to amplify...

France's AI company Mistral buys cloud service startup Koyeb

French artificial intelligence company Mistral AI said on Tuesday it had agreed to buy cloud computing service startup Koyeb based near Paris for an undisclosed amount. With this first...

ETFs or active funds? Your worst enemy isn't fees - it's you!

In the world of investing, an ideological war has been raging for two decades: active management versus passive management . ...

ETFs: how to bet on European value?

At a time when doubts are starting to build around the technology sector and volatility is making investors uneasy, there is a big temptation to explore calmer territory. It is an opportunity to dust...

EU plan to phase-out high-risk tech draws fire from China's Huawei

The EU plans to phase out components and equipment from high-risk suppliers in critical sectors, according to a draft proposal released by Brussels on Tuesday - a move criticised by China's Huawei,...

What are the best ETFs since the start of the year?

Amongst mainstream equity ETFs-i.e. ones without unreasonable leverage-several have posted strong performances from the start of 2026. The themes are hardly surprising, with defence, precious metals...

The Great Nonsense of Thematic ETFs

You might think thematic ETFs are straightforward products that make it easy to gain exposure to the defining issues of our time. Not at all. The methodology used to monitor the indices they track is...

How the EU plans to ease rules for Big Tech

The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled sweeping changes to Europe's digital rulebook that critics say would give major technology companies easier access to personal data and weaken privacy...

ETF: VanEck has no regrets about launching a radioactive ETF

Thematic ETFs are rarely good deals. Too concentrated, too late, too expensive... they attract a lot of criticism, as we have already explained here. However, we should not generalize too much: some...

These ETFs could benefit from interest rate cuts in the US

Adrien Chavanne and Philip Twite - In his latest speech last week, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell suggested that a rate cut in September was on the cards, as risks are now weighing more heavily on...

ETFs: quantum computing

VanEck is delighted to announce that its VanEck Quantum Computing UCITS ETF has surpassed $100m in assets under management in three months. This is an opportunity to take a closer look at ETFs in this...

ETFs: all that glitters is not gold

Whenever gold comes up in a discussion amongst investors, someone always raises their hand and asks, What about silver? It's as if someone mentioned champagne and someone else suggested premium...

Alibaba Cloud announces new data centres in Malaysia, the Philippines

BEIJING -Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group, announced the opening of its third data center in Malaysia on Tuesday and disclosed plans to launch a second data...