GLOBAL - The number of institutional investors using exchange traded funds increased 12% in 2008 with nearly 3,000 investors worldwide holding ETFs, a new report from Barclays Global Investors (BGI) showed.
Of the 2,926 investors that reported using ETFs last year, only 48 were pension funds, the study found. BGI global head of ETF research and implementation strategy Deborah Fuhr said the low pene...
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