Record iShares Growth as Investors Embrace ETFs at Fastest Pace Ever - Seite 2

“Tens of millions of individual and institutional investors have chosen iShares ETFs to invest with simplicity, ease, choice, and at low cost.”

“We project the global ETF market to more than double in assets under management by 2022. Three global trends should power this growth: fee-based wealth management, networked bond and derivatives trading, and alpha-seeking usage by active fund and wealth managers.”

Martin Small, Head of U.S. iShares at BlackRock, said:

“2017 marked the beginning of an accelerated growth era for ETFs, with iShares as the market leader. iShares is helping to drive fundamental shifts in how portfolios are managed. Institutions are moving to iShares as efficient trading exposures, increasingly as a complement to a derivative. Wealth managers are now armed with institutional-quality asset allocation building blocks, at great value. We see these trends as chiefly structural, not cyclical.”

“At BlackRock, we are pioneering new frontiers via iShares ETFs. Index investors can seek not just the market return, but also a targeted outcome. This past year, we launched products targeting dividends and buybacks, the most comprehensive high yield ETF, an ETF focused on companies that derive their revenues chiefly in US dollar markets and sustainable ETFs in both stocks and bonds. There’s more to come. This forward-looking innovation on behalf of clients is something that iShares and BlackRock strive to deliver every day.”

Europe

Stephen Cohen, Head of iShares EMEA at BlackRock, said:

“As the impact of MiFID II rules resound across the region we believe the European ETF industry is set for a new phase of growth. Our European range remains a go-to for investors seeking both broad market exposures for the core of portfolios, and tactical tools for managers to adjust portfolio return profiles. In 2017, we stayed laser focused on providing investors with greater investment flexibility by building a suite of 35 income treatment and currency-hedged share classes, launching market firsts and helping clients tap into economic development stories.”

Peter Scharl, Head of BlackRock’s iShares & Indexing in Germany, added:

“MiFID II is going to set a new standard in terms of cost and transparency in advice, and these factors have historically driven many German investors to ETFs. Germany is also ahead of other European markets when it comes to the use of digital wealth management offerings, which are often built using ETFs and other low-cost funds. We expect MiFID to act as a further catalyst in that space given how price-sensitive the German market is.”