Jason Xavier, Head of EMEA ETF Capital Markets, Franklin Templeton and Beverly Chandler, managing editor, ETF Express discuss the rise of active ETFs. What are they and how can they work in an investor’s portfolio?  This episode of Off the Record is created in partnership with Franklin Templeton ..read more

Jeffrey Sardinha, managing director, Head of ETF Solutions – Americas, State Street and Laurent Kssis, CEO, CEC Capital tackle the latest developments in the burgeoning crypto ETP market in this podcast. This episode of Off the Record is sponsored by Truss Edge, providers of front, middle and  back-office software and services to ETF issuers ..read more

Dream team of Detlef Glow of LSEG Lipper and Athanasios Psarofagis of Bloomberg Intelligence joined with me, Beverly Chandler, to discuss ETFs in 2023, the outlook for 2024 and the hot news from the US on spot bitcoin ETFs.  This episode of Off the Record is sponsored by Truss Edge, providers of front, middle and  back-office software and services to ETF issuers ..read more

This podcast focuses on the semi-transparent ETF structure which is apparently alive and kicking despite reports of its demise. Antonette Kleiser, Managing Director, Investor Services, Brown Brothers Harriman and Terry Norman, founder, at Blue Tractor discuss. The views and opinions expressed are for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment, legal or tax advice and are not intended as an offer to sell, or a solicitation to buy securities, services, or investment products. Views and opinions are current as of the date of the podcast and may be subject to change. This episo ..read more

ETFs can be used to create a portfolio that meets an investor’s needs, whether it be creating income, building capital or shielding from market risk or inflation risk. Jason Xavier, Head of EMEA ETF Capital Markets, Franklin Templeton explains all in conversation with Beverly Chandler, managing editor, ETF Express. This episode of Off the Record is sponsored by international asset manager, Franklin Templeton.  ..read more

TrussEdge’s Dave Shastri and IMGlobal Partner’s Jeff Seeley are on the latest outing of Off the Record.Plan ahead and employ patience are key as well as finding the right partners to forge ahead in building your business, the pair say.  This episode of Off the Record is sponsored by Truss Edge, providers of front, middle and  back-office software and services to ETF issuers ..read more

An edited version of episode 5 of ETF Express’s Off the Record, brings you the fundamentals of ETFs, courtesy of Franklin Templeton’s Jason Xavier, Head of EMEA ETF Capital Markets.  Listen now as Jason explains what is an ETF and how they can be incorporated into your portfolios. This episode of Off the Record is sponsored by international asset manager, Franklin Templeton.  Capital at risk ..read more

The latest development which spans Europe and the US is ETFs as a share class. Listen to Stephen Carson, partner, A&L Goodbody; Ben Slavin, Global Head of ETFs, Asset Servicing at BNY Mellon and Athanasios Psarofagis, ETF Analyst, Bloomberg Intelligence, discuss the technicalities of this from both side of the pond. This is episode 4 of Off the Record, the ETF Express podcast series, brought to you in partnership with Truss Edge, providers of front, middle and back-office software and services to ETF issuers.  ..read more

“The beauty of ETFs is that you can have effectively a rules-based strategy at low cost” says Laurent Kssis, head of CEC Capital, in discussion with Ernst Knacke, Head of Research at Shard Capital in our May outing for Off the Record, the ETF Express podcast series, brought to you in partnership with Truss Edge, providers of front, middle and back-office software and services to ETF issuers. The pair discuss the institutional and wealth approach to using ETFs ..read more

April’s edition of the ETF Express podcast, Off the Record, sees us delving into the retail audience with a conversation with Jeff Prestridge, Personal Finance Editor at Mail on Sunday and the Daily Mail, and Allan Lane, co-founder of Algo-Chain. Jeff has strong and challenging views on ETFs, more on their marketing, saying a lot more could be done to make them more appealing to investors and dismissing the information available on ETF websites as ‘almost unpalatable’. Prestridge also has controversial views on ESG, which he describes as ‘not fit for purpose’.  Listen to our heated discus ..read more