Four UK fund groups launch ETF initiative to improve adviser education

BMO partners with Source, ETF Securities and WisdomTree

Anna Fedorova
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BMO Global Asset Management, ETF Securities, Source (in association with Legal & General Investment Management) and WisdomTree Europe have partnered to launch the ETF Forum, with the aim of improving knowledge of this area among financial advisers.

The Forum is an independent partnership between the four fund groups designed to help improve the adviser community's collective understanding of ETFs. The aim of the initiative is to promote awareness of these vehicles and educate the adviser and wealth management market on how to effectively use them as investment tools to build or enhance diversified portfolios. Rob Thorpe, head of UK intermediary at BMO Global Asset Management, said: "ETFs are seeing increasing inflows, however there remains a knowledge gap among UK advisers and wealth managers. "The ETF Forum has been set up t...

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