Three reasons institutions are wary of bond ETFs

Institutions have been slower to adopt fixed income ETFs than other products

Thursday 27 February 2014 at 07:40

Exchange-traded funds are often touted as liquid, transparent products for investors, but institutions have been slower to adopt fixed income ETFs than other products.

New research from consultancy Greenwich Associates, sponsored by BlackRock lays out three reasons why institutions in the US haven't traditionally used bond ETFs, and why that might change.