ETFs "dangerous" for Asia investors: Aberdeen
Aberdeen's Donald Amstad says index funds expose investors to bad companies, with the risks more prevalent in emerging markets such as Asia. Vanguard sets out the opposing view.
Passive management is “positively dangerous” for investors seeking emerging market exposure in Asia, according to an executive from Aberdeen Asset Management.
Speaking at AsianInvestor’s eighth annual Asia Investment Summit in Hong Kong last week, Donald Amstad, business development director, lambasted the idea of using capitalisation-weighted indexes as it exposes investors to an untold number of risks.
“Our point is that whether you take a bond index or an equity index, there …
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