Kalinka Dyankova, senior fund analyst at Kleinwort Hambros, said thematic ETFs are able to achieve greater purity in a portfolio than active managers can with less mature themes.
Speaking at ETF Stream’s ETF Ecosystem Unwrapped 2023, Dyankova said active managers can struggle with nascent themes when they have not been able to build up a track record, with a rules-based ETF sometimes offering more purity.
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