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ETFs now have $1tn more than hedge funds

Investment flows show how Wall Street’s cheapest and priciest funds are diverging fast

ETFs now have $1tn more than hedge funds

The fortunes of Wall Street’s cheapest and priciest funds are diverging fast.

Exchange traded funds held $1tn more in investor money than hedge funds globally for the first time ever at the end of June, according to new research from London consulting firm ETFGI. Assets in ETFs, which trade on exchanges like stocks, first surpassed the amount of money in hedge funds two years ago and have continued to swell.

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