The rise and rise of ETFs

The Covid-19 pandemic unleashed extreme volatility across markets in the first half of 2020.

"The uncertainty during March prompted a flood of investment flows out of equity markets as institutional investors moved into safe haven assets …Speculators also bought into and sold out of strategic positions, which increased trading volumes," says Adèle Hattingh, business development and exchange traded products (ETPs) manager at the JSE...