PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Deborah Fuhr TI - Overview of the European Exchange-Traded Fund and Exchange-Traded Product Industry AID - 10.3905/jii.2013.4.3.027 DP - 2013 Nov 30 TA - The Journal of Index Investing PG - 27--34 VI - 4 IP - 3 4099 - https://pm-research.com/content/4/3/27.short 4100 - https://pm-research.com/content/4/3/27.full AB - Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in Europe are still a relatively new product, celebrating only their thirteenth anniversary in April 2013. ETFs have been one of the most useful financial innovations developed in the past 25 years. This overview of the European ETF and ETP industry discusses the many benefits that the products offer as well as their perceived benefits compared with alternative products will continue to be factors that fuel their growth in use by institutional investors, financial advisers, and retail investors in Europe and globally.TOPICS: Exchange-traded funds and applications, developed