UK ETF investors abandoning FTSE 100 in favour of global indexes

The balance of UK investments in ETFs has shifted from the FTSE 100 index towards ETFs based on the S&P 500, MSCI Emerging Markets and Japan in the first quarter of 2010.

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Investing in UK less popular during Q1 2010

Investors withdrew more than $400 million from exchange-traded funds (ETFs) based on the UK benchmark FTSE 100 index in the first quarter of 2010, switching to ETFs based on the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets, S&P 500 and Eurostoxx 50 indexes, according to BlackRock's first UK Industry Review.

The leading ETF on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) at the end of the first quarter of 2010 was the iShares S&P 500, which has assets under management (AUM) of $7.25 billion, followed by the iShares

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