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3 Questions 2 or 3Q2 is a series of short interviews with subject matter experts, who are active EFAMA Standing Committee or Task Force members. This series aims to raise awareness on specific topics…

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26 July 2016

Closet Index Funds

EFAMA has reviewed ESMA’s statement “Supervisory work on potential index tracking”, which sets out research to determine whether any indication of closet indexing could be found at EU level. To contribute to the debate on this matter, EFAMA has prepared a paper, which highlights the limits of identifying closet index funds through a statistical analysis, drawing on recently published research papers.

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