ETFs shrug off crisis with 30% growth in assets

Analyst forecasts the value of those in issue will rise to $2 trillion next 12 months

Exchange-traded funds have shrugged off the financial crisis and grown by 30% to $1.5 trillion last year – and are forecast to hit $2 trillion in 2012.

Deborah Fuhr, BlackRock's top-rated analyst of ETFs, has forecast the value will rise thanks to demand and new issues.

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