Fürpass-Peter manages German Lyxor ETFs

French ETF provider Lyxor has appointed Heike Fürpaß-Peter (43) as the new head of ETF activities for Germany and Austria. As a result, the economist is also responsible for overseeing institutional investors in both countries. His predecessor Stefan Kuhn left the house. Only a year ago, Lyxor ranked second with the Xtrackers brand from DWS, the second largest ETF provider in Europe. By the end of May

Lyxor was managing $ 75.3 billion in badets, taking third place in Europe, according to the ETFGI firm. Fürpaß-Peter prepared the first ETFs in Europe in 2000 for Merrill Lynch of Frankfurt. She has been working for Lyxor for almost ten years now. She joined the company in October 2008 and is in charge of public distribution for Germany and Austria since 2011. "To further strengthen our position in these markets, Lyxor will further align its ETF offerings on the needs and wishes of local investors, "says Fürpaß-Peter. The plan is to increase the number of ETFs listed on Xetra and expand the range of physically replicating ETFs. "As far as the institutional clients sector is concerned, we are going to be increasingly addressing medium and smaller addresses in addition to big investors," the manager says.

Börsen-Zeitung, 03.07.2018,
Author BZ,
Number 68,
Page B 10, 203 words