Vanguard has appointed Marco Corsi as head of its global ETF research centre, its new London-based team.

The team aims to develop ETF-related research, perspectives, and content that will inform and educate institutional investors, retail intermediaries, and self-directed investors. ETFs are fast-growing, with Vanguard’s total ETFs under management at $968.1 billion, as of 31 July.

Mr Corsi will report to Axel Lomholt, head of international ETFs. Mr Corsi joins from BlackRock, where he was a director at iShares, responsible for the EMEA product research and innovation team. Previously, he worked at Decura, Barclays, a...