Principal on Trends in Portfolio Construction Amid 2020 Volatility December 24, 2020 ETF Trends CEO Tom Lydon spoke with Ed Nini, Global Head of Product Strategy for Principal Global Investors, about the tumultuous year that has been 2020 and what kinds of strategies have been put into place with various advisors to account for it. Specifically, Lydon wanted to hear from Nini about the trends in portfolio construction, given the current state of the market. Throughout the year, the market has seen dramatic shakeups from all over, including a downturn for some of the standard money-making sectors and the rise of tech and thematic-based ETFs, based on trends that have taken hold. As far as emerging trends are concerned, Nini speaks to how the uncertainty of 2020 has not stalled the migration of assets to lower-cost passive vehicles.