With fund firms launching a seemingly endless parade of exchange-traded funds, a dark side to this glut of offerings is emerging: Portfolio liquidations, once rare, are becoming more common
Research firm aims to barge into the ratings biz for exchange-traded funds; rival doing some revising as well
The combined market value of U.S. exchange-traded funds surpassed $1 trillion for the first time in 2010, while ETFs investing in emerging markets and bonds receiving the most new money, Birinyi Associates Inc. said.
The Vanguard Group Inc. has edged out BlackRock Inc.'s iShares as advisers' most trusted exchange-traded fund provider, according to a survey released by Cogent Research.
While Americans in Egypt evacuate with help from the U.S. Embassy, financial advisers are considering whether investments in the embattled nation — and the rest of the Middle East — should follow.
Investors in hedge funds and limited partnerships are used to receiving these forms, which reflect an investor's proportionate share of a partnership's taxable income or loss
Affluent investors increasingly are turning to exchange-traded funds over mutual funds, and when it comes to their sentiments about the providers of those ETFs, clients rate The Vanguard Group Inc. above all others
In light of the extreme volatility in the municipal bond market, The Vanguard Group Inc. has withdrawn the documents it filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch three muni bond index funds and three exchange-traded funds, as first reported on InvestmentNews.com.
First Trust Portfolios LP has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch nine international exchange-traded funds as part of its AlphaDex series.
Two out of three say they have little or no knowledge of exchange-traded funds; 'too complicated' for 15%
Glavin says firm is mulling possibility of converting mutual funds into exchange-traded funds; won't introduce 'clones'
Huntington Asset Advisors Inc. may be the first fund company to convert an existing mutual fund into an actively managed exchange-traded fund, but it won't be the last, some observers predict.
Firm has launched six such funds in the past two months – with more on the way
The acronym TMT took a beating nearly than a decade ago, when a number of telecom services (T), media (M), and the information technology stocks (T) declined sharply. Since then many diversified mutual fund managers have focused on these now recovered industries and a small number of funds have narrowed their sights to just the TMT space with success.
SEC approval would generate rush of similar requests, observers say; actively managed fund likely to be launched this summer
BlackRock Inc. is looking to expand its services — rather than slash costs on funds — to lure advisers to its exchange-traded funds.
Officials at the Securities and Exchange Commission are considering setting limits on computer-trading algorithms — and may choose to require broker-dealers to monitor their orders — in the wake of the May 6 flash crash.
Like a lot of firms, Russell Investment has been waiting a long time for the SEC to approve its request to launch an actively managed exchange-traded fund. Today, Russell took the bull by the horns, purchasing U.S. One -- and with it, the RIA's actively managed ETF.
