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New software aims to reduce risk in target-date funds
INVESTING RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 23, 2023
New software aims to reduce risk in target-date funds

Soteria blends personalized safe-landing target-date fund glide paths with the personalization of managed accounts.

By Gregg Greenberg
SPY celebrates birthday, marking 30 years of ETFs
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 23, 2023
SPY celebrates birthday, marking 30 years of ETFs

Here are some key events in the evolution of exchange-traded funds as the SPDR S&P 500 ETF hits 30.

By InvestmentNews
With yields on cash climbing, advisors struggle to keep some clients in stocks
INVESTING RIAS JAN 20, 2023
With yields on cash climbing, advisors struggle to keep some clients in stocks

Even though history suggests the best strategy has always been to stay invested for the long haul, a safe 4% return is luring more investors to the sidelines.

By Jeff Benjamin
Vegan ETF gets ‘carbon neutral’ rating without credits
INVESTING ESG JAN 18, 2023
Vegan ETF gets ‘carbon neutral’ rating without credits

The VegTech Plant-based Innovation & Climate ETF is in line with a 2.12˚F temperature rise.

By Emile Hallez
Transamerica revamps Large Core Fund with ESG treatment
INVESTING ESG JAN 17, 2023
Transamerica revamps Large Core Fund with ESG treatment

Currently, the fund does not have a sustainability mandate and thus has an average sustainability rating from Morningstar.

By Emile Hallez
Touchstone Investments files for ‘climate transition’ ETF
INVESTING ESG JAN 17, 2023
Touchstone Investments files for ‘climate transition’ ETF

Lombard Odier’s Paul Udall is listed as portfolio manager for the forthcoming fund, which would be listed on the Chicago Board Options Exchange.

By ESG Clarity
Look before leaping into value stocks
INVESTING EQUITIES JAN 10, 2023
Look before leaping into value stocks

Financial advisors express mixed views of the momentum of value versus growth stocks heading into the new year.

By Jeff Benjamin
New ETF bets on companies led by women
INVESTING EQUITIES JAN 09, 2023
New ETF bets on companies led by women

Hypatia Women CEO ETF leverages the logic that female executives represent a rare level of excellence when it comes to leadership and management skills.

By Jeff Benjamin
DWS readies ‘climate action’ ETF
INVESTING ESG JAN 09, 2023
DWS readies ‘climate action’ ETF

The product, which would invest in companies seen as leaders in addressing climate change in their businesses, would be the 14th Xtrackers ETF with an ESG theme.

By ESG Clarity
Vanguard's efforts to navigate politics of ESG could be blueprint for others
INVESTING ESG JAN 06, 2023
Vanguard's efforts to navigate politics of ESG could be blueprint for others

Last month's decision to exit the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative puts Vanguard in a spotlight it was likely trying to avoid.

By Jeff Benjamin
ESG has DOL's blessing. Here's what can happen next in 401(k)s
INVESTING RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 05, 2023
ESG has DOL's blessing. Here's what can happen next in 401(k)s

Target-date funds that are sustainable or responsible are fair game now for retirement plans, but there aren't many of them.

By Emile Hallez
Bob Doll's predictions for 2023 paint less scary picture of year ahead
INVESTING EQUITIES JAN 03, 2023
Bob Doll's predictions for 2023 paint less scary picture of year ahead

His 10 calls for this year suggest a smoother ride for the markets that could depend on more action from Washington.

By Jeff Benjamin
Cathie Wood's grim 2022 is almost over, but 2023 also looks bad
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 30, 2022
Cathie Wood's grim 2022 is almost over, but 2023 also looks bad

Wall Street has been slashing earnings forecasts for some of the biggest holdings of Wood's flagship ARK Innovation ETF, signaling more pain ahead for a strategy that took a beating in 2022.

By Bloomberg
VanEck liquidates two Russia ETFs
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 30, 2022
VanEck liquidates two Russia ETFs

Trading in the funds had ceased following Russia's invasion of neighboring Ukraine in February.

By Bloomberg
Vanguard to launch municipal bond index ETF
INVESTING ETFS DEC 22, 2022
Vanguard to launch municipal bond index ETF

The Vanguard Short-Term Tax-Exempt Bond ETF would track an index of municipal bonds with maturities between one month and seven years.

By Bloomberg
Appeal of higher yields has more advisers trading individual bonds instead of funds
INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 22, 2022
Appeal of higher yields has more advisers trading individual bonds instead of funds

While stock and bond funds have seen assets decline, direct ownership of individual bonds has increased over the past year.

By Jeff Benjamin
ETF pioneer Kathleen Moriarty dies at 69
INVESTING ETFS DEC 22, 2022
ETF pioneer Kathleen Moriarty dies at 69

She earned the nickname 'SPDR Woman' for her work on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, which State Street Corp. introduced in 1993.

By Bloomberg
Complex products: You have to know them when you see them
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES DEC 19, 2022
Complex products: You have to know them when you see them

One of the challenges of regulating these investments is that there’s no agreed-upon definition for them.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Was 2022 the best year ever for exchange-traded funds?
INVESTING ETFS DEC 19, 2022
Was 2022 the best year ever for exchange-traded funds?

From asset flows out of mutual funds and into ETFs, to mutual fund-to-ETF conversions and the emergence of single-stock ETFs, the liquid, low-cost, tax-efficient ETF wrapper has notched a lot of wins this year.

By Jeff Benjamin
No 2022 capital gains on Schwab exchange-traded funds
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 16, 2022
No 2022 capital gains on Schwab exchange-traded funds

The asset manager announced that all 29 of its ETFs will avoid such distributions this year.

By InvestmentNews