ETFs

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BlackRock warns of stock-bond correlation, suggests illiquid real estate
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 14, 2015
BlackRock warns of stock-bond correlation, suggests illiquid real estate

Chief investment strategist says liquid investments are being challenged to offer competitive returns.

China's stock market meltdown is looking like a buying opportunity
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 14, 2015
China's stock market meltdown is looking like a buying opportunity

Strategists recommend a slow and steady move into the world's second-largest equity market.

INVESTING ESG JUL 14, 2015
Merrill Lynch adds social impact portfolios to platform

Client demand leads wirehouse to create multi-asset vehicles that reflect investors' values

INVESTING ETFS JUL 13, 2015
Vanguard Group hires a smart beta expert from pioneer Research Affiliates

Index investing giant has challenged the marketing of smart beta funds. Now it's turning to someone whose research has helped those funds grow.

Active or passive? It depends where you work
INVESTING ETFS JUL 13, 2015
Active or passive? It depends where you work

Over the past two years, confidence in passive investing has grown mainly among RIAs while other advisers primarily remain active.

China does everything wrong in efforts to reverse stock market slide
INVESTING EMERGING MARKETS JUL 08, 2015
China does everything wrong in efforts to reverse stock market slide

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: China gets low marks for how it's trying to save its equity markets by preventing the sale of stocks.

INVESTING RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 08, 2015
Wells Fargo faces major test of broker liability for selling F-Squared

A 68-year-old widower claims wirehouse did insufficient due diligence on the troubled money manager.

China stock plunge reignites debate over when and whether U.S. investors should get in
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 07, 2015
China stock plunge reignites debate over when and whether U.S. investors should get in

Not having access to the market has been protecting mutual-fund investors from fast declines.

Vanguard's new ambassador to advisers: We've earned your trust
INVESTING ETFS JUL 07, 2015
Vanguard's new ambassador to advisers: We've earned your trust

Thomas M. Rampulla's return to the U.S. comes after the firm recast itself as a patron of an industry that once saw it as a threat.

Treasury ETF attracts big bucks as investors seek safety amid Greek crisis
INVESTING EMERGING MARKETS JUL 06, 2015
Treasury ETF attracts big bucks as investors seek safety amid Greek crisis

ETF holds up better than other funds that own riskier, lower-rated debt, which had their worst monthly outflows ever.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 29, 2015
Stock buybacks come under fire from politicians

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> There's a rising backlash for record-level stock-buyback programs, as Sen. Elizabeth Warren issues charges of 'stock manipulation.'

In latest test, active managers outperform bond indexes
INVESTING PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 29, 2015
In latest test, active managers outperform bond indexes

After a disappointing 2014, intermediate-term bond managers have found their footing.

INVESTING PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 18, 2015
Legg Mason latest mutual fund manager to step into ETFs

Fund company's new products attempt to capitalize on the growth of smart beta.

SEC member Stein calls for scrutiny of alternative mutual funds and ETFs
INVESTING PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 18, 2015
SEC member Stein calls for scrutiny of alternative mutual funds and ETFs

Kara Stein says mutual funds and ETFs that use complex, illiquid strategies 'operate in a gray area'

INVESTING ETFS JUN 18, 2015
Money managers like Jeffrey Gundlach scramble to jump into ETFs

Fund managers like DoubleLine's Jeffrey Gundlach are arriving late to the ETF game and sound ambivalent about how popular ETFs will become &amp;mdash; but they don't want to be left behind. <b><i>(More: <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/section/specialreport/20150419/ETF042015&quot;" target="&quot;_blank&quot;" rel="noopener">Our full Spotlight on ETFs special report</a>)</b></i>

INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 17, 2015
F-Squared files for bankruptcy

Filing caps rise-and-fall story of an ETF manager popular with financial advisers. Broadmeadow Capital has agreed to acquire F-Squared's intellectual property, investment strategies and other assets.

With Saudi Arabian stock market open, exchange-traded funds aren't far behind
INVESTING EMERGING MARKETS JUN 17, 2015
With Saudi Arabian stock market open, exchange-traded funds aren't far behind

The earliest access point will most likely be through inclusion in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, according to one expert.

INVESTING ETFS JUN 17, 2015
Legislation would allow B-Ds to publish ETF research without fear of breaking securities laws

Bill proposed by former broker passes key committee, would raise competition with Morningstar.

Blackstone and BlackRock are starting to cross over into each other's bread and butter
INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 16, 2015
Blackstone and BlackRock are starting to cross over into each other's bread and butter

Steve Schwarzman and Larry Fink, once partners, now vie for Wall Street dominance atop their wildly successful firms.

Losing edge in ETFs, State Street turns to hedge funds
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUN 15, 2015
Losing edge in ETFs, State Street turns to hedge funds

Firm is expanding hedge funds and alternative investment strategies that can be offered to individual investors, Ronald O'Hanley, the new chief of the the $2.45 trillion State Street Global Advisors.