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BlackRock's Fink: Indexing all the rage in 2012
INVESTING ETFS DEC 28, 2011
BlackRock's Fink: Indexing all the rage in 2012

With low interest rates, investors actively seeking passive management, fund firm boss says

INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 19, 2011
Dividend stocks 'the name of the game' for retirees

Financial advisers increasingly are looking to dividend income as a means to provide cash flow to retired clients — despite some obvious risks in doing so.

INVESTING ETFS DEC 13, 2011
BlackRock CEO Fink slams SocGen unit's synthetic ETFs

Laurence D. Fink, chief executive of BlackRock Inc., stepped up his criticism of some exchange-traded funds such as those provided by Société Générale SA, saying that he doesn't want them to damage the industry

BlackRock, ProShare execs clash over ETF proposal
INVESTING ETFS DEC 13, 2011
BlackRock, ProShare execs clash over ETF proposal

Recent market volatility is prompting Congress to examine the role ETFs may play in the gyrations. At the same time, ETF vendors are squabbling over the best way to dampen the risks arising from the popular funds.

INVESTING ETFS DEC 06, 2011
New low-volatility ETFs offer fewer bumps in the road

Investing in equities these days should come with a warning for those who suffer from motion sickness

BlackRock's general, Société Générale in ETF 'street brawl'
INVESTING ETFS NOV 30, 2011
BlackRock's general, Société Générale in ETF 'street brawl'

BlackRock boss Larry Fink has once again slammed synthetic ETFs, which are sold mainly in Europe. His point? The funds make investors counterparties in swaps. But the head of Societe General's Lyxor unit, which sells such exchange traded funds, has fired back. | <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=CI&amp;Date=20110921&amp;Category=FREE&amp;ArtNo=921009998&amp;Ref=PH>The ETFs with the biggest outflows &amp;raquo;</a> | <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=CI&amp;Date=20111110&amp;Category=FREE&amp;ArtNo=111009917&amp;Ref=PH>Top 10 dividend-paying ETFs &amp;raquo;</a>

INVESTING ETFS NOV 30, 2011
Clients are eager to use ETFs, but they don't understand them

Exchange-traded funds are in the right place at the right time, according to the results of an investor survey conducted by The Charles Schwab Corp.

Bond ETFs stealing the thunder — and inflows — from Gross, Fuss
INVESTING ETFS NOV 10, 2011
Bond ETFs stealing the thunder — and inflows — from Gross, Fuss

Fee fiefdom losing ground to passively managed funds; low yields brings high scrutiny

INVESTING ETFS NOV 06, 2011
Future of financial transactions tax unclear

Legislation introduced last week that would impose a federal tax on financial transactions may be doomed as a stand-alone bill, but proponents say that it should be included in any broad deficit-reduction proposal

INVESTING ETFS NOV 02, 2011
Three reasons the recent rally will continue: iShares

First, and most important, a large part of the late summer sell-off was precipitated by a growing belief that the United States and the global economy were about to enter another recession.

INVESTING ETFS OCT 19, 2011
BlackRock: ETF standards in need of improvement

BlackRock Inc., which controls 42% of the exchange-traded-fund market, is calling on its peers and regulators to raise their standards in terms of transparency and oversight of ETFs

INVESTING ETFS OCT 19, 2011
ETF vehicles will soon be ranked

Morningstar Inc. will begin ranking exchange-traded-fund managed portfolios, the company said last week in Chicago at its ETF Invest Conference

INVESTING RIAS OCT 18, 2011
Raymond James working on no-fee ETF program

Raymond James Financial Inc. aims to have a no-fee ETF program up and running within six months.

ICI to regulators: When knocking ETFs, please be specific
INVESTING ETFS OCT 11, 2011
ICI to regulators: When knocking ETFs, please be specific

The Institute is worried that a recent report about synthetic ETFs actually tarred all exchange-traded funds. That, in turn, led to 'inflammatory media coverage.'

INVESTING ETFS SEP 21, 2011
&lt;font color=red&gt; At Morningstar &lt;/font&gt; Clients eager to use ETFs — but don't understand them

Survey reveals real interest in purchasing exchange-traded funds and real ignorance about exchange-traded funds

&lt;font color=red&gt;At Morningstar&lt;/font&gt; ETF managed portfolios to get ratings system
INVESTING ETFS SEP 21, 2011
&lt;font color=red&gt;At Morningstar&lt;/font&gt; ETF managed portfolios to get ratings system

&lt;font color=red&gt;At Morningstar&lt;/font&gt; Advisers in need of some ETF schooling: Panel
INVESTING ETFS SEP 21, 2011
&lt;font color=red&gt;At Morningstar&lt;/font&gt; Advisers in need of some ETF schooling: Panel

Financial advisers a bit lost as exchange-traded funds evolve; more changes to come, too

INVESTING ETFS SEP 21, 2011
Commodity ETFs boosting correlation between raw materials, stocks

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 21, 2011
ETF providers amend filings to assuage SEC's concerns

Firms set to offer active funds promise not to use derivatives

BlackRock expresses real concern over synthetics in ETFs
INVESTING ETFS SEP 14, 2011
BlackRock expresses real concern over synthetics in ETFs

Asset manager issues proposal to reform exchange-traded-fund industry