Entering mostly uncharted waters; 'not an easy place to be fishing for assets'
In the wake of the announcement that Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC will buy Grail Advisors LLC, one of Grail's partners is still making plans to go it alone with active ETFs
Index specialist Vanguard has set it sights on the ETF market in Europe. BlackRock, already the king of the continent, awaits.
It's been a busy few days for Ameriprise Financial. Earlier this week, the firm, along with subsidiary Securities America, lined up an agreement with lawyers representing investors who got burned in Reg D offerings. And today, it appears the company is on the verge of acquiring Grail -- and moving into the actively-managed ETF space.
Purchase of ETF firm vaults Ameriprise unit into 'big player' in actively managed fund space.
As we discussed last month, futures-based ETFs may generate considerable tax-related confusion
As much of the world frantically adjusts to rising commodities prices, this might seem like a good time to jump into one of the many commodity-based exchange-traded funds introduced over the past several years
If firm doesn't find buyer, it may be forced to shut down some funds; potential purchaser said to be marquee name
The market for actively managed exchange-traded funds has been slow to take off, but the funds' assets may swell once they have a few years of performance to tout, observers said.
Grail Advisors LLC is partnering with DoubleLine Capital LP to launch an actively managed emerging-markets fixed-income ETF in what will be the first such fund of its kind to hit the market.
In a little more than two years, 14 ETNs linked to the Exchange Volatility Index have been launched; warning, VIX aren't for kids
In the wake of last week's announcement by the Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. that it will re-balance the Nasdaq-100 Index for the first time in 13 years, portfolio managers are warning that investors could see greater volatility in technology stocks over the next few weeks
Morningstar Inc. soon will begin ranking — and possibly even applying its popular star rating to — exchange-traded-fund model portfolios used by financial advisers, a first for the burgeoning industry
Asset manager set to launch customized programs for broker-dealers
As advisers to 401(k) plans brace for upcoming regulations mandating greater fee disclosure, The Charles Schwab Corp., BlackRock Inc. and TD Ameritrade Trust Co. are among a number of firms that are launching lower-cost options ranging from exchange-traded funds to index-fund-only plans
Exchange traded funds seen as ideal for portfolio weighting and diversification; 'it's not a fad'
Mutual funds still dominate retail fund assets in broker-dealer wrap programs
RiverPark looking at launching actively managed exchange-traded funds; 'going to tread slowly'
