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Columbia's purchase of Grail could make Ameriprise big-time ETF player
INVESTING ETFS MAR 08, 2011
Columbia's purchase of Grail could make Ameriprise big-time ETF player

Acquisition by company's subsidiary gives financial industry giant entrée into the market for active offerings

Schwab unveils it first-ever ETF list — and it features lots of Schwab funds
INVESTING ETFS MAR 08, 2011
Schwab unveils it first-ever ETF list — and it features lots of Schwab funds

Brokerage firm's inaugural list of exchange-traded funds targets retail investors; 48 funds in all, 11 from Schwab.

INVESTING ETFS MAR 06, 2011
Guggenheim said to eye Claymore and Rydex combo

Guggenheim Partners LLC is in talks about combining its former Claymore Group Inc. exchange-traded-fund business with its Rydex SGI business, according to people familiar with the situation

INVESTING RIAS MAR 04, 2011
All-ETF VA gives a hedge edge, Moody's says

Western & Southern Financial Group Inc.'s decision to base its variable annuity investment options on exchange-traded funds is a positive for the insurer, allowing it to better manage market risk tied to the products, according to Moody's Investors Service

INVESTING ETFS MAR 01, 2011
Guggenheim adds to collection, snaps up Securities Benefit in latest acquisition

Guggenheim Partners LLC, an investment firm founded by the famous family for which it is named, announced today it is acquiring Security Benefit Corp. — and with it Rydex SGI.

INVESTING ETFS FEB 23, 2011
Eaton Vance CEO: Transparency an issue with active ETFs

Active exchange-traded funds for the most part have been slow to take off

Are complex ETFs suitable investments?
INVESTING ETFS FEB 22, 2011
Are complex ETFs suitable investments?

Executives at BlackRock Inc. and Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC are calling on regulators to address suitability requirements for the sale of sophisticated ETFs, such as commodities-based and leveraged funds.

Vanguard's reputation tops as ETF inflows surge
INVESTING ETFS FEB 22, 2011
Vanguard's reputation tops as ETF inflows surge

Index specialist carving out big piece of the action; 'investor favorability' cited

T. Rowe Price: Set to lead a parade of active-ETF launches?
INVESTING ETFS FEB 22, 2011
T. Rowe Price: Set to lead a parade of active-ETF launches?

T. Rowe Price Group Inc. appears to be inching closer to launching its first actively managed exchange-traded fund — a fixed-income offering — and experts predict that it will be the first of many of its kind this year.

INVESTING EMERGING MARKETS FEB 13, 2011
Concern about Egypt

Cumberland Advisors, which manages $1.5 billion in separately managed accounts, has shifted its portfolio to 20% cash — the highest that it has been since early 2008, over fears related to the situation in Egypt

INVESTING ETFS FEB 13, 2011
Managers seek barriers to sophisticated ETFs

Executives at BlackRock Inc. and Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC are calling on regulators to address suitability requirements for the sale of sophisticated ETFs such as commodities-based and leveraged funds

SEC said to be probing insider trading in ETFs
INVESTING ETFS FEB 11, 2011
SEC said to be probing insider trading in ETFs

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether exchange-traded funds are being used to hide insider trading, a person with knowledge of the probe said.

INVESTING ETFS FEB 10, 2011
Morningstar set to rate model portfolios

Morningstar Inc. is developing ratings for advisers' exchange-traded-fund model portfolios, a first for the burgeoning industry.

How to spot a doomed ETF
INVESTING ETFS FEB 09, 2011
How to spot a doomed ETF

Exchange-traded funds may be all the rage, but closures of ETFs are up 500% since 2007. Here are some warning signs that a fund may be headed for that great pooled asset in the sky.

INVESTING ETFS FEB 09, 2011
The muni bond ETFs trading at the biggest discounts

INVESTING ETFS FEB 08, 2011
More ETFs are closing as funds crowd market

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

IndexUniverse takes on Morningstar in ETF space race
INVESTING ETFS FEB 08, 2011
IndexUniverse takes on Morningstar in ETF space race

Research firm aims to barge into the ratings biz for exchange-traded funds; rival doing some revising as well

INVESTING ETFS FEB 08, 2011
ETF assets: $1 trillion and counting

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.

INVESTING ETFS FEB 07, 2011
Advisers' favorite ETF provider is Vanguard: survey

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.

INVESTING EMERGING MARKETS FEB 01, 2011
Advisers: Clients not spooked by Egypt — yet

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.