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SEC looking into advisers' sales of model ETF portfolios
INVESTING ETFS SEP 28, 2010
SEC looking into advisers' sales of model ETF portfolios

The Securities and Exchange Commission is examining the burgeoning business of financial advisers' selling model portfolios of exchange-traded funds.

INVESTING ETFS SEP 17, 2010
The top-performing commodity funds this year

INVESTING ETFS SEP 17, 2010
John Bogle: ETF speculation 'insane' for longer-term investors

Speculating through exchange-traded funds isn't prudent for longer-term investors, according to John C. Bogle, who created the first index mutual fund in 1975.

INVESTING ETFS SEP 12, 2010
Vanguard in focus as it takes on SSgA with S&P 500 ETF

Financial advisers are keeping a close eye on The Vanguard Group Inc.'s new Standard & Poor's 500 ETF to see how the exchange-traded fund performs and whether it can compete with State Street Global Advisors Inc.'s SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY).

Schwab shells out for $4B active ETF manager
INVESTING RIAS SEP 09, 2010
Schwab shells out for $4B active ETF manager

The Charles Schwab Corp.'s move into active ETF management with the acquisition of Windward Investment Management Inc., which was announced today, didn't come as a surprise to advisers, who gave it high marks.

INVESTING ETFS SEP 05, 2010
Schwab applauded for active-ETF foray

The Charles Schwab Corp.'s move into active ETF management with the acquisition of Windward Investment Management Inc. last week didn't come as much of a shock to advisers, who gave the firm high marks.

BlackRock seeks clearance for index ETFs that can sell short
INVESTING ETFS AUG 27, 2010
BlackRock seeks clearance for index ETFs that can sell short

BlackRock Inc. is seeking regulatory clearance to create exchange-traded funds that can bet against stocks or bonds, as the $826 billion industry's largest player seeks new products to boost revenue.

INVESTING ETFS AUG 27, 2010
ETF providers spar over fund symbols in ticker tangle

Trademark lawsuit could make it harder to pick meaningful abbreviations; 'rush for good ticker symbols' coming?

INVESTING ETFS AUG 26, 2010
Schwab cuts fees on ETFs in latest swipe at Vanguard

Discount broker ups the ante after offering commission-free trades online seven months ago

INVESTING ETFS AUG 25, 2010
Russell Investments hires two ex-execs from iShares for its ETF biz

Russell Investments moved a step closer to becoming an exchange-traded-fund provider yesterday when it announced that it has appointed James Polisson managing director of its global ETF business and Andrew Arenberg managing director of global ETF distribution.

INVESTING ETFS AUG 20, 2010
London calling: UK's ETF Securities plans big commodities push in U.S.

A London-based provider of exchange-traded funds is planning to launch 18 commodities-based ETFs and a precious-metals basket ETF.

INVESTING FINTECH AUG 19, 2010
Broadridge rolls out new ETF tool

Tool will help ETF providers to focus their marketing and educational materials on the needs of advisers.

INVESTING ETFS AUG 18, 2010
Two more firms pull the plug on ETFs

Grail Advisors, Claymore Securities bag several smaller funds; more firms to follow suit?

Vanguard targeting advisers, institutions with new funds
INVESTING ETFS AUG 18, 2010
Vanguard targeting advisers, institutions with new funds

Vanguard said Thursday it will expand its index investment offerings with 19 new mutual funds, each with an exchange-traded fund version holding the same stocks or bonds as the companion mutual fund.

INVESTING ETFS AUG 16, 2010
BlackRock, Dreyfus, Huntington file to launch active ETFs

The three firm companies join the growing number of firms looking to get into the active ETF area.

INVESTING ETFS AUG 10, 2010
ETF providers take action after recent 'flash crash'

As regulators and stock exchanges try to figure out what caused the 1,000-point stock market drop May 6, exchange-traded-fund providers are doing damage control.

INVESTING ETFS AUG 10, 2010
ETF providers want say on flash-crash rules

As regulators and stock exchange officials discuss putting rules in place to make sure that the market volatility of May 6 never happens again, exchange-traded-fund providers are making sure considerations are made for their offerings

INVESTING ETFS JUL 29, 2010
Nuveen jumps into ETF market

Nuveen hopes this type of arrangement is just the first of many as it hopes to subadvise more muni bond ETFs

INVESTING ETFS JUL 23, 2010
Invesco to slow parade of new products after launching small-cap ETFs

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC today launched nine small-cap-sector exchange-traded funds, but that's going to be the last new offerings the firm rolls out for a while.

INVESTING ETFS JUL 15, 2010
New global iShares head at BlackRock

Mike Latham has been named global head of BlackRock's iShares exchange-traded-fund business, a new position, confirmed spokeswoman Bobbie Collins.