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INVESTING ETFS SEP 16, 2009
AdvisorShares rolls out first active ETF

AdvisorShares Investments LLC launched its first exchange-traded fund today: the actively managed AdvisorShares Dent Tactical ETF.

INVESTING ETFS SEP 09, 2009
How regulators piled onto the ETF controversy

INVESTING ETFS SEP 09, 2009
Leveraged and inverse ETFs: What's the fuss?

INVESTING ETFS SEP 09, 2009
Pimco's Bill Gross to address financial advisers at InvestmentNews' ETF Insights online event

Bill Gross, managing director and co-chief investment officer at Pacific Investment Management Co., will deliver the keynote address at InvestmentNews' ETF Insights online conference for financial advisers, which will explore the latest developments in exchange-traded funds.

INVESTING ETFS SEP 09, 2009
Exotic ETF outcry: Much ado about nothing?

When it comes to leveraged and inverse ETFs, seemingly every regulator and influential brokerage firm has recently voiced the opinion that these exotic vehicles - which can double or triple the returns (or short the losses) of a market index - are inappropriate for individual investors.

INVESTING ETFS SEP 08, 2009
Posing threat to mutual funds, ETF assets expected to hit $1T before 2011, report says

Exchange-traded funds are poised to take a bite out of traditional mutual funds and are expected to grow from just over half a trillion dollars to $1 trillion before 2011, according to a soon-to-be-released report.

INVESTING ETFS SEP 04, 2009
Jefferies, Manulife venture into the ETF market

Two major financial services firms — an investment banking company and a an insurer — have revealed their intentions to get into the exchange-traded fund business.

INVESTING ETFS SEP 02, 2009
Regulators impose new limits on leveraged ETFs

Regulators are imposing new restrictions on leveraged exchange-traded funds, volatile investments that can multiply the gains or losses of a market index or benchmark.

INVESTING ETFS AUG 24, 2009
Pimco unveils 1-5 year TIPS exchange traded fund

It is not the first exchange traded fund to invest in Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, but the TIPS ETF launched today by Pacific Investment Management Co. of Newport Beach, Calif., may quickly become the fan favorite, according to a Morningstar anaylst.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 23, 2009
Some fear brouhaha over ETFs could spill over

The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission inserted themselves into the debate surrounding controversial, non-traditional exchange traded funds last week — a debate that could harm the entire ETF sector, according to some industry insiders.

INVESTING ETFS AUG 21, 2009
Fidelity: 'No plans' to expand ETFs

Even as ETFs continue to take market share away from mutual funds and gain more popularity with retail investors and advisers, officials for Fidelity Investments are maintaining that the fund giant is unlikely to expand its proprietary exchange traded fund lineup.

INVESTING ETFS AUG 20, 2009
ProShares gives investors another way to bet against U.S. Treasurys

ProShares Advisors LLC announced today the launch of a third exchange traded fund that lets investors bet on a downturn in long-term U.S. Treasury bonds.

INVESTING ETFS AUG 20, 2009
Two law firms weigh class action over sales of non-typical ETFs

Two law firms are investigating potential claims on behalf of retail investors who purchased leveraged, inverse and leveraged-inverse exchange traded funds and held them in their brokerage accounts for longer than one day.

INVESTING ETFS AUG 18, 2009
SEC joins Finra in warning about use of leveraged and inverse ETFs

The Securities and Exchange Commission today got behind the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc.'s effort to alert investors about the potential pitfalls of leveraged, inverse and leveraged-inverse exchange traded funds.

INVESTING ETFS AUG 16, 2009
Vanguard registers for seven bond ETFs

The Vanguard Group Inc. last week filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to offer seven bond index exchange traded funds in what some industry experts think will be a direct challenge to iShares, the dominant fixed-income ETF provider.

INVESTING ETFS AUG 11, 2009
Vanguard registers for seven bond ETFs

Vanguard today filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to offer seven new bond index exchange traded funds in what some industry experts believe to be a direct challenge to iShares, the dominant fixed-income ETF provider.

INVESTING ETFS AUG 09, 2009
Galvin demands answers from firms that sell inverse and leveraged ETFs

Massachusetts regulators sent subpoenas to four brokerage firms July 31 seeking information about the way they sold inverse and leveraged exchange traded funds. The subpoenas were issued weeks after the firms restricted the sale of the products or stopped selling them altogether.

INVESTING ETFS AUG 07, 2009
ETF assets hit a record $862B worldwide

Exchange traded fund assets worldwide hit an all-time high of $862 billion at the end of July, 7% above the previous record of $805 billion set in April 2008, according to data released today from the London-based research team of Barclays Global Investors in San Francisco.

INVESTING ETFS AUG 07, 2009
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney curbs leveraged ETF sales

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC today announced restrictions on the sale of leveraged, inverse, and leveraged-inverse exchange traded funds by its brokers and advisers.

INVESTING ETFS AUG 03, 2009
Galvin demands answers from firms selling inverse and leveraged ETFs

Massachusetts regulators sent subpoenas to four brokerage firms on Friday asking about their sales practices relating to inverse and leveraged exchange traded funds weeks after Edward D. Jones, Ameriprise, LPL and UBS restricting the sale of the products or stopped selling them altogether.