AdvisorShares Investments LLC appears to have moved a step closer to launching its first actively managed exchange traded fund.
Equity funds investing primarily in U.S. stocks had a net outflow of $3 billion, reversing the previous week’s inflow of $3.2 billion, TrimTabs reported.
Exchange traded fund assets fell by 13.5% during the first quarter, to $430.15 billion, according to data released today by Barclays Global Investors of San Francisco.
The Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Exchange Traded Fund (VSS), which seeks to track the performance of the FTSE Global Small-Cap ex-US Index, began trading today, The Vanguard Group Inc. of Malvern, Pa., announced.
Some providers of exchange traded funds hold out hope that the government will still turn to ETFs to purchase toxic assets — illiquid real estate loans and securities backed by loan portfolios — from banks.
It looks as if Barclays’ iShares exchange traded fund business will be sold to a Luxembourg-based global private-equity firm.
The possibility that Barclays' iShares exchange traded fund business could be sold to another big ETF provider, reducing competition by creating an industry behemoth, is worrying advisers.
Individuals who invest for themselves — without the help of a financial adviser — show more awareness and commitment to exchange traded funds than their adviser-directed peers.
As exchange traded funds gain in popularity, more financial advisers are building model ETF portfolios for use by other advisers.
Total assets in exchange traded funds fell $45 billion last month, to $451 billion, according to data released today by State Street Global Advisors of Boston.
Two major forces are behind the dramatic growth in popularity of exchange traded funds: the wide-spread adoption of fee-based advice and the prolonged 10-year bear market’s effect of destroying the “mutual fund manager” myth.
While it’s not wise to change your entire mutual fund investment strategy based on recent performance, it may be time to consider some alternatives like ETFs.
The SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) exchange traded fund has surpassed $30 billion in assets, making it the second-largest ETF by assets in the world.
Big-name mutual fund companies leery of jumping into exchange traded funds have finally received the signal that they need to make a major push into that arena.
Find out what advisers think about leveraged ETFs and ETF providers, plus more, in this latest <i>InvestmentNews</i> ETF Survey. And get some insight into what the future holds for ETFs at The Vanguard Group.
Although financial advisers generally welcome new exchange traded funds that invest in municipal bonds, some industry experts question whether they are the best way to access such an opaque market.
Van Eck Global has launched a high-yield municipal bond exchange traded fund, the Market Vectors High-Yield Municipal Fund (HYD).
Curian Capital LLC has introduced limited exposure to alternative-class investments on its separately managed accounts platform.
Actively managed exchange traded funds may finally start to take off as mutual fund companies look to differentiate themselves in a tough market, according to some industry experts.
