ETFs

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INVESTING ETFS MAR 25, 2008
Bear launches actively managed ETF

AMEX has launched the Bear Stearns Current Yield Fund today, touting it as the the first actively-managed ETF to hit the market.

INVESTING ETFS MAR 24, 2008
Firm plans to launch four credit default swap ETFs

Providers of exchange traded products are developing investments that give investors the ability to more accurately pinpoint risk.

INVESTING ETFS MAR 17, 2008
Mutual funds mixed over SEC's proposed ETF rule

It soon may become easier for mutual funds to invest in exchange traded funds, but industry experts are divided as to whether funds will rush to invest in a product that is sometimes depicted as a competitor.

INVESTING ETFS MAR 17, 2008
Fund industry's ETN challenge may backfire

The mutual fund industry's push for raising taxes on exchange-traded notes may come back to hurt the industry when it asks Congress to defer taxes on mutual funds, the ranking minority member of a House Ways and Means subcommittee said.

INVESTING ETFS MAR 13, 2008
ETFs fall prey to market turbulence

The size of the exchange traded fund market shrunk by $12.9 billion in February, falling to $557 billion in assets.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 10, 2008
Morningstar charts course for growth

Despite a sinking stock market, investment research firm Morningstar Inc. is mapping plans to increase its product lineup in 2008.

INVESTING ETFS MAR 10, 2008
Rivalry in ETN market is heating up

Financial advisers are glad to see that competition is heating up in the nascent exchange traded note market.

INVESTING ETFS MAR 10, 2008
Bear unveils actively managed ETF

the Bear Stearns Current Yield Fund (YYY) will begin trading on the American Stock Exchange on March 18.

INVESTING ETFS MAR 10, 2008
SEC rule change would eliminate exemptive orders for ETFs

Investors will be the ultimate winners if a Securities and Ex-change Commission proposal to permit exchange traded funds to operate without having to obtain individual exemptive orders becomes a reality.

INVESTING ETFS MAR 04, 2008
SEC passes proposal easing ETF rules

ETFs could start up more easily and mutual funds could make larger investments in them under the proposal.

INVESTING ETFS MAR 03, 2008
Attracting assets eludes ETFs based on fundamental indexes

Exchange traded funds that are based on fundamental indexes have ballooned in number, but they are having a hard time attracting assets.

INVESTING ETFS MAR 03, 2008
William McNabb III

Financial advisers know little of William McNabb III, who today replaces John J. Brennan as president of The Vanguard Group Inc. and who will be taking Mr. Brennan's position of chief executive in about a year.

INVESTING ETFS MAR 03, 2008
Actively managed ETFs close to reality

The push for actively managed exchange traded funds, the Holy Grail of the ETF industry, is intensifying.

INVESTING ETFS MAR 03, 2008
Will active ETFs lure investors?

Exchange traded funds are one of the fastest-growing investment vehicles, but until now, they have been passive investments.

INVESTING ETFS FEB 28, 2008
PowerShares first on ETF fast track

The firm is the first provider to receive exemptive relief from the SEC for actively managed ETFs in registration.

INVESTING ETFS FEB 28, 2008
European hedge fund returns diminishing

There were 50 fewer launches in 2007 as compared to 2006 for the first year-to-year fall since the millenium.

INVESTING ETFS FEB 27, 2008
State Street to expand ETF offering

The firm an application with the SEC for exemptive relief for a series of actively managed, target-date exchange traded funds.

INVESTING ETFS FEB 27, 2008
SEC backs rule to ease ETF approval

The rule would cover passive and actively managed ETFs — at least those that promise to divulge their holdings.

INVESTING ETFS FEB 25, 2008
Vanguard lowers fees on five ETFs as it chases Barclays

The Vanguard Group Inc. has slashed costs on five more exchange traded funds in its latest effort to play catch-up with Barclays Global Advisors.

INVESTING ETFS FEB 25, 2008
Revenue weighting is the latest wrinkle in ETFs

RevenueShares Investor Services LLC became the latest firm to enter the exchange traded fund market Friday, launching three ETFs based on indexes weighted by the amount of company revenue.