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INVESTING ETFS OCT 15, 2007
ETFs face loss of seed money

Hundreds of exchange traded funds may not see the light of day, because seed capital for such funds is drying up.

INVESTING ETFS OCT 11, 2007
U.S. ETF assets up to $554 billion

ETF assets increased by 9.7% in September, as 15 new funds were launched, according to State Street.

INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 08, 2007
Advisers, providers remain skeptical on ETF-based annuities

More than two years after the launch of the first variable annuity based on exchange traded funds, VA providers and financial advisers are still ap-proaching the product with caution.

INVESTING ETFS OCT 08, 2007
Powershares to offer laddered-treasury ETFs

PowerShares will expand its family of fixed-income exchange traded funds on Oct. 11.

INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 08, 2007
Advisers, providers remain skeptical on ETF-based annuities

More than two years after the launch of the first variable annuity based on exchange traded funds, VA providers and financial advisers are still ap-proaching the product with caution.

INVESTING ETFS OCT 08, 2007
Help investors diversify intelligently

Financial planners and investment advisers apparently are doing their jobs well — their clients and other individual investors are diversifying their investments as never before.

INVESTING ETFS OCT 08, 2007
TDAX Funds offers play on the life cycle fund market

With the launch of the first-ever life cycle exchange traded funds, TDAX Funds Inc. plans to muscle in on the fast-growing life cycle mutual fund market.

INVESTING ETFS OCT 05, 2007
SPDR man touts new ETFs

The SPDR Lehman International Treasury Bond ETF began trading today, State Street Global Advisors announced.

INVESTING ETFS OCT 05, 2007
Barclays puts state-specific ETFs in play

The first state-specific municipal bond exchange traded funds began trading today, Barclays Global Investors announced.

INVESTING ETFS OCT 04, 2007
Rydex ETF Essentials for investors debuts

Rydex has kicked off a web initiative to put investors in the know about exchange traded funds.

INVESTING ETFS OCT 01, 2007
First life-cycle ETFs debut

The five TDAX Independence ETFs are a joint venture between TD Ameritrade and XShares Advisors.

INVESTING ETFS OCT 01, 2007
ETFs weather the fiscal storm

The ETF 50 Index increased 4.7% in September, marking its largest monthly gain this year.

INVESTING ETFS SEP 27, 2007
PowerShares launches five ETFs

The PowerShares International Listed Private Equity Portfolio has generated quite a lot of buzz.

INVESTING ETFS SEP 27, 2007
U.S. ETF assets top $507 billion

Total assets of the 546 ETFs listed in the U.S. rose 3.7% to $507.11 billion in August.

INVESTING ETFS SEP 25, 2007
Vanguard plans three index funds

The Vanguard Group yesterday filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to offer three index funds.

INVESTING ETFS SEP 20, 2007
William Henson hired as XShares' CEO

The firm, with $100 million in assets under management, focuses on introducing exchange traded funds.

INVESTING ETFS SEP 17, 2007
ETF veteran signs on with IndexIQ

Agustin “Gus” J. Fleites is now the president of IndexIQ Advisors, a new asset management subsidiary of IndexIQ.

INVESTING ETFS SEP 17, 2007
Two proposed ETFs plan to tap private equity

Despite a downturn in private-equity returns, two new exchange traded funds providing investors access to that space may soon be launched. The proposed ETFs — one from PowerShares Capital Management LLC of Wheaton, Ill., and the other from Barclays Global Investors of San Francisco — would join what is the only private-equity ETF in existence: the PowerShares Listed Private Equity Fund.

INVESTING ETFS SEP 14, 2007
U.S. ETF assets jump in August

U.S. ETF assets rose 13% in August, with inflows of $22.2 billion, according to a report by State Street Global Markets.

INVESTING ETFS SEP 13, 2007
State Street launches muni bond ETF

On average, the securities in the SPDR Lehman Municipal Bond ETF index have a credit quality of AA1/AAA.