The five TDAX Independence ETFs are a joint venture between TD Ameritrade and XShares Advisors.
The ETF 50 Index increased 4.7% in September, marking its largest monthly gain this year.
The PowerShares International Listed Private Equity Portfolio has generated quite a lot of buzz.
Total assets of the 546 ETFs listed in the U.S. rose 3.7% to $507.11 billion in August.
The Vanguard Group yesterday filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to offer three index funds.
The firm, with $100 million in assets under management, focuses on introducing exchange traded funds.
Agustin “Gus” J. Fleites is now the president of IndexIQ Advisors, a new asset management subsidiary of IndexIQ.
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.
U.S. ETF assets rose 13% in August, with inflows of $22.2 billion, according to a report by State Street Global Markets.
On average, the securities in the SPDR Lehman Municipal Bond ETF index have a credit quality of AA1/AAA.
The iShares S&P National Municipal Bond Fund from Barclays Global Investors won’t be the last.
Recent market volatility has been good for ProShare Advisors LLC. The gyrations have drawn attention to its 52 exchange traded funds, all of which use leverage to provide short or magnified exposure to various indexes.
Van Eck Global launched the Market Vectors-Agribusiness ETF on the American Stock Exchange today.
ETF Insider's ETF 50 Index increased by 0.6% in August, following two consecutive months of declines.
The First Trust Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend 30 Index was launched as an exchange traded fund.
Investment companies will now be able to invest in the company’s ETFs beyond the limits of Section 12(d)-1.
PHILADELPHIA — After years of looking after the back-office needs of its mutual fund and exchange traded fund clients, ALPS Fund Services Inc. is itself getting into the advisory business.
Claymore has launched three ETFs based on Morningstar Super Sector Indexes on the New York Stock Exchange.
Total assets under management globally in ETFs are expected to top $2 trillion by 2011, up from $669 billion as of June 30, according to a report by Morgan Stanley.
XShares filed a registration statement with the SEC to offer ETFs in AirShares EU Carbon Allowances Fund.
