Davis Selected Advisers enters the ETF market

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Davis Selected Advisers wants to launch three actively managed ETFs.

AUG 15, 2016

By Jeff Benjamin

Davis Selected Advisers is the newest entrant into the exchange-traded fund market. The fund company, best known for Davis New York Venture (NYVTX), a stock fund languishing in the 87th percentile among its peers the past decade, has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for permission to roll out Davis Focused US Equity ETF (DAVS), Davis Select Financial ETF (DSFE) and Davis Select World Opportunities ETF (DSWO).
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Davis Selected Advisers enters the ETF market

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