The firm is the first provider to receive exemptive relief from the SEC for actively managed ETFs in registration.
There were 50 fewer launches in 2007 as compared to 2006 for the first year-to-year fall since the millenium.
The firm an application with the SEC for exemptive relief for a series of actively managed, target-date exchange traded funds.
The rule would cover passive and actively managed ETFs — at least those that promise to divulge their holdings.
Regulators and participants are strengthening market discipline but oversight is still needed, the report says.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. is drawing the ire of some brokerage firms by partnering with the AARP — a group that some in the industry see as a competitor.
The process could come to a favorable conclusion for the bond insurer early this week.
After a sputtering start, the green revolution appears to be steadily making its way into corporate boardrooms.
At a time when recession fears are rattling the stock market, some financial advisers are looking to trees for growth.
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.
Managed accounts aren't popular default options in 401(k) plans, because fees are too high for plan executives to justify, leaving them concerned about fulfilling their fiduciary responsibility, experts say.
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.
Morningstar Inc.'s recent launch of a star-rating system for hedge funds is the ultimate move into the mainstream for an asset class that has long thrived as an exclusive alternative investment.
Some people might describe the American Beacon International Equity Fund (AAIPX) as an international fund for the faint of heart because it doesn't expose investors to far-off and exotic markets.
As it presses to improve profitability, Putnam Investments may also have to contend with even more upheaval among its mutual fund managers.
Closed-end mutual funds caught in "failed" preferred-securities auctions are making investors nervous, but industry experts and advisers say there are opportunities for those who look beyond the current turbulence.
MBIA has pulled away from the Association of Financial Guaranty Insurers, saying it no longer shared the trade association’s views.
The composite Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index fell 3.1% in January, the worst performance since the company began keeping data in January 2000.
The firm was “the unfortunate victim of misconduct by certain former employees,” according to a client letter.
The New York State Insurance Department also reproached the plan, arguing that it would be “bad for the banks.”
