U.S. exchange-traded funds took in $56.3 billion for the first half of this year, an increase of more than 50.9% from the first half of 2010, according to State Street Global Advisors' mid-year SPDR outlook.
As exchange-traded funds grow in popularity, more financial advisers are using model ETF portfolios as a low-cost way of managing their clients' money
Global equities funds saw $3.5 in net outflows
After waiting for months and in some cases years, fund companies are starting to see progress on their applications to launch actively managed exchange-traded funds, according to several fund executives
Massachusetts' top securities regulator is suing RBC Capital Markets LLC and one of its former registered representatives over the sale of leveraged exchange-traded funds, saying they sold them to clients who didn't understand how the investments worked.
Addressing an issue that many thought had been resolved several years ago, Massachusetts last week filed an administrative complaint against RBC Capital Markets LLC and one of its former brokers, Michael Zukowski, for “dishonest practices in selling leveraged and inverse leveraged ETFs"
AQR Capital Management LLC is tapping into the growing appetite for alternative investments by launching a mutual fund that employs nine different hedge fund strategies
Steve Baffico, head of U.S. retail at Guggenheim Funds Distributors Inc., has resigned
Looking at a portfolio manager's track record is one thing, but understanding how he or she achieved it, and whether it can be repeated, is another story and something that financial advisers should consider when selecting funds for their clients, according to those who study investor behavioral trends
Investors are continuing to flee American Funds' offerings. Three funds from the group, a favorite of advisers, made the top five in most outflows for the first half of the year.
Leveraged and inverse funds over the head of the average investor, NASAA warns; plenty of fees, too
As they do with stocks, investors have the opportunity to trade listed options on many exchange-traded funds
Bruce Berkowitz appears to be staying away from some of his more controversial stock picks in his newest fund, The Fairholme Allocation Fund. Among the most notable absences from the top holdings of the new fund are American International Group — the flagship Fairholme Fund's top holding — and St. Joe Corp., which has received much press and attention from investors.
PMs can invest across range of asset classes, ramp up on leverage
Most money pulled out since last May; stock and bond funds both dumped
Could put a hole in money-market funds, which hold $760 billion in Treasuries. The question is: should investors pull their money out now just in case lawmakers in Washington don't reach a debt-ceiling agreement by Aug. 2?
Estimated net flows, Jan. 1-June 30, 2011. (Source: Morningstar)
