Tag: exchange traded funds (ETFs)

Seventy-eight percent of all retail advisers are presently using alternative investments within client portfolios, according to a recent report from Cogent Research.

Although ETFs remain $27.6 billion off their peak asset level from April 2011, they experienced two consecutive months of inflows in June and July ($10.0 billion and $17.3...

Van Eck Global has launched Market Vectors Mortgage REIT Income ETF (MORT).

In June, excluding short-term money products, local funds in Asia attracted over $15 billion in net flows, according to Strategic Insight, an Asset International company.

June saw the U.S. exchange-traded fund industry rebound with net inflows of $9.8 billion, and July saw that trend continue as U.S. ETFs rallied, bringing in $17.2 billion.

Exchange-traded fund (ETF) assets rose $9 billion in July, up 0.8%, according to State Street Global Advisors.

BlackRock has expanded its menu of index mutual funds for defined contribution plans with nine BlackRock LifePath Index Portfolios and the All Country World Index ex U.S. Fund.

Rydex announced the launch of two equal weight exchange-traded funds (ETFs). 

Against a backdrop of historically low interest rates and global economic uncertainty, U.S. ETFs managed to attract $56.3 billion in new inflows during the first six months of...

Despite a difficult first half for investors, long-term mutual funds around the world realized $350 billion of inflows so far in 2011, with 23% going into exchange-traded funds...

Use of the core/satellite investment strategy has helped drive the growth of exchange-traded funds, according to a recent study from Financial Research Corporation.

Charles Schwab has launched the Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF, which aims to provide broad exposure to U.S. taxable bond market.

Strategic Insight, an Asset International company, estimated that investors poured an additional $10.6 billion into U.S. ETFs in June, after $4.5 billion net inflows in May.

ProShares released an exchange-traded fund that seeks to provide hedge fund benefits without the same investment challenges.

Morningstar reports that U.S. exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw inflows of $9.8 billion in June after outflows of $3.1 billion in May.

Van Eck Global has released its Market Vectors CEF Municipal Income ETF (XMPT), the first exchange-traded fund (ETF) to specifically focus on closed-end municipal bond funds.

Precidian Funds LLC has launched its first U.S. exchange-traded fund (ETF) based on the Nikkei 225 index of Japanese equities.

The IQ Emerging Markets Mid Cap Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) was designed to allow investors to isolate pure-play Emerging Market mid-cap exposure. 

Month over month, exchange-traded fund (ETFs) assets fell $15.4 billion, down 1.4%, according to the State Street Global Advisors ETF Snapshot report.

Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO) selected J.P. Morgan to offer five of its U.S.-registered exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the Mexican Stock Exchange.