Tag: exchange traded funds (ETFs)

ETF Assets Drop $46B in May

Exchange-traded-fund (ETF) industry assets fell $46 billion for the month of May, or 5.5%, according to State Street Global Advisors’ ETF Snapshot.

SSgA Unveils Build America Bond ETF

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has announced that the SPDR Nuveen Barclays Capital Build America Bond ETF (symbol: BABS) began trading on the NYSE Arca on Thursday.

ETFs See Inflows of $12B in April

Investors poured $12.2 billion into exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in April 2010, bringing total year-to-date net inflows to $19.9 billion, according to Morningstar Direct Fund Flows.

ETF Assets Increase $23B in April

Exchange-traded-fund (ETF) assets increased by $23.3 billion for the month of April, totaling $830 billion, according to the latest ETF Snapshot from State Street.

ETFs Enjoy March Inflows of $20B

Investors plowed $19.7 billion into exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in March, helping to push total net inflows for the ETF industry to $7.7 billion for the first quarter of...

ETFs Pull in Nearly $8B in Q110

Strategic Insight (SI) said exchange-traded funds (ETFs) experienced roughly $7.7 billion of aggregate net inflows during the first quarter of 2010.

ETFs See Widespread Gains in March

State Street Global Advisors’ latest report on the exchange-traded fund (ETF) market covering March activity found that 10 of 12 ETF categories gained in absolute terms.

SSgA Ties Up with Nuveen on Municipal ETFs

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the investment management business of State Street Corporation, has entered into an agreement with Nuveen Investments regarding the management of several municipal bond...
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Hard to Fit

Despite interest by clients, ETFs are not a slam dunk in retirement plans 

ETFs Rebound from Bad Start in 2010

After steep outflows of roughly $16.7 billion in January, exchange-traded funds attracted net inflows of more than $4.6 billion in February, according to the Morningstar Direct Fund Flows...