Date Title
2008-04-22
Market Vectors Launches Solar Energy ETF

Asset manager Van Eck Global today launched an exchange-traded fund (ETF) in hopes of profiting from the growth of solar power.

2008-04-11
Invesco PowerShares Launches Actively-Managed Equity ETFs

Invesco PowerShares announced three actively-managed equity exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and PowerShares' first actively-managed fixed-income ETF began trading on the NYSE Arca.
2008-04-04
Two New PowerShares ETFs Come Online

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC has announced the listing of two new exchange-traded funds.
2008-04-04
UBS Launches Family of ETNs

Eight UBS E-TRACS Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) have begun trading on NYSE Arca.

2008-04-02
New Vanguard Fund Goes Global

Vanguard has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the firm’s first passively managed global index fund.
2008-03-28
Barclays Launches Five New ETFs

Barclays Global Investors (BGI) announced the launch of five new iShares international exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

2008-03-28
ETF Assets Drop in February

Exchange-traded fund assets declined in February, but have nonetheless increased 29.1% over the past year.
2008-03-27
ProShares Offers Short and Leveraged Telecom ETFs

Two new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) from ProShares offer investors short or magnified exposure to telecom stocks.
2008-03-24
Morningstar Announces Active ETFs in Managed Account

Morningstar Investment Services on Monday introduced a managed account offering made up of five actively managed portfolios using exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
2008-03-19
SSgA Launches First International Inflation-Protected Bond ETF

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the investment management arm of State Street Corporation, announced that the SPDR DB International Government Inflation-Protected Bond ETF (Ticker: WIP) began trading on the American Stock Exchange (Amex) on March 19, 2008.

2008-03-11
Bear Stearns Launches Actively Managed ETF

Bear Stearns Asset Management (BSAM) announced the launch of the first actively managed exchange-traded fund (ETF).

2008-03-05
SEC Proposes Easing of ETF Regulations

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed two new rules under the Investment Company Act to allow exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to operate without first getting SEC exemptive orders.

2008-03-03
Fiserv Target-Date Funds Include Claymore ETFs

Claymore Securities, Inc. has announced that eight of its exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are included as underlying investments in the Fiserv Trust Target Date Blueprint Funds.
2008-03-03
PA Firm Puts Out Three Revenue-Ranked ETFs

A suburban Philadelphia company has launched three exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the New York Stock Exchange.
2008-02-29
ETF Assets Fall in January

Assets of all exchange-traded funds (ETFs) fell in January by $39.70 billion, or 6.5%, to $568.73 billion, according to data from the Investment Company Institute (ICI).
2008-02-27
SSgA Seeks SEC OK to Launch Active Target-Date ETFs

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) announced it is seeking permission from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch a series of actively managed, target-date exchange traded funds (ETF).

2008-02-19
SPDR International Dividend ETF Kicks Off Trading

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) announced that the SPDR S&P International Dividend exchange traded-fund (ETF) began trading on the American Stock Exchange on Tuesday.

2008-02-12
Claymore Announces U.S. Capital Markets ETFs

Claymore Securities Inc. on Tuesday launched three broad market exchange-traded funds (ETFs) representing the value of the U.S. capital markets as a whole.

2008-02-01
ETF Assets Increase to $608B

The combined assets of the nation's exchange-traded funds (ETFs) rose in December by $36.3 billion, or 6.3%, to $608.4 billion, according to the Investment Company Institute (ICI).

2008-01-30
Claymore Launches China Small Cap ETF

Claymore Securities, Inc. announced the launch of the Claymore/AlphaShares China Small Cap Index exchange-traded fund (ticker: HAO) on the American Stock Exchange.