Tag: exchange traded funds (ETFs)
UBS Trader Arrested in London, Worked with ETFs
UBS trader Kweku Adoboli appeared in a London court on Friday to face charges of fraud and false accounting, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Morningstar Adds Strategies to Managed Portfolios Program
Morningstar Investment Services, Inc. (MIS) introduced a suite of new strategies to Morningstar Managed Portfolios, including active/passive, momentum ETF, and global tactical ETF portfolios.
Cambria to Launch Actively Managed ETFs
Cambria Investment Management has filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to market its own line of actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
ETF Assets Down Nearly 4% in August
According to State Street Global Advisors’ ETF Snapshot report, exchange-traded fund assets fell $42 billion in August, down 3.8%.
UBS Launches ETNs Linked to Volatility Index
UBS Investment Bank introduced 12 ETRACS Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) linked to the daily performance of an index in the S&P 500 VIX Futures Index Series, which began...
Advisers Using Alternatives to Increase Diversification
Seventy-eight percent of all retail advisers are presently using alternative investments within client portfolios, according to a recent report from Cogent Research.
ETFs Flows Positive in July
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 Introduces Market Vectors Mortgage REIT Income ETF
Van Eck Global has launched Market Vectors Mortgage REIT Income ETF (MORT).
Asia Funds Attract $15B in June
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.
U.S. ETF Inflows Keep Rising
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.
ETF Assets Rise $9B in July
Exchange-traded fund (ETF) assets rose $9 billion in July, up 0.8%, according to State Street Global Advisors.
BlackRock Adds to DC Plan Index Fund Offerings
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 Launches Two S&P Equal Weight ETFs
Rydex announced the launch of two equal weight exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
ETF Inflows On Pace to Exceed $100B in 2011
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...
Funds Globally Capture $350B in First Half of 2011
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...
Core/Satellite Strategy a Good Start in ETF Investing
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.
Schwab Releases U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Charles Schwab has launched the Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF, which aims to provide broad exposure to U.S. taxable bond market.
ETF Flows Boosted in June
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 Launches Hedge Replication ETF
ProShares released an exchange-traded fund that seeks to provide hedge fund benefits without the same investment challenges.