Tag: exchange traded funds (ETFs)

TD Ameritrade's new ETF Market Center has a list of more than 100 commission-free exchange-traded funds (ETFs), chosen by Morningstar Associates.   

Dick Darian has joined the iShares 401(k) team at BlackRock.

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has appointed Scott Ebner managing director and global head of ETF Product Development.

At the PLANDADVISER National Conference in Orlando last week, panelists discussed alternatives to mutual funds for 401(k) plans, such as exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and collective trusts.   

Vanguard plans to simplify the construction of its Target Retirement Funds and certain other funds-of-funds by replacing three underlying international portfolios with a single broad international stock index...

Vanguard plans to change the target benchmark of its Total International Stock Index Fund from the MSCI EAFE + Emerging Markets Index to the MSCI All Country World...

WisdomTree, an exchange-traded fund (ETF) sponsor and asset manager, has launched the WisdomTree Dreyfus Commodity Currency Fund (CCX) on the NYSE Arca.

The Vanguard Group has added seven equity index funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) based on Russell domestic stock benchmarks.  

Assets in the exchange-traded funds (ETF) space fell $21.8 billion to $800 billion in August, down 2.7%, according to the latest data from State Street Global Advisors (SSgA).

Exchange‐traded fund (ETF) assets are expected to achieve an annual growth rate of nearly 19% between 2010 and 2014, according to Financial Research Corporation’s (FRC’s) newly released Mid‐Year 2010...

 State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has announced that the SPDR S&P Global Natural Resources ETF (Symbol: GNR) began trading on the NYSE Arca on Tuesday.

Exchange-traded funds posted net outflows totaling roughly $1.3 billion August, ending a six-month streak of consecutive monthly inflows, according to Morningstar Direct’s Fund Flows Update.

Dow Jones Indexes has launched the Dow Jones Emerging Markets Consumer Titans 30 Index, measuring the performance of 30 leading consumer goods and consumer service companies in emerging...

The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved the adoption and extension of new stock trading circuit-breakers.    

Invesco PowerShares has entered into an agreement with Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (KBW) for exclusive licensing to four indexes covering the financial services, REIT, and property &...

Vanguard has introduced eight new index mutual funds and nine new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) based on S&P domestic stock benchmarks.

By collaborating with WisdomTree Investments, Advisors Asset Management (AAM) will now offer advisers a wider array of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as part of their investment solutions.

 Standard & Poor's has expanded its family of municipal bond indexes with the launch of the S&P Municipal Yield Index.

A Cogent Research report shows advisers gravitating more towards Vanguard exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and away from the industry leader, iShares.  

The Charles Schwab Corporation is paying $150 million in stocks and cash for Windward Investment Management, an exchange-traded fund (ETF)-focused investment advisory firm headquartered in Boston.