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  • U.S. Bancorp Launches ETF Series Trust with Exchange Traded Concepts

    February 21, 2012

    U.S. Bancorp Fund Services has launched its first multiple series trust focused on exchange-traded funds in a partnership with Exchange Traded Concepts, an advisor that helps money managers launch their own private label ETF-products.

  • SEC Widens Probe of ETFs

    February 21, 2012

    Prompted by a delay in a big trade at a popular ETF, the SEC is taking a closer look at a possible connection between high-frequency traders and hedge funds jumping in and out of ETFs, and instances where ETF trades fail to settle on time.

  • BlackRock Launches Seven New Fixed-Income ETFs-Barclays

    February 16, 2012

    BlackRock has launched seven iShares exchange-traded funds, including its first fixed-income ETFs to focus on specific industries and mortgage-backed securities.

  • Citi to Handle ETF Administration for ProShares

    February 13, 2012

    ProShares Trust has expanded Citigroup’s regulatory administration services contract to include the alternative investment manager’s exchange traded funds.

  • ProShares Premieres 10-Year, Breakeven Inflation ETFs

    February 13, 2012

    Following ProShare Advisors' roll out last month of the first 30-year breakeven inflation exchange-traded funds, the company now offers a 10-year version.

  • Fixed-Income ETPs Experience Record Inflows

    February 9, 2012

    January saw a significant jump in capital flowing into fixed-income exchange-traded products, according to the latest “ETP Landscape” report published by the BlackRock Investment Institute.

  • Going Postal: Turning USPS Woes Into an Investment Opportunity

    January 26, 2012

    Advisors don’t only have to bemoan the U.S. Postal Service’s decline — there are ways to profit from it. It’s worth at least considering an investment in ETFs that have exposure to companies like FedEx and UPS, according to an analysis by S&P Capital IQ.

  • Active ETF for Global Opportunities Set to Launch

    January 25, 2012

    AdvisorShares Investments, a sponsor of actively managed ETFs, announced that the AdvisorShares Accuvest Global Opportunities ETF will begin trading on Jan. 26.

  • State Street Uses Cloud to Help Create ETFs

    January 25, 2012

    State Street Corporation said its exchange-traded fund service, Total ETF, will use cloud-based technology to fully automate the development and management of a fund from basket creation through to trade processing and settlement.

  • Emerging Markets Lose Favor With ETF Investors

    January 25, 2012

    Investors pulled $4 billion out of exchange-traded funds that invested in emerging markets last year, making them the least-popular form of ETFs in 2011.

  • Vanguard Calls for Responsibility in Developing New ETFs

    January 23, 2012

    Vanguard Chief Investment Officer Gus Sauter challenged the ETF industry to be responsible in developing new products and called for greater efforts to educate investors about ETFs.

  • The Sweet, Short Life of Synthetic ETFs

    January 20, 2012

    You’ve heard of structured products. These largely were (and are) complex securities based on lots of streams of cash in underlying loans whose flows were not well predicted. Now come “synthetic” ETFs, where interest-rate swaps and other derivative products are used to replicate the performance of a securities index.

  • Backwardation & Contango: An ETF Glossary

    January 19, 2012

    Exchange-traded funds are like stocks. Except they're not. They’re sort of like mutual funds, but not really. Here’s a glossary of ETF terms to help clear things up.

  • Inverting Reality of ETFs

    January 18, 2012

    There’s logic in thinking that trading in funds that promise double or triple the movement of the market will exacerbate the swings that occur. But it would invert reality.

  • ETFs Grow 20.6%; NYSE Claims Most New Listings

    January 12, 2012

    The number of listed exchange-traded funds grew 20.6% in 2011 and the number of listed exchange-traded notes grew 53.8%, according to U.S. figures developed by the Exchange-Traded Fund Association.