Fund action - December 2008
Global Investor - December 2008
Fund action - December 2008
Global Investor - December 2008
Fund action - December 2008
FO Intelligence - December 2008
Operations management - December 2008
Global Investor - December 2008
Derivatives week - December 2008
Money management letter - December 2008
International Securities Finance magazine - December 2008
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has expanded its create and redeem service for Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) to include using cash as the sole underlying component.
Fund action - November 2008
Fund action - November 2008
Fund action - November 2008
Fund action - November 2008
Fund action - November 2008
Global money management - November 2008
Power Finance and Risk - November 2008
International Securities Finance magazine - November 2008
Global Investor - November 2008
Global Investor - November 2008
Global Investor - November 2008
Global Investor - November 2008
Global Investor - November 2008
Global Investor - November 2008
Fund action - October 2008
Global money management - October 2008
International Securities Finance magazine - October 2008
Fund action - October 2008
Fund action - October 2008
October 2008 - October 2008
Insurers troubles spill over causing retail panic.
Wall street letter - September 2008
Fund action - September 2008
A proposal to ease the launch of exchange-traded funds that is before the Securities and Exchange Commission will help to propel growth in the industry
Fund action - September 2008
Fund action - September 2008
Fund action - September 2008
Industry observers said that PIMCO's entry into the exchange-traded fund space will pave the way for other traditional long-only fund firms to move into ETFs
Wall street letter - September 2008
International Securities Finance magazine - September 2008
Operations management - August 2008
Fund action - August 2008
Global money management - August 2008
Fund action - August 2008
Fund action - August 2008
International Securities Finance magazine - August 2008
Fund action - August 2008
International Financial Law Review - August 2008
Hong Kong's Securities and Future Commission's (SFC) has approved State Street Global Advisors' fund to track the price of gold, despite its failure to meet the usual requirements for fund diversification.
Fund action - August 2008
July 2008 - July 2008
Lyxor Asset Management and Coast Investment & Development Company have announced the launch of a new ETF focusing on Kuwait, the first ever ETF to focus on the Gulf region.
Fund action - July 2008
RevenueShares is readying a line of sector exchange-traded funds that will launch over the next few weeks.
Global money management - July 2008
Plan sponsors are turning their attention toward frontier markets as emerging markets continue to gain popularity among institutional investors.
Wall street letter - July 2008
Compliance Reporter - July 2008
Fund action - July 2008
June and July 2008 euromoney.com - July 2008
In a recent interview with Euromoney magazine, Atsushi Saito, president and CEO of the Tokyo Stock Exchange Group outlined the TSE's plan to increase the number of ETFs on the Tokyo exchange to 100 in three years’ time
Fund action - July 2008
Fund action - July 2008
Four months after the introduction of actively managed exchange-traded funds, registered investment advisors are on the cusp of moving into these offerings.
Power Finance and Risk - July 2008
Wall street letter - July 2008
Wall street letter - July 2008
Wall street letter - June 2008
Standard & Poor's will soon rate exchange-traded funds in the same way it rates individual stocks.
Fund action - June 2008
Vanguard Group is ramping up its efforts to reach advisors with its exchange-traded funds by expanding its wholesaling force.
Fund action - June 2008
Advisors and analysts praised actively managed exchange-traded funds but said investors should be careful with certain innovative offerings.
Fund action - June 2008
Exchange traded fund providers are launching the first wave of ETFs focused on frontier markets.
Fund action - June 2008
Rydex Investments is pitching its new inverse exchange-traded funds to independent retirement account clients.
Fund action - June 2008
Firms are launching commodities funds as the sector experiences its first boom period in decades.
Wall street letter - June 2008
Wall street letter - June 2008
Fund action - June 2008
Invesco PowerShares is positioning its new exchange-traded funds of exchange-traded funds as core offerings.
International Securities Finance magazine - June 2008
June 2008 - June 2008
The usually laborious task of bringing a new exchange traded fund product to market in the US looks set to become a thing of the past once new SEC rules come into play.
Fund action - May 2008
The Investment Company Institute does not want affiliates of the mutual fund advisor counted with affiliates of the fund itself when determining the ownership of an exchange-traded fund.
International Financial Law Review - June 2008
It is likely that foreign ETFs (that is, non-French) will explore offering their shares to French and other European investors. What are the applicable listing procedures and how can obstacles be avoided?
Fund action - May 2008
Barclays Global Fund Advisors said that the liquidity of exchange-traded funds should be addressed through more disclosure, not tougher liquidity requirements.
Compliance Reporter - May 2008
The Managed Funds Association has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to extend a proposed exemption, which would allow investment companies to invest in exchange-traded funds beyond current limits, to private funds.
Fund action - May 2008
ALPS Fund Services is pushing commodities funds as investments with high return potential as the prices of oil and food continue to rise.
Fund action - May 2008
Wall street letter - May 2008
The Options Industry Council has stepped up its promotion of options trading to asset managers on the heels of sponsoring a study that proved that collaring PowerShares QQQ exchange-traded fund strategies with options optimized returns.
Compliance Reporter - May 2008
The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission has proposed exempting certain SFC-authorized open-ended collective investment schemes from having to disclose interests under the Securities and Futures Ordinance.
Fund action - May 2008
Compliance Reporter - April 2008
Compliance officers at mutual fund firms are introducing tighter controls for staff who conduct personal trades in exchange-traded funds, or ETFs.
Fund action - April 2008
Exchange-traded fund industry officials disagree over the future of ETF fees. While some believe that better performance and sophisticated strategies will justify higher expenses, others want to see ETFs maintain their lost-cost position.
Derivatives week - April 2008
Institutional investors are beginning to play the de-coupling of inflation rates in emerging and established markets.
Fund action - April 2008
The closed-end fund world is shrinking at a time when the industry faces problems financing debt and launches have virtually ground to a halt.
Fund action - April 2008
Global money management - April 2008
ETF Securities’ first-quarter 2008 results show that commodities took first as the top performing asset class
Wall street letter - April 2008
The Nasdaq OMX Group has decided to extend its designated liquidity provider promotion program to more ETFs and index-linked securities (ILS)
Fund action - April 2008
The Securities and Exchange Commission in its proposed codification of exemptive relief for exchange-traded funds has raised questions about the liquidity of ETFs that focus on narrow sectors
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