Topping the list of the best-performing exchange-traded funds of the past 10 years is the PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio, with an eye-popping return of 420%.
With the $3 trillion in exchange-traded funds worldwide expected to double by 2020, the powerful bank is preparing to launch its first line of them.
New ActiveBeta funds, which try to beat the market, give Goldman a foothold in ETFs.
Rules governing markets need to be updated because they aren't designed to cope with the proliferation of exchange-traded funds: BATS CEO.
The strategy can help deliver gains when times are good but can damage the diversification investors often blindly rely on when allocating to many index-based ETFs.
The unshakable fealty of financial advisers is starting to pay off for American Funds in the wake of historic sales declines.
J.P. Morgan Asset Management, <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20150115/FREE/150119961/j-p-morgan-funds-garner-most-dollars-from-advisers-morningstar" target="_blank">the top-selling stock-picking fund manager for the past two years</a>, is getting help selling its index-tracking ETFs from Charles Schwab.
The factor-based investor popular with financial advisers will build indexes for John Hancock funds.
Firm follows BlackRock, Deutsche Bank and WisdomTree in rolling out currency-hedged offerings.
Firm will waive a portion of its management fee and limit expenses for at least the first year of the large-cap version of its ActiveBeta ETFs.
VTL manages eight ETFs and $1.7 billion, is known for funds that use rule-based approaches to select stocks that may outperform the market.
A first for the mutual fund industry, and the cheapest offering in ETFs, an analyst says.
Tax-exempt category is actually benefiting from the dark cloud hanging over it.
Envestnet has agreed to make NextShares, a unique hybrid of mutual funds and ETFs, available to some of its 41,000 affiliated financial advisers, delivering Eaton Vance its first distribution partner for the product.
Money manager asks the SEC for permission to build exotic funds.
Those who understand this emerging shift early will be well-positioned to help their clients grow their portfolios.
Intraday trading is makes exchange-traded funds special but can also make them dangerous, market players say.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: All the messy stock market turmoil of the past few weeks has created a sweet opportunity in the closed-end funds space.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Now that the dust has started to settle, China's stock market meltdown doesn't seem all that awful.
Analysts say price discrepancies are a reminder for advisers to use best practices when trading funds.
