Kara Stein says mutual funds and ETFs that use complex, illiquid strategies 'operate in a gray area'
Fund managers like DoubleLine's Jeffrey Gundlach are arriving late to the ETF game and sound ambivalent about how popular ETFs will become &mdash; but they don't want to be left behind. <b><i>(More: <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/section/specialreport/20150419/ETF042015"" target=""_blank"" rel="noopener">Our full Spotlight on ETFs special report</a>)</b></i>
Filing caps rise-and-fall story of an ETF manager popular with financial advisers. Broadmeadow Capital has agreed to acquire F-Squared's intellectual property, investment strategies and other assets.
The earliest access point will most likely be through inclusion in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, according to one expert.
Bill proposed by former broker passes key committee, would raise competition with Morningstar.
Steve Schwarzman and Larry Fink, once partners, now vie for Wall Street dominance atop their wildly successful firms.
Firm is expanding hedge funds and alternative investment strategies that can be offered to individual investors, Ronald O'Hanley, the new chief of the the $2.45 trillion State Street Global Advisors.
Other fund companies may find it difficult to match Vanguard's promise of access to a hot market.
Firm sees new way to cut the middleman, product fees for clients while capturing top investment ideas.
Money manager's rebooted efforts to sell ETFs get a nod from the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Sudden volatility could create short-term buying opportunity.
Mutual fund popularity fades as the bull market lives on.
ETF issuers act like Dr. Frankenstein and combine popular strategies hoping the result will be greater than the sum of its parts.
Labor Department proposal faces fund industry opposition and some supporters say safe harbor for index fund sales is unlikely.
Despite curveballs from central banks catching the greater bond market off guard, bond ETFs enjoyed a positive Q1
Regulator wants feedback on listing, trading and marketing of ETPs.
Tapping into the fear and greed of the crowd.
With new presence in the ETF strategist game, Vanguard wins Envestnet, Cambridge and more retirement-plan business.
On May 27, Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management liquidated the assets of its X-trackers target-date fund series consisting of five all-ETF funds.
CEO Faust calls remarks by BlackRock executives skeptical of the future of NextShares, an exchange-traded successor to mutual funds, 'off base.'
