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BNY Mellon plans to launch ETF focusing on innovation space
The BNY Mellon Innovators ETF will invest in innovation-driven companies, which are considered to be ‘leading-edge’ firms.
More advisors are jumping on the bitcoin bandwagon
With the cryptocurrency's price up 40% so far this year, a new report shows a doggedly bullish outlook among investors and advisors willing to look past extreme volatility.
Morgan Stanley’s ETF debut strikes chord with fees, tests market with ESG focus
Nearly a year after it announced plans to enter the ETF space, the wirehouse is banking on its Calvert brand to carry the day.
Vegan ETF gets ‘carbon neutral’ rating without credits
The VegTech Plant-based Innovation & Climate ETF is in line with a 2.12˚F temperature rise.
Look before leaping into value stocks
Financial advisors express mixed views of the momentum of value versus growth stocks heading into the new year.
New ETF bets on companies led by women
Hypatia Women CEO ETF leverages the logic that female executives represent a rare level of excellence when it comes to leadership and management skills.
Vanguard to launch municipal bond index ETF
The Vanguard Short-Term Tax-Exempt Bond ETF would track an index of municipal bonds with maturities between one month and seven years.
ETF pioneer Kathleen Moriarty dies at 69
She earned the nickname 'SPDR Woman' for her work on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, which State Street Corp. introduced in 1993.
Was 2022 the best year ever for exchange-traded funds?
From asset flows out of mutual funds and into ETFs, to mutual fund-to-ETF conversions and the emergence of single-stock ETFs, the liquid, low-cost, tax-efficient ETF wrapper has notched a lot of wins this year.
Big Three’s grip on ETF market continues to slip
Vanguard, BlackRock and State Street still command about 79% of all U.S. exchange-traded fund assets, but that's down from 91% in 2006.
Advisers should brace for the relentless case for direct indexing
Despite lukewarm adoption by financial advisers, the financial services industry is committed to leveraging this crucial channel to get direct indexing in front of more investors.
Are semitransparent ETFs inadvertently creating a market for fully transparent ETFs?
After nearly a decade of fighting for regulatory approval of semitransparent ETFs, the asset management industry is realizing what investors really want.
Fidelity takes another bite of ETF market by converting six mutual funds
The converted ETFs will join a small but growing universe of transparent active strategies.
Midterms’ consequences for ESG
Regulators will press on with their climate agendas, as will anti-ESG politicians.
ETF strategy that avoids noise of open markets will arouse adviser curiosity
NightShares bets on the serene sophistication of markets that are closed to beat the indexes by sitting out the action during the day.
Liquid alts funds see inflows while mutual funds see record outflows
With the old-school mutual fund wrapper continuing to suffer during the down-market cycle, alternative strategies represent a lone bright spot.
Market sell-off puts mutual funds on track for $1 trillion of outflows in 2022
The appeal of the old-school fund wrapper is taking a big hit as investors and advisers move to the sidelines.
Schwab responds to investor activism by giving fund shareholders more say in proxy voting
Pilot program marks the first time mutual fund and ETF investors have been asked their opinions on proxy matters.
Joe Biden lights up marijuana stocks
The presidential pardon for those with marijuana convictions was interpreted as a step toward federal decriminalization and sparked a rally in funds offering exposure to cannabis companies.
New ETFs would package best, worst of Jim Cramer’s stock picks
Tuttle Capital Management is seeking SEC approval to launch two active ETFs populated with the 'Mad Money' host's favorite stocks.
