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Muni bonds are poised to shine as rates move higher
ETFS SEP 10, 2015
Muni bonds are poised to shine as rates move higher

Tax-exempt category is actually benefiting from the dark cloud hanging over it.

By Jeff Benjamin
NextShares wins its first adviser platform partner with Envestnet
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS SEP 08, 2015
NextShares wins its first adviser platform partner with Envestnet

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.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
ETFS SEP 08, 2015
Legg Mason wants to build 'better' ETFs

Money manager asks the SEC for permission to build exotic funds.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
How advisers can benefit as the cost of private-equity investing is driven down
ALTERNATIVES SEP 04, 2015
How advisers can benefit as the cost of private-equity investing is driven down

Those who understand this emerging shift early will be well-positioned to help their clients grow their portfolios.

By Rory Eakin
Wild market volatility puts fresh focus on workings of ETFs
ETFS AUG 28, 2015
Wild market volatility puts fresh focus on workings of ETFs

Intraday trading is makes exchange-traded funds special but can also make them dangerous, market players say.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Closed-end funds rise to the surface following the market mess
EQUITIES AUG 27, 2015
Closed-end funds rise to the surface following the market mess

<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.

By Jeff Benjamin
In hindsight, China's market meltdown wasn't really that bad
EQUITIES AUG 26, 2015
In hindsight, China's market meltdown wasn't really that bad

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Now that the dust has started to settle, China's stock market meltdown doesn't seem all that awful.

By Jeff Benjamin
Exchange issue strikes Merrill Lynch, Vanguard ETF performance
ETFS AUG 26, 2015
Exchange issue strikes Merrill Lynch, Vanguard ETF performance

Analysts say price discrepancies are a reminder for advisers to use best practices when trading funds.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Guggenheim adds real estate to its smart beta lineup
ALTERNATIVES AUG 20, 2015
Guggenheim adds real estate to its smart beta lineup

First ETF to offer equal-weighted exposure to a REIT index.

By Jeff Benjamin
ETFs hit the big time as institutional investors' appetite for the funds grow
ETFS AUG 19, 2015
ETFs hit the big time as institutional investors' appetite for the funds grow

Endowments, pensions, foundations like the funds' ability to quickly and easily gain access to indexes or commodities not easily investible.

By James Comtois
Third time lucky for ETF entrepreneur with cybersecurity fund
FINTECH AUG 18, 2015
Third time lucky for ETF entrepreneur with cybersecurity fund

Timing is key as fund, with the ticker symbol HACK, launched just before the Sony Pictures computer network was broken into.

By Bloomberg
Precidian goes back to SEC for approval of active ETF plan
ETFS AUG 18, 2015
Precidian goes back to SEC for approval of active ETF plan

A proposal designed to put actively managed products on par with index funds in the ETF universe by allowing their holdings to be non-transparent is going back in front of securities regulators.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
SEC denies active ETF proposal as NextShares launches salvo against competitors
ETFS AUG 11, 2015
SEC denies active ETF proposal as NextShares launches salvo against competitors

Eaton Vance looks to win the &quot;VHS/Betamax war&quot; for the future of actively managed investments.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Donald Trump's investment portfolio a messy hodgepodge: advisers
EQUITIES AUG 05, 2015
Donald Trump's investment portfolio a messy hodgepodge: advisers

Advisers say the presidential hopeful and real estate mogul's investments reveal a scattered approach to money management. <i>(See <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/gallery/20150723/FREE/723009998/PH&quot;" target="&quot;_blank&quot;" rel="noopener">the top five fund companies holding Mr. Trump's money</a>.)</i>

By Trevor Hunnicutt
ETF trading tops U.S. GDP as turnover reaches 870% a year
ETFS AUG 04, 2015
ETF trading tops U.S. GDP as turnover reaches 870% a year

In the past 12 months investors traded $18.2 trillion worth of exchange-traded fund shares, which means the amount of dollars exchanging hands through ETFs is now more than the U.S. gross domestic product, which stands at $17.4 trillion.

By Bloomberg
ETFS AUG 04, 2015
Here's why advisers should avoid leveraged ETFs

The compounding effect in leveraged ETFs is a bit like a full moon. It's pretty when it happens, but it is the exception and not the norm. Normally, the daily resetting can hurt investors over longer holding periods. Gold miner ETFs offer a case study.

By Bloomberg
Lessons from a walk through the ETF graveyard
ETFS AUG 04, 2015
Lessons from a walk through the ETF graveyard

Although the exchange-traded product business is booming, that doesn't mean a lot of funds aren't being closed, which could be one sign of a healthy market.

By Ari I. Weinberg
ETFS AUG 04, 2015
ETF pioneer Ben Fulton launches torpedo at an idea he helped popularize

Former PowerShares executive says the exchange-traded fund world includes &#8220;some really ill-conceived ideas.&#8221;

By Trevor Hunnicutt
ETFS AUG 03, 2015
Bond ETFs suffer through a disappointing quarter

Fixed income funds suffer as investors see the Federal Reserve getting closer to raising rates

By Bloomberg
ETFS AUG 03, 2015
Socially responsible strategies largely absent from ETF landscape

Among U.S.-listed exchange-traded products, 10 &#8220;socially responsible&#8221; products account for only $1.14 billion, or just 0.06% of ETP assets.

By Ari I. Weinberg