ETF firm launches five funds to offer pure-play exposure to Japanese companies.
In a Take Five interview, Morningstar CEO Joe Mansueto says the firm has a big opportunity with its ByAllAccounts acquisition to go beyond advisers and is also well-positioned in liquid alts space.
Gains access to more than 2,100 clients, including independent financial advisers, asset managers, wealth managers, trust companies and broker-dealers.
The Vanguard Group Inc., the third-largest U.S. provider of exchange-traded funds, has asked regulators for permission to open actively managed ETFs.
Rule proposal would touch on active vs. index funds, transparency, flexibility and inverse leverage
Most are international focused in automatic response to money flows.
Investors who beat a path out of global equity markets earlier this year are stampeding back in.
Investors are returning to the U.S stock market after the worst selloff in seven months, adding almost 52 times more money to exchange-traded funds that own equities than bonds.
Gauging investor interest in exchange-traded funds in much the same way as Twitter or Facebook tracks online friends.
$115B in flows nearly double previous high; active takes in just $38B
Lack of time to learn the complexities leads to lack of confidence.
Breakfast with Benjamin: JPMorgan's Madoff missteps, Prudential's bullishness, ETF inflows' lessons, gold bugs' squashed state and Kraft's Velveeta shortage warning. Plus: pot stocks vs. prison stocks.
iShares, Wisdomtree launch new funds taking advantage of the government's new floating-rate notes.
Market Vectors partnership gives U.S. investors direct access to Chinese exchanges.
A new fund seeks to provide exposure to hard-to-access Chinese stocks but the drawbacks are significant.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> A man called "Mr. ETF," plus the skinny on Dave Camp's tax plan, Edward Jones settles cold calling case, a Wall St. cop moves on and a new take on "insider" trading.
Study shows usage rose 27% annually over five years as hype has grown.
As strategists warned of calamity, investors dropped $3B a week into emerging-market funds.
<i>Friday's menu:</i> Gold rides high on the taper effect, playing smart defense with a wide-moat ETF, blaming cold weather in February, stirring the income inequality pot, why you should complete your LinkedIn profile, and the SEC shows some love.
Natural-gas prices spike up, but experts warn that opportunity is only short-term.
