The boom in exchange traded funds appears to have come to an end.
In the biggest shakeout thus far, 25 exchange traded funds already have closed this year, indicating that this fast-growing sector of the fund industry may be settling down.
Fifteen HealthShares exchange traded funds will close as part of a reorganization of the 19 HealthShares ETFs.
A tax-exempt strategy that utilizes exchange traded funds investing in municipal bonds has been announced by Curian Capital.
U.S. exchange traded fund assets totaled about $575 billion as of June 30, down 5.4% from the beginning of the year.
Indexes apply environmental, social and governance performance factors to a U.S. fixed-income asset class.
Bear market funds seek positive returns in down markets, so it isn't surprising that they are mauling the competition and generating plenty of investor attention in the process.
The 10 international-sector SPDR ETFs are use as benchmarks a series of the S&P World ex-U.S. broad market indexes.
Mr. Weisbrod, president of Weisbrod Financial Services Inc. and Staar Financial Advisors Inc. of Pittsburgh, is launching sfamoney .com next month as part of an effort to provide advisers and retail investors with model ETF portfolios, commentaries and various other planning tools.
The GCC Titans 40 Index measures the performance of 40 stocks traded in five of the Gulf Cooperation Council nations.
The new ETF is designed to provide access to certain equity markets in the Middle East and North Africa.
Investors can bet on the price of oil going up or down or hedge other investments with the securities.
Hypothetical returns utilized by a host of new exchange traded funds are reigniting a debate about the use of back-tested performance data.
The combined total launches last year of exchange traded funds, variable annuities and closed-end funds surpassed open-end mutual fund launches for the first time, according to Boston-based research firm Cerulli Associates Inc.
Barclays PLC plans to raise $8.9 billion through the issuance of new shares as part of an effort to shore up its balance sheet.
A handful of exchange traded funds are looking to give investors access to frontier markets, or countries that are less developed than traditional emerging markets.
Barclays PLC might receive about $927 million from Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. to bolster its depleted balance sheet.
The ETNs are designed to track the short and leveraged performance of base metals and oil.
Total assets at the end of the month were $612 billion, according to State Street Global Advisors.
