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Cousins create firm with flat fees, passive investing
Bob Luxenberg was trying to decide where to invest several million dollars that he had earned building technology businesses in Silicon Valley when he unearthed his latest venture.
Equal-weighted ETFs mark five-year anniversary
Introduced five years ago, the Rydex S&P Equal Weight Exchange Traded Fund opened the gates to investments pegged to indexes that use some measure other than market capitalization to determine company weightings.
Why pick on exchange traded notes?
The time is drawing near for comments requested by the Department of the Treasury regarding changing the taxation of exchange traded notes and other prepaid forward contracts.
E*Trade reshuffles executive deck
CFO Robert J. Simmons resigned effective May 9 and Arlen W. Gelbard, general counsel and corporate secretary, resigned April 22.
Free trades, investing forums, draw members at Zecco
A young online trading firm is attracting members with its promise of free trades and its booming social investment community.
Advisers are taking defensive tack
Recent market volatility, and concerns over credit quality and availability, have caused many financial advisers to become more defensive in their portfolio strategies.
Active ETFs are, well, less active
If investors were expecting the first actively managed exchange traded funds to look anything like their mutual fund counterparts, they are probably disappointed by three ETFs that Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC introduced this month.
Auction rate securities class actions are filed
A spate of class actions involving auction rate securities may be behind an expected rise in securities class actions this year.
Citigroup, E*Trade, Wilmington Trust
Citigroup reported a loss of $5.1 billion, or $1.02 per share, for the first quarter, its second consecutive quarterly loss.
Firms bolster efforts to combat identity theft
As identity theft continues to wreak havoc on the American public, including those in the financial services industry, firms are rushing to patch up holes in their online defenses with the newest software and processes.
Advisers skeptical about screening companies for terrorist links
Screening companies for their ties to countries deemed sponsors of terror is a concept that seems to intrigue investors.
Barclays ads tout iShares – and advisers – to investors
Responding to advisers who complain that the iShares brand means little to their clients, Barclays Global Investors is modifying its marketing.
ETNs are enjoying steady growth
As more companies begin to offer exchange traded notes, it's beginning to look like the small but growing ETN universe could one day be a competitor to mutual funds and exchange traded funds.
Mutual fund seeks diversification through ETFs
The original thinking behind the development of the SmartGrowth ETF Lipper Optimal Growth Index Fund (LPGAX) was to create a viable alternative to traditional asset allocation models.
‘New-product czar’ needed, SEC commissioner says
SEC commissioner Paul S. Atkins is continuing his campaign for a "new-product czar" to shepherd products through the agency's Byzantine approval process.
Ex-E*Trade chief made $16.5M in ‘07
Mitchell Caplan, who stepped down as E*Trade’s CEO last fall, was paid a $750,000 salary last year, plus $4.7 million worth of stock options.
Firm plans to launch four credit default swap ETFs
Providers of exchange traded products are developing investments that give investors the ability to more accurately pinpoint risk.
Analysts cut ratings on online brokers
In the wake of the collapse of The Bear Stearns Cos. Inc., analysts expect more pain for any number of financial services companies — including online brokerage houses.
E*Trade president and COO to resign
The retail management team will assume increased responsibilities as a function of R. Jarrett Lilien's departure.
Mutual funds mixed over SEC’s proposed ETF rule
It soon may become easier for mutual funds to invest in exchange traded funds, but industry experts are divided as to whether funds will rush to invest in a product that is sometimes depicted as a competitor.
