ETFs

Two or three years ago, institutional investors primarily used ETFs for tactical purposes, holding them for less than one year. But now they are using them strategically as well, according to the 2013 Greenwich Associates study of trends in institutional usage of ETFs, which was sponsored by iShares.

Globally, exchange traded products are scooping up assets on a faster pace than in 2012, according to BlackRock’s April 2013 ETP Landscape Report.

Fixed-income exchange-traded funds have made big strides in asset gathering over the past five years, rising from $53.7 billion in 2008 to $229.1 billion by March of 2013, according to Lipper.

WisdomTree Investments, an ETF sponsor and asset manager, reported net income of $7.9 million for the first quarter of 2013, up seven times from the year ago quarter and 50% from the fourth quarter of 2012.

For ETF investors, a focus on the broad, diversified asset classes has been paying off.

Even when the long-term market trend is defined by falling inflation-adjusted prices, despite short-term ups and downs, there may be opportunities to root out profits.

Assets of all exchange-traded funds rose in March by $37.54 billion, or 2.7%, to $1.446 trillion, according to the Investment Company Institute.

A boom in active exchange traded funds is coming, according to a study from SEI.

BlackRock said first-quarter earnings rose 10% as its exchange-traded stock funds drew client cash and assets increased.

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BlackRock's first-quarter earnings rose 10% as its exchange-traded equities funds drew client cash and assets increased.

Vanguard reported that expense ratios have changed for three of its mutual funds and exchange-traded funds.

Investors poured $16.9 billion into exchange-traded funds in March, bringing the first-quarter total to $53.1 billion, according to data from Morningstar.

The suitability of leveraged and inverse exchange-traded funds climbed on FINRA’s Enforcement hit list last year.

Direxion has added two new leveraged exchange-traded funds: the Direxion Daily Brazil Bull 3x Shares (BRZU) and Direxion Daily South Korea Bull 3x Shares (KORU), to its portfolio.

Pimco’s 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF reported $204.1 million of inflows on April 8, the same day the SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond ETF recorded its second-biggest daily redemption since its inception more than five years ago, equal to about $378 million worth of shares, Bloomberg reports.

Exchange-traded fund flows topped $17.3 billion in March with the fixed income category leading the way to the tune of $5 billion, increasing its year-to-date net flows to $7.1 billion, according to State Street Global Advisor’s latest ETF Snapshot.

USAA, the financial services company that caters to U.S. Armed Forces and State Department personnel and their families, wants to launch active exchange traded funds

Pimco's 13-month-old exchange-traded fund is attracting more cash than the firm’s flagship Total Return mutual fund as investors join Bill Gross in preferring ETFs for bond investing.

U.S. exchange-traded fund assets rose $2.49 billion to $1.408 trillion in February, according to Investment Company Institute.