ETFs

First Trust Advisors has launched another actively managed ETF.

Expense cuts and other factors have advisors recalculating which funds have the best payoff for clients.

Fidelity Investments has made its first big step in becoming a provider of actively managed ETFs.

Rye Brook, NY-based IndexIQ is currently prepping a pair of index funds to add to its growing list of index exchange-traded funds.

Last week was a busy one for both active and passive exchange-traded fund providers with five fund launches and one updated filing of an actively managed fund from a mutual fund stalwart.

Franklin Templeton Investments is one step closer to launching its maiden active exchange-traded fund, dubbed the Franklin Short Duration Government ETF.

In an effort to leverage the growing $1.4 trillion ETF market, Charles Schwab a basket of 105 commission-free exchange-traded funds.

The global exchange-traded product industry surpassed the $2 trillion mark last month, finishing the month with $40.2 billion of inflows, according to BlackRock’s latest ETP Landscape report.

Institutional investors will broaden their ETF applications in 2013, predicted BlackRock’s iShares group.

Domestic mutual funds and ETFs drew in $17.9 billion the week ended Jan. 30, wrapping up the first month of 2013 with total net inflows of $51.7 billion.

Two former UBS executives are determined to change how investors access emerging markets by targeting specific sectors and themes.

With net inflows of $191 billion in 2012, ETFs had their best year ever. Housing sector funds led the gainers, while green energy funds dimmed.

Ever popular ETFs finished 2012 on a strong note.

Exchange-traded products are on a roll, following up a record year of flows with a major milestone the first month of the new year.

Assets in ETFs and other indexed products will reach $10.4 trillion by 2017, up more than 100% since 2011, a new report from Tiburon Strategic Advisors predicts.

Bill Gross, co-chief investment officer of Pacific Investment Management Co., said the firm will seek to capture gains in emerging market currencies through a new actively-managed exchange-traded fund.

BlackRock Inc., the world’s biggest money manager, said fourth-quarter earnings increased 24 percent as its exchange-traded funds drew client deposits and assets rose.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has granted T. Rowe Price exemptive relief to issue actively managed ETFs, according to Morningstar reports.

U.S. exchange-traded fund assets increased by $292.7 billion or 28% in 2012, in part driven by positive cash flows of $182.6 billion, marking a new all-time high for the industry on the eve of its 20th anniversary, according to data from State Street Global Advisors.

More municipal bond investors have shown an affinity for actively managed muni ETFs.