ETFs

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.

BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest asset manager, agreed to buy an exchange-traded funds unit from Credit Suisse Group AG to boost its presence in Switzerland.

Happy times for global exchange traded products has spelled happy times for BlackRock.

The second-biggest exchange-traded fund tracking emerging-market equities will see more inflows after the amount of shares outstanding reached a record last week, according to Marketfield Asset Management LLC.

In less than 20 years, exchange-traded products have amassed more than $1.3 trillion and more than a few complications—here is what you need to know.

In a remarkably short period, the playing field for the lowest-cost ETFs has changed dramatically.

For the week ending Wednesday, December 26, mutual funds and exchange-traded funds reported net inflows of $3 billion, excluding the inflows of $18.2 billion to money market accounts, according to data from Lipper.

ALPS last week unveiled its exchange-traded fund joint venture with Goldman Sachs in the form of four new ETFs.

So what are three elements that are going to shape the mutual fund landscape in 2013? The answer lies in regulation, exchange-traded funds and operational outsourcing, according to a report from Deloitte.

The combined assets of the nation’s exchange-traded funds rose in November by $26.06 billion, or 2.1%, to $1.295 trillion.in November, according to data from the Investment Company Institute.

"We are likely to end 2012 with a record level of assets'' in exchange-traded funds and other exchange-traded products, said Deborah Fuhr, Managing Partner at ETFGI, the London consulting firm that compiles the numbers. This should also reflect "a record level of net new assets invested into the products during the year.''