ETFs

Exchange-traded funds have experienced tremendous growth over the past decade but not all of that growth is positive, according to new research from Vanguard.

Charles Schwab is beefing up its exchange-traded fund business with a new hire from Guggenheim Investments.

BlackRock Inc.’s Laurence D. Fink, who heads the world’s largest asset manager, said his firm needs to capture a larger share of the deposits that are going into U.S. equity exchange-traded funds.

Domestic ETF assets totaled $1.16 trillion as of June 30 – up 11.3% year-to-date, according to State Street Global Advisors’ ETF Snapshot.

The global market for fixed income exchange traded funds will likely grow to more than $2 trillion in assets over the next decade, compared with $302 billion today, according to a new report by iShares.

AdvisorShares is teaming up to with Your Source Financial, a Phoenix, AZ-based investment advisor, to launch the Global Alpha & Beta ETF (RRGR) on July 11. Roger Nusbaum, chief investment officer of Your Source Financial, will serve as the portfolio manager of RRGR.

Overall, mutual funds and ETFs reported net inflows of $3.2 billion for the week with equity products garnering $10.3 billion—their largest weekly gain since September 14, 2011, according to fund flow data for the week ending July 3, providing by Lipper.

IndexIQ plans to close the IQ South Korea Small Cap ETF.

Investors threw $105 billion into exchange-traded products in the first half of 2012, giving the global ETP industry its largest-ever first-half-year inflow.

When it comes to sector exchange-traded funds, know what you're buying.

Investors poured $12.84 billion into exchange-traded funds and notes during the month of June, bringing total half-year inflows to $75.91 billion, up 31% from a year ago.

In the span of 12 months, the Active Bear Exchange-Traded Fund (HDGE) has become a wirehouse darling.

Assets of all exchange-traded funds fell in May by $71.42 billion, or 6% to $1.116 trillion, according to data from the Investment Company Institute.

Manning & Napier has rolled out a suite of 10 actively managed target date funds which will invest in a variety of exchange-traded funds.

For advisors and investors dying for better yields and greater investment flexibility, these seven dividend-focused ETFs could be worth a second look. Also see: 6 Simple (But Important) ETF Trading Tips 10 Gigantic Mistakes That Can Cripple Your Clients’ ETF Portfolios 10 Undervalued, Dividend-Paying Stocks 10 Dividend-Paying Stocks Your Clients Will Want

First Trust Advisors L.P. introduced an actively managed exchange-traded fund, First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund that invests in the energy infrastructure sector through master limited partnerships, pipeline companies and utilities.

Gus Sauter, managing director and chief investment officer of Vanguard, will retire from the firm at the end of the year. Mortimer J. “Tim” Buckley, a managing director, will succeed him.

When it comes to ETFs, advisors “need to look under the hood,” ETF expert Eric Biegeleisen said during a session at the Morningstar Investment Conference. “You have to understand why every stock and bond is in there.”

State Street Global Advisors began trading the SPDR BofA Merrill Lynch Crossover Corporate Bond ETF and the SPDR BofA Merrill Lynch Emerging Markets Corporate Bond ETF on the NYSE Arca.

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