ETFs

U.S. investors added $9 billion more to ETFs than they withdrew in January, marking the fifth consecutive month of positive flows for the sector.

The fund is linked to the Andean region of Chile, Columbia and Peru.

Global assets under management in exchange traded funds and exchange traded products should grow 20% to 30% annually over the next three years, BlackRock projects.

Assets held in exchange-traded funds crossed $1 trillion for the first time, at the end of January, according to statistics kept by the National Stock Exchange.

As mutual funds lose steam, exchange-traded funds continue to gain popularity and proportional share of retail investor assets, according to a study by Cogent Research.

The funds joins the SPDR family and bring the total number of offerings to 96.

Morningstar’s ETF expert, Scott Burns, sees a long-term shift to passive investing, but “managed solutions” packaging ETFs will also grow rapidly.

Assets held in domestic exchange-traded funds reached a record $995 billion at the end of last year.

Fewer wealthy Americans are using mutual funds, and among those investors who continue to use these investment products, allocations are down significantly.

With the two launches, Schwab now has a total of 13 equity and fixed income ETFs.

Most municipal bond exchange-traded funds in the fourth quarter performed noticeably worse than the indexes they were designed to track. Or, depending on your perspective, they performed noticeably better.

In an effort to develop jumpstart its exchange-traded fund business, Russell Investments announced Wednesday it plans to buy U.S. One Inc., a registered investment advisor and ETF provider.

Assets held in domestic exchange-traded funds increased 28% last year to $994.7 billion.

Vanguard, BlackRock, Schwab and State Street are deadlocked in a fierce price competition.

Assets held in exchange-traded funds reached $994.5 billion by the end of 2010, according to data compiled by the National Stock Exchange. That is up 27.1%, compared to a year earlier

The two exchange-traded funds will seek to match the performance of VIX futures indexes.

In the first 11 months of 2010, assets held in exchange-traded funds increased 19.4%, according to Investment Company Institute figures. In the last 11 months of 2010, assets grew 56.9%.

Exchange-traded funds have made for some ugly headlines. They played an integral role in the May 6 flash crash, and more recently a controversy erupted over whether prices could crash on heavily shorted ETFs. Though many consider those fears unfounded, these increasingly popular investments nonetheless pose risks, and financial advisers should be cautious.

Q&A with BNY Mellon Managing Director, Global Financial Institutions Joseph Keenan

ETF assets reach $887.2 billion.