ETFs

“No one could have envisioned what this virus was going to do to the commercial real estate space,” an expert says.

Using machine-learning algorithms, the firm's $106 billion systematic active equity group researches social media pages and online job postings to build portfolios.

Investors may be put off by the costs associated with these funds, which had an average expense ratio of more than triple their peers.

A “distribution bump” from the commission-free trading trend that took hold late last year may be behind the surge, analysts say.

Some of the industry’s biggest players are taking a wait-and-see approach as active, non-transparent funds take their crucial first steps.

The central bank is now the third largest holder of the $54 billion iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD).

As more active strategies embrace the exchange-traded model, the landscape may be shifting.

Cboe’s first new entry will be a suite of four volatility indexes with different tenors based on the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF.

As much as 86% of investors in a recent survey say they would prefer prefabricated fund packages, as long as they were properly spelled out by advisors.

All of the funds in the suite carry a 0.18% expense ratio.

The fund from ETFMG Managers Group will track companies focused on testing and treatments of infectious diseases.

The fund would provide broad-based exposure to four commodity sectors through futures contracts, according to the filing.

Still, clients continue to invest their assets into the industry’s cheapest funds and are saving billions as a result.

As inflows soar and market dislocations vanish, an industry that consigned to history two major disruptions of the pandemic crash is back.

The ETF aims to track companies specializing in remote-working, learning and entertainment.

The $4.9 billion fund has come under close scrutiny as crude’s rapid plunge forced it to quickly shift some of its giant positions on short notice.

As asset managers launch funds with this new structure, lack of familiarity may hinder advisors’ adoption of them.

The firm's new suite of eight low-cost ETFs include two funds that are no-fee.

The asset manager plans to leverage Precadian’s ActiveShares product, which requires funds to publish an indicative value of its holdings every second.

The products will have the same management and research teams as the firm's similarly named mutual funds.