ETPs

The funds, which account for roughly 1% of the $3.5 trillion of assets in ETPs, “pose real risks to American families.”

One topic under alleged examination is the monthly process through which prices of the benchmark’s futures contracts are calculated.

Performances of many long volatility strategies, many of which are made accessible via ETN, have been dreadful.

The shake up could strand investors with hard-to-trade securities.

This time inverse leveraged technology funds are at the center of the action.

The moves may push some shareholders to rebalance their positions, likely at a cost.

The scrutiny puts a spotlight on a small corner of the $3.4 trillion ETF industry.

The company has been in conversations with ETF Securities and Global X, say people familiar with the matter.

Credit Suisse said it will liquidate an ETP, effectively wiping out a fund whose market value topped $2 billion just three weeks ago.

The funds are designed to help investors dial up or down their exposure to speculative-grade debt.

Factor-based approaches to index investing have won heaps of investment. Can it last?

The majority of public and private funds using the strategy launched in the last three years.

Reps recommended complex investments without restrictions, the regulator said.

Sept. 18: As the alternatives market expanded 28.4% over the last year, analysts say fund costs will trend downward with time.

Despite having “exaggerated” merits, most strategic-beta ETPs outperformed their replicating portfolios, according to Morningstar.

As fee cuts have become key to winning flows, managers turn to cheaper indexers, while some build in-house benchmarking teams.

Although the funds experienced a combined $586 billion in outflows over the last two years, this segment reported inflows of $41 billion.

The SEC decision ended a months-long rally that pushed the virtual money’s value higher than gold.