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Guggenheim Launches Pair Of Active Bond ETFs
A Closer Look At PIMCO’s Proposed Total Return ETF
PIMCO dropped some big news on the market on Wednesday with a filing for a PIMCO Total Return ETF. This is potentially game-changing news for the ETF industry and ETF investors. Morningstar’s Jason Stipp brought in Eric Jacobson, director of fixed-income research, and Paul Read more…
Active ETF Blockbuster: PIMCO Files For Total Return Fund (MINT, SMMU, MUNI, BABZ)
PIMCO, the world’s largest bond manager, has ETF investors salivating over the prospect of an ETF version of the ultra-popular Total Return Fund. In a recent SEC filing, PIMCO laid the groundwork Read more…
Eaton Vance Gets Active ETF Approval
Major Moves Dec: Active ETF Assets Surpass $3 Billion To Close Off 2010 (MUNI, MINT, ELD, GTAA, HYLD)
Top ETF Themes For 2011 (IAU, GLD, MINT, MUNI, BABZ)
Year In Review: How The 7 Active ETF Issuers Fared Over 2010 (ONEF, ALT, GTAA, AADR, HYLD, GRV, DENT, ELD, CCX, CEW, MUNI, MINT)
At the end of 2010, there are currently 33 actively-managed ETFs with a combined asset base of close to $3 billion. These products are from seven different issuers, some of whom have been Read more…
MINT, MUNI, NYSE:AADR, NYSE:ALT, NYSE:CCX, NYSE:CEW, NYSE:DENT, NYSE:ELD, NYSE:GRV, NYSE:GTAA, NYSE:HYLD, ONEF
Turning One – PIMCO Intermediate Municipal Bond Strategy Fund (MUNI, MUB, GMMB)
PIMCO’s Intermediate Municipal Bond Strategy Fund (NYSE:MUNI) turns one today, having been launched on November 30th, 2009 a year ago. MUNI has been one of two actively-managed ETFs Read more…
Muni Market Collapsing – How Do Active Muni ETFs Compare? (MUB, MUNI, GMMB)
The chart below is not a pretty sight. The US municipal bond market started a massive leg down on November 8th which has now turned into what looks like an all-out collapse. In the space of a week Read more…
Wide World Of Muni Bond ETFs (MUB, HYD, SHM, SMB, SMMU, GMMB, ITM, MUNI, MLN, MUAA, MUAF, BAB, BABS, BABZ, PRB, PZA)
As investors have become more comfortable with the idea of achieving fixed income exposure through the exchange-traded structure, bond ETF assets have skyrocketed and the number of Read more…
ITM, MLN, MUAA, MUAF, MUB, MUNI, NYSE:BAB, NYSE:BABS, NYSE:BABZ, NYSE:GMMB, NYSE:HYD, PRB, PZA, SHM, SMB, SMMU
In The Spotlight: PIMCO Short Term Municipal Bond Fund (SMMU, MUNI)
PIMCO’s Short Term Municipal Bond Fund (NYSE:SMMU) was launched in late January, 2010 and has since managed to accumulate approximately $18 million in assets, as of the end of July Read more…
PIMCO Launches Short Term Municipal Bond Strategy Fund, an Actively Managed ETF
PIMCO, a leading global investment management firm, has launched the PIMCO Short Term Municipal Bond Strategy Fund (NYSE: SMMU), enhancing the firm’s line up of actively managed exchange-traded funds Read more…
PIMCO Launches Intermediate Municipal Bond Strategy Fund, an Actively Managed ETF
NEWPORT BEACH, CA –PIMCO, a leading global investment management firm, has launched the PIMCO Intermediate Municipal Bond Strategy Fund Read more…
PIMCO To Begin Trading It’s Intermediate Municipal Bond Strategy Fund (MUNI) Tomorrow (Tuesday)
PIMCO Intermediate Municipal Bond Strategy Fund will begin trading tomorrow under the symbol (MUNI). The Intermediate Municipal Bond Strategy Fund is an actively managed Read more…

While many of the “first generation” of ETFs offered exposure to widely-followed equity indexes, the universe of exchange-traded products has expanded at a tremendous pace in recent years to
The deep freeze that has kept more than a dozen of would-be issuers of active ETFs from entering into the space seems to be thawing a bit; shortly after iShares received the green light from the
Actively-managed ETFs closed off 2010 by crossing the $3 billion mark in assets within the US markets. Active ETFs had come close in November 2010, when they finished that month at slightly
Bob Pisani discusses the projected ETF trends in the coming year. Bob sees the expansion of industrial metal ETFs, and price wars to
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