Jared Cummans: Interest in achieving fixed income exposure through exchange-traded funds has been a hot topic in recent years, with some advisors expressing serious concerns over the potential shortcomings in bond ETFs while others have fully embraced the efficiencies of the exchange-traded structure. Read more…

NYSE:ALD, NYSE:BONO, NYSE:BUNL, NYSE:CBND, NYSE:PFIG, PHB, WIP

Todd Shriber: I’m willing to bet if you been following financial markets for the past year or two, you’re acutely aware that investing in U.S.-government bonds really isn’t worth the trouble. I’m not going to bore you with all the tired scare tactics that we’ve been seeing all too much lately. You know what I mean. Read more…

NYSE:ALD, NYSE:AUD, NYSE:BONO, NYSE:ELD, NYSE:EMB, PCY

Tim Seymour:  Everyone has been talking about how cheap emerging-market equities look after the recent sell-off. This is also true when you compare them to emerging-markets bonds.  Read more…

NYSE:BONO, NYSE:EEM, NYSE:EMB, NYSE:GML, SPY

Michael Johnston:  Van Eck, one of the pioneers of ETFs offering exposure to international bond markets, has laid the groundwork for what would be yet another first-of-its-kind fixed income fund. In a recent SEC filing, the company detailed plans for the Market Vectors European Read more…

NYSE:BND, NYSE:BONO, NYSE:ELD, PICB

Van Eck, the firm behind the first ETF focusing exclusively on Latin American debt, made an SEC filing last week detailing plans to launch a fund covering China’s debt market. The proposed Market Vectors Dim Sum Bond ETF would invest in “Chinese yuan denominated Read more…

NYSE:ALD, NYSE:BONO, PEK

The Market Vectors ETF Trust announced regular monthly distributions today for its five municipal bond ETFs, Market Vectors Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF, Market Vectors Investment Grade Floating Rate ETF and Market Vectors LatAm Aggregate Bond ETF. Read more…

ITM, MLN, NYSE:BONO, NYSE:EMLC, NYSE:FLTR, NYSE:HYD, PRB, SMB

Van Eck has joined an already long list of ETF issuers with plans on bringing funds offering exposure to China’s fixed income market to the U.S., recently filing details on two proposed “Greater China” bond ETFs. Each of the proposed ETFs would offer exposure to the Greater China region, a group Read more…

NYSE:BONO, NYSE:EMLC

New York-based asset manager Van Eck Global announced today that it has launched Market Vectors CEF Municipal Income ETF (NYSE:XMPT), the first exchange-traded fund (ETF) to specifically focus on closed-end municipal bond funds, which make up the largest component of the Read more…

ITM, MLN, NYSE:BONO, NYSE:EMLC, NYSE:FLTR, NYSE:HYLD, NYSE:XMPT, PRB, SMB

Ron Rowland:  Van Eck last Thursday (5/12/11) launched the Market Vectors LatAm Aggregate Bond ETF (NYSE:BONO), claiming it is the first U.S.-listed ETF offering exclusive exposure to Latin Read more…

NYSE:BONO

The past week was a relatively quiet one in the ETF industry in terms of new product launches, with just three new ETFs debuting, First Trust kicked off and capped the activity, debuting the first Read more…

NYSE:BONO, NYSE:CPI, NYSE:ONER, ONEB, ONEO, RSP

New York-based asset manager Van Eck Global announced today that it has launched Market Vectors LatAm Aggregate Bond ETF (NYSE:BONO), an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that seeks to track, before fees and expenses, The BofA Merrill Lynch Broad Latin America Bond Index (LATS), an index Read more…

NYSE:BONO

Van Eck will begin trading its new “Market Vectors LatAm Aggregate Bond ETF” (NASDAQ:BONO) Thursday May, 12 2011. The Market Vectors LatAm Aggregate Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of Read more…

FUND LAUNCH, NYSE:BONO