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PIMCO, the bond giant that has begun to make large inroads in the fixed income ETF world, announced plans for three more funds in this quickly growing space with its latest SEC filing. In the document, the issuer laid out plans for products targeting the total bond market in three developed Read more…
Matt Tucker: Now that the fear of widespread municipal bond (muni) defaults has started to subside, we’re beginning to field fewer questions on that debate and more inquiries about the case for munis in today’s environment. In a recent outlook, Russ Koesterich talked about how municipal bonds Read more…
Eric Dutram: One of the more popular corners of the actively-managed ETF landscape has been in the bond category where several new funds have managed to amass a great deal of assets in a short period of time. Investors have likely embraced active management in this slice of the market thanks Read more…
Interest in fixed income ETFs has skyrocketed in recent years, as investors have embraced the exchange-traded structure as an efficient means of establishing exposure to a core asset class. Though inflows in recent years have accelerated, the growth of this corner of the ETF market lagged Read more…
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…
The Financial Times is reporting that Deborah Fuhr, a fixture in the ETF Industry, is leaving Blackrock. Deborah was the Global Head of ETF Research and Implementation Strategy and a Managing Director at BlackRock. Under Ms Fuhr’s guidance, BlackRock’s Global ETF Research and Implementation Strategy team was responsible for advising clients on the implementation of asset allocation Read more…
Inflation has been a particularly frustrating topic in recent months. Despite widespread predictions for a surge in CPI in the wake of unprecedented injections of liquidity into global financial markets, upward pressure on prices has not yet materialized–at least not in many developed markets. Read more…
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The past few weeks have been a relatively slow stretch for the ETF industry–at least in terms of product development. Since EGShares rolled out a suite of sector-specific emerging markets ETFs on June 23, only two new products have hit the market: the S&P 500 Crude Oil Linked ETN Read more…
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WisdomTree has filed paperwork with the SEC for a “WisdomTree Emerging Markets Inflation Protection Bond Fund ETF.” The WisdomTree Emerging Markets Inflation Protection Bond Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide total returns (income and capital appreciation) that are representative of inflation-linked debt securities of emerging market issuers. They did not specify a trading symbol or expense ratio Read more…
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Ron Rowland: Last week AdvisorShares introduced four new actively managed ETFs from two different managers. Madrona Funds, LLC is the sub-advisor and portfolio manager of three new “Madrona Forward” ETFs while American Wealth Management is the sub-advisor and portfolio Read more…
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Jon D. Markman: There’s no shortage of economic indicators economists count on to make predictions. But one of the most reliable measures I’ve found is the Weekly Leading Index Read more…
Kevin Grewal: As the US government has resorted to excessive spending measures to keep the economy from completely crumbling, many investors suggest that inflation is inevitable and is Read more…
BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) today announced that its iShares® Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) business, the world’s largest manager of ETFs, has launched two new inflation-linked funds on the NYSE Arca. The new funds are the iShares Global Inflation-Linked Bond Fund (NYSE:GTIP) and the Read more…
Matt Tucker: Headlines of late have been filled with news about inflation, from rising commodity, precious metals and gas prices to higher prints of the consumer price index. Traditionally Read more…
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