Axing the Taxes Using ETFs
In ETF News, People Profiles> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
By Ryan Issakainen Ryan Issakainen is an exchange-traded fund strategist for ETF provider First Trust. WHEATON, Ill. (MarketWatch) — One of the biggest attractions of exchange-traded funds is that they are often considerably more tax-efficient than mutual funds. Many ETFs regularly take steps to avoid the annual capital gains distributions that can disrupt the tax […] Read More

24 October, 2012

Tradeweb to Launch European ETF “Trading Hub” with “RFP”…
In ETF News, Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
Courtesy of IndexUniverse.eu Rebecca Hampson The electronic trading platform for exchange-traded funds launched at the end of last month by electronic market place provider, Tradeweb, has been backed by ETF issuer, Source who says that it will create a central hub of liquidity in Europe, which the market currently lacks. Michael-John Lytle, managing director at […] Read More

19 October, 2012

Europe Dividend ETFs Offer Big Yields
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
Courtesy of  Daniela Pylypczak Amidst the seemingly never-ending eurozone drama, there have been some surprising bright spots in the space: Europe Dividend ETFs. These products have managed to maintain their footing, while at the same time provide investors with relatively handsome dividend yields. Currently, there are only two funds whose sole objective is to target […] Read More

12 October, 2012

Vanguard’s CIO Gus Sauter: Agency Execution is our Preference
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
  Courtesy of  Gregory Bresiger.. Excerpts from Part 3 of a series of interviews with Vanguard Chief Investment Officer Gus Sauter How does Vanguard Funds,’ famous for Fred Mertz like trading economy, go about finding the lowest possible costs? The process is detailed in Part Three of Traders Magazine’s Q&A with Vanguard chief investment officer Gus […] Read More

10 October, 2012

IndexIQ Launches QMN: Latest in Innovative Family of Absolute…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
IndexIQ, a leading developer of liquid index-based alternative investment solutions, is launching the newest addition to its Exchange-Traded Fund family, the IQ Hedge Market Neutral Tracker ETF (QMN), on October 4, 2012, it was announced today. QMN is designed to offer investors liquid, transparent Market Neutral hedge fund exposure. QMN will seek to track, before […] Read More

4 October, 2012

Vanguard Drops MSCI..
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
Widely reported..and excuse our delayed tape i.e. dissemination. Excerpt courtesy of IndexUniverse Vanguard, the world’s biggest mutual fund company, has decided to segue away from some MSCI indexes over the next several months in favor of benchmarks created by FTSE. The move was motivated in part by lower index licensing costs and will involve its […] Read More

3 October, 2012

ETFs That Mature Like Bonds : Guggenheim Gets It
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
  Courtesy of WSJ Reporter Daisy Maxey While growth hasn’t been explosive, one family of defined-maturity ETFs, offered by Guggenheim Investments, a unit of Guggenheim Partners LLC, has grown to $1.6 billion since the first funds were launched about two years ago. And a defined-maturity municipal-bond fund group at BlackRock Inc.’s iShares unit has attracted […] Read More

3 October, 2012

The “ETF bid” and Feedback Loops: Corporate Bond ETFs
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
Courtesy of Brendan Conway They’re calling it the “ETF bid” — the idea that corporate bond prices get juiced when passively managed funds have to buy them. It’s known to happen in thinly traded stocks in some instances. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that thinly traded, idiosyncratic markets like high-yield bonds are seeing […] Read More

1 October, 2012

WSJ Weekend: Managing ETF Costs-Focus on Fees & Order…
In ETF News, People Profiles> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
Courtesy of Jason Zweig / WSJ Columnist On Sept. 21, Charles Schwab, SCHW -0.74%the discount broker, cranked up its publicity machine to announce it is cutting expenses on its 15 exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, by an average of 50%, to as low as 0.04%. Invest $10,000 and you can pay as little as $4 a year. […] Read More

29 September, 2012

Gambling ETF (BJK) Jumped On NFL Ref News-Benzinga
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
Courtesy of Benzinga.com ETF Professor It might just be a coincidence, but one ETF benefited this week from the maelstrom over the NFL’s replacement referees and subsequent return to work by the league’s regular officials. That fund is the Market Vectors Gaming ETF (BJK: 34.01, -0.10, -0.29%). To say the replacement officials affected football wagers […] Read More

29 September, 2012

Why Actively Managed Mutual Funds Are Investing in ETFs
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
   Courtesy of Stan Luxenberg   09/28/12 – 10:23 AM EDT NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Actively managed mutual funds traditionally earned their fees by picking the most attractive stocks and bonds. But these days more portfolio managers are investing in ETFs. According to Morningstar, hundreds of mutual funds have taken the plunge. More than 130 […] Read More

28 September, 2012

Not So Bad After All For Europe ETFs
In ETF News, Global Macro Strategy, People Profiles> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
Courtesy of the ETF Professor at Benzinga.com MarketsMuse extends our warm wishes to all of those celebrating the Jewish New Year and extending  you  “L’Shanah Tovah” Today’s piece from ETF Professor couldn’t be better timed considering the upcoming (Oct 11)  European Investing & Trading Summit at London’s May Fair Hotel with a special ‘carve-out’ focused […] Read More

26 September, 2012

Institutional investors see big tail-risk event ahead
In ETF News, Strike Price> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
Courtesy of Christine Williamson About three-quarters of executives from a mixed universe of institutional investors think a significant tail-risk event is likely to very likely within the next 12 months, according to a new survey from State Street Global Advisors. Survey respondents — money managers, family offices, consultants and private banks — expect the five […] Read More

25 September, 2012

Options Industry Looks for New Sources of Order Flow-RIAs…
In Strike Price> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
  Courtesy of Peter Chapman With options volume down this year, industry professionals are looking beyond traditional players such as retail investors and hedge funds for growth. “We are strongly focused on the institutional space,” Alan Grigoletto, director of education at the Options Industry Council, said at this year’s joint Futures Industry Association and OIC […] Read More

25 September, 2012

ETFs Overtaking Swaps for Junk-Bond Speculation:
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
By Mary Childs – Sep 17, 2012 Exchange-traded funds are poised to overtake credit derivatives by year-end as a way to speculate on junk bonds. The value of corporate securities held by the five-largest junk ETFs almost doubled in the past year to a record $31.4 billion, while the net amount of protection bought or […] Read More

17 September, 2012

Virtu Financial Buys Dutch Market-Maker in Push to Provide…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
Courtesy of WSJ with reporting by Jenny Strasburg Virtu Financial LLC said it bought a Dutch market-making business, bolstering the U.S. trading firm’s presence in a European exchange-traded-funds market that has emerged as a profitable battleground for high-speed traders. Virtu, one of the most-active traders of stocks, commodities and other securities in the U.S. and […] Read More

14 September, 2012

London’s Oct 11 “Euro Trading Summit” Said To Be…
In ETF News, Global Macro Strategy> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
    Considering the issuance calendar is chock full of interesting, high yield  deals, we’re hearing that tix for the Oct 11 European Trading & Investing Summit at the May Fair Hotel in London are oversubscribed. Then again, when taking a look at the “who’s who” of European PM’s and senior dealing desk traders that will […] Read More

12 September, 2012

2012 Equity Options Conference-Industry Elite To Attend Sep 12-13
In Global Macro Strategy, People Profiles, Strike Price> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
For those institutional fund managers, hedge fund traders and anyone else that’s tired of watching the volatility shrink,  the Futures Industry Association is joining with the Options Industry Council to host a special conference this week (Sept 12 & 13th) at the New York Marriott Marquis. However dry these programs tend to be, we’re actually […] Read More

12 September, 2012