Bond

According to Mark Wiedman, global head of iShares, “Fixed income markets are the next big frontier for the ETF industry.” Much like ETFs have transformed commodity markets such as gold, Wiedman expects ETFs will transform the fixed income markets. Assets are projected to double in fixed income markets over the next 5 years, from just under [...]

Van Eck will be launching a new bond ETF on Wednesday, May 9, 2012. The Market Vectors Emerging Markets High Yield Bond ETF will track B of A Merrill Lynch’s High Yield US Emerging Markets Liquid Corporate Plus Index. The expense ratio for the new ETF is expected to be 0.4%. For the original article, [...]

Global Bond ETF assets rose 4.1% in November to more than $1.5 trillion, according to a report from BlackRock Investment Institute. The total number of global ETF products including ETNs reached 4,200. For original article, click here.

PIMCO has launched the Australia Bond Index Fund, soon to be followed byt the PIMCO Canada Bond Index Fund, and the PIMCO Germany Bond Index Fund. These three countries currently have some of the strongest balance sheets among developed nations. For original press release, click here.

Traders will soon have access to a unique forward-looking approach to investing with the upcoming release of three new ETFs from AdvisorShares Investments on June 21, 2011. The press release identifies the three new ETF, to be managed by Madrona Funds, as: 1. AdvisorShares Madrona Forward Domestic ETF (FWDD) 2. AdvisorShares Madrona Forward International ETF [...]

Fund issuer State Street Global Advisors has launched two ETFs – S&P Emerging Markets Dividend Fund (EDIV) and Barclays Capital Emerging Markets Local Bond Fund (EBND). The new ETFs are designed the fill the gap created by absence of funds that help investors control exposure to debt and dividend investments in a precise manner. The [...]

Bond investors are looking forward to the proposed government decision to sell more treasury bonds in the coming week. This has come as good news for those who have invested in long term bonds. Long term bonds are very sensitive to economic and political changes and there are signs of good performance by ETFs that [...]

Standard & Poor’s, the world’s leading index provider, announced today that it has expanded its family of municipal bond indices with the launch of the S&P Municipal Yield Index.

iShares, the exchange-traded funds (ETF) operator owned by BlackRock (BLK.N), said on Monday it has launched a new European high-yield bond marketfund.

Charles Schwab, ETF issuer known for its low expense products and online commission incentives, has just launched three new bond ETFs that provide exposure to different types of US Treasuries. According to the press release, the new ETFs will provide investors with access to short-term, intermediate-term and inflation-protected securities. Below is a list of the [...]