Bond

Vanguard Group has introduced a Total International Stock Index Fund. This fund shall track the MSCI All Country World ex-USA Investable Market Index. The fund covers developed markets like Canada and Europe as well as emerging markets like India, China and other Asian markets. Bulk of the fund’s exposure, more than 40%, is directed to [...]

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 [...]

Investors will now have additional access to many emerging markets through the use of a new ETF issued by Van Eck Global. The new ETF, known as Market Vectors Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF (EMLC), is described in the press release as tracking a “basket of bonds issued in local currencies by emerging market [...]

Assets continued to flow into U.S. exchange-traded funds during the month of June thanks to bond and gold ETFs. June is the fifth straight month that assets have flowed into ETFs to keep the trend rising. Taxable-bond ETFs attracted the most assets with $4.7 billion for June, according to the press release. Two of the [...]

The demand for global fixed income ETFs in China is growing and Barclays is helping to make a launch of these funds a reality. Though China does not currently allow fund managers to offer this type of ETF, the press release reports that Barclays has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Shanghai Stock Exchange. [...]

Vanguard, one of the largest ETF issuers, will soon have 19 more funds in their lineup. The new ETFs will track a variety of indexes; however, the most notable will be the S&P 500. Vanguard ETFs are made up of share classes of the company’s index funds. Among the 19 new ETFs are funds to [...]

Grail Advisors has partnered with DoubleLine Capital on what it hopes will be the first of many ETF ventures. DoubleLine is an investment firm that Grail has called upon to assist in the launch and management of a new fixed-income ETF. Grail has now grown to 7 actively managed ETFs since launching its first fund [...]

Charles Schwab, PIMCO, and ETFSecurities may be late entries to the ETF business, but their success has been obvious. While other giants fail to grab a foothold, what keeps these sponsors profitable? Whereas Fidelity and Northern Trust, both large asset managers in their own right, failed to grow their ETF products, smaller and less connected [...]

ETSpreads, a small ETF sponsor based in San Francisco, filed with the SEC to add a TIPS bond fund on top of its already growing list of exotic ETFs. ETSpreads has yet to release a single ETF for public consumption, but some of its funds are already grabbing headlines. In the SEC filing, ETSpreads sought [...]

In the last year, exchange-traded fund companies have created a turf war, with new funds looking to steal investment dollars directly from their competitors. Following the same trend, Charles Schwab has filed with the SEC to create three new fixed income ETFs. The three new funds are the Schwab US TIPS ETF, the Schwab Short-Term [...]