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iShares plans to launch a new bond ETF comprised of Latin American corporate and sovereign debt. The new bond ETF will compete with Van Eck’s Market Vectors LatAm Aggregate Bond ETF (ticker:BONO). No expense ratio information has been given as of yet for iShares planned new ETF. For original article click here.

This week AdvisorShares will be launching a new ETF using ticker symbol GIVE, with a focus on supporting global sustainability themes. Additionally, a charitable foundation co-founded by Jacques Cousteau’s grandson Philippe, will be supported by a portion of the assets. For original article, click here.

According to an excellent article on Schwab.com, written by Michael Iachini, CFA, CFP®, Managing Director of ETF Research, Charles Schwab Investment Advisory, Inc. there are a few important things investors need to understand when they invest in actively-managed ETFs.

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 [...]

According to an article in USA Today, one of the latest trends in the Exchange traded funds or ETF market is the expansion of theme into the huge markets of tax-differed savings plans like 401(k) retirement plans and 529 college savings plans.

April, often a month of healthy inflows, saw nearly $15 billion flow out of US equity mutual funds, while ETFs saw inflows of over $400 million. An article at ETFtrends speculates that it could be a demographic shift that is likely to continue into the trillions: “ETFs are set for “literally trillions and trillions and [...]

One of the largest middle east economies is not yet represented by the ETF space, but Van Eck Global is about to change that. Van Eck has filed an application with the SEC to market two country specific ETFs based on Saudi Arabia. The two ETFs are named the Market Vectors Saudi Arabia ETF and [...]

iShares has launched eight country-specific sovereign debt ETFs on the London Stock Exchange, the first ETFs of their kind. The treasury bond ETFs include the countries of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria, Finland, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The ETFs will be invested in government issued debt. For original article, click here.

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, [...]

According to a Marketwatch news release, the Bank of Japan began actively buying exchange-traded funds to support the Tokyo equity market on Monday, setting a new single day record, totaling approximately $500 million dollars (nearly 40 billion yen). Since December, 2010 the Bank of Japan has invested nearly $1 trillion yen in ETFs, with plans to invest [...]