MSCI revamps global indexes, rolls out complete series of small-cap bogies, as the international index market heats up.

A look at how the market-beating, fundamental, timeliness, dividend and other specialty ETFs performed when the market crumbled.

ProShares launches 12 Russell style funds: A look at what's next. Plus, what about those pesky short-term gains?

PowerShares launches seven new commodity sector ETFs on the Amex; bold claims for important new products.

Celebrating Innovation

As I sit down to write this note, Jim Wiandt and I are busy putting together the finishing touches on the voting ballots for the 2006 IMN/IndexUniverse.com William F. Sharpe Indexing Achievement Awards. The Sharpe awards honor the most innovative advances in the indexing industry over the past year.

What if I told you that you never had to receive a capital gains distribution from a mutual fund ever again? Sounds too good to be true, right? But that's exactly the operating consensus surrounding the new exchange-traded notes (ETNs) from Barclays Bank PLC.

Thoughts and observations from the world’s premier indexing conference.

A look at where the money’s moving in the ETF industry, both in the U.S. and abroad.