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State Street Adds Global ETF, Mega Cap Emerging Markets ETF

Michael Johnston — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:00:36 +0000

State Street, the firm behind the two largest ETFs, announced this week the addition of two new international equity funds to its product lineup. The SPDR MSCI ACWI IMI ETF (ACIM) will offer exposure to global equity markets, casting a wide net across both developed and emerging markets. The SPDR EM 50 ETF (EMFT) will focus specifically on emerging markets, targeting 50 of the largest companies from the developing world. Under The Hood: ACIM This ETF makes its way into the Global Equities ETFdb Category, which is currently dominated by the Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-U.S. Index Fund (VEU) and the iShares MSCI ACWI Index Fund (ACWI). This new offering from industry giant State Street offers broad-based global equity market exposure all under one ticker. ACWI offers the deepest portfolio available on the market; this ETF is linked to an index that includes nearly 9,000 securities, putting it ahead of VXUS, [...]

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Ex-Japan ETFs In Focus

Michael Johnston — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:00:05 +0000

Most investors looking to generate alpha and accumulate wealth over the long term spend the bulk of their time determining which asset classes should be included in their portfolio, either as long-term building blocks or shorter-term tactical allocations. But sometimes the most effective means of generating excess returns is not identifying and overweighting the top performers, but identifying and avoiding the laggards. Those with the good fortune to move out of financial stocks in 2008 or 2011, for example, have likely achieved better returns than many of their peers. The most important parts of your portfolio, in many cases, are the asset classes that are excluded entirely [see Five ETFs For Doomsday Capitalism]. Case Against Japan Japan is one corner of the market that a growing number of investors see as a drag on returns and as such are looking to avoid when constructing their portfolios. The Asian economy has [...]

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ETF Pipeline: AdvisorShares, Accuvest Team Up on Global ETF

Michael Johnston — Thu, 12 May 2011 11:00:45 +0000

Momentum continues to build behind actively-managed ETFs, as one of the most successful issuers of these products has stuffed yet another offering into an already full pipeline of ETF ideas. In a recent SEC filing, AdvisorShares detailed plans for the Accuvest Global Opportunities ETF (ACCU), which would be sub-advised by Accuvest Global Advisors. The proposed fund would seek long-term capital appreciation in excess of global equity benchmarks such as the MSCI All Country World Index. ACCU would be structured as an “ETF-of-ETFs,” investing primarily in other exchange-traded products to accomplish its objectives. According to the filing, Accuvest ranks countries on a monthly basis using a proprietary country ranking model in order to determine their relative attractiveness. Using ETFs that offer exposure to the most attractive countries, ACCU will be constructed with five or six country ETFs that offer targeted exposure. Noting that the proposed fund would be “benchmark agnostic,” the [...]

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Vanguard Slashes Expenses On VWO, Five Other International ETFs

Michael Johnston — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:00:07 +0000

Vanguard led all ETF issuers in cash inflows last year, thanks in no small part to a shift among investors towards the most cost-efficient ETF options. Now the company is lowering expenses on six of its international equity ETFs, reflecting greater efficiencies realized in the form of asset growth and operating cost reductions. The ETFs impacted by the expense ratio reduction include: Ticker ETF Old ER New ER VWO Emerging Markets ETF 0.27% 0.22% VGK Europe ETF 0.16% 0.14% VPL Pacific ETF 0.16% 0.14% VT Total World Stock ETF 0.30% 0.25% VEU FTSE All-World ex-U.S. ETF 0.25% 0.22% VSS FTSE All-World ex-U.S. Small Cap ETF 0.40% 0.33% The reduction to VWO makes it the cheapest option in the Emerging Markets Equities ETFdb Category–an honor previously held by Schwab’s SCHE. VWO recently became the largest U.S.-listed emerging markets ETF, surpassing iShares EEM. Both funds offer exposure to the MSCI Emerging Markets [...]

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GlobalShares Launches Three New ETFs (GSZ, GSO, GSW)

Michael Johnston — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:38:25 +0000

Old Mutual Global Index Trackers, a South Africa-based division of asset Manager Old Mutual, launched three new ETFs on Tuesday, bringing the number of funds in its product line to five. The new ETFs include: GlobalShares FTSE All-Cap Asia Pacific Ex Japan Fund (GSZ) GlobalShares FTSE All-World ex U.S. Fund (GSO) GlobalShares FTSE All-World Fund (GSW) GSZ will track the performance of the FTSE All Cap Asia Pacific Ex Japan Index, a benchmark comprised of companies in the Asia Pacific region (excluding Japan) that account for approximately 98% of the investable market capitalization. The underlying index consists of nearly 1,800 stocks, making GSZ unique in that it will offer exposure to Asia Pacific equities of all sizes, instead of focusing only on mega-cap firms (see all ETFs in the Asia Pacific Equities ETFdb Category). GSZ will charge an expense ratio of 0.50%, below the average for this ETFdb Category. GSO [...]

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Low Cost ETFs: Complete List Of The Cheapest Exchange-Traded Funds

Michael Johnston — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:15:04 +0000

The reasons for the rise of the ETF industry are numerous: intraday liquidity, (potentially) superior tax efficiency, and enhanced transparency relative to traditional actively-managed mutual funds have all contributed to the billions of dollars of inflows that these funds have seen in recent years. But the real attraction for most ETF investors is the reduced expenses these products offer, often only a fraction of the fees charged by mutual funds. But between ETFs, expense ratios can vary significantly, ranging from 0.08% (for several Schwab ETFs) to a whopping 1.50% (for the DENT actively-managed ETF). For investors looking to minimize expenses and pursue an indexing strategy in favor of active management, investing in ETFs is only the first step. In order to assist cost-conscious investors, we’ve assembled the cheapest ETF options for almost every asset class and sub-asset class. Each of the 900-plus ETFs currently included in the ETF Screener were [...]

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Who Else Wants Ex-U.S. ETFs?

Michael Johnston — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:05:51 +0000

After decades of flying high and shrugging off crises around the world, U.S. equity markets have fallen on some tough times. The epicenter of the mortgage crisis that evolved into a global recession has scared away many investors away from the U.S. markets, afraid that the worst is yet to come and that the “glory days” of America have passed. Investor reluctance to jump back into the U.S. markets is perhaps best evidenced by the increase in popularity of “ex-U.S.” ETFs, funds that offer exposure to a well-diversified basket of global securities but avoid any investments in the States. Over the last year, many of these funds have experienced strong fund inflows, and have significantly outperformed major U.S. benchmarks. As unemployment remains high, banks continue to close, credit markets are yet to thaw, and the future of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency sits in serious jeopardy, many investors, both [...]

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Old Mutual to Launch Five New ETFs

Michael Johnston — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:15:32 +0000

Old Mutual has filed a registration statement for five new ETFs, each of which tracks an index maintained by the FTSE group. Old Mutual, founded in 1845 in South Africa, provides long-term savings solutions, asset management services, and general insurance services in 38 countries worldwide. The new ETFs include: Old Mutual FTSE All-World Fund Old Mutual FTSE All-World ex U.S. Fund Old Mutual FTSE Emerging Markets Fund Old Mutual FTSE All-Cap Asia Pacific ex Japan Fund Old Mutual FTSE Developed Markets ex U.S. Fund It appears that Old Mutual’s All World and All-World ex-U.S. funds will compete directly with Vanguard‘s VT and VEU funds, respectively. The remaining three funds propose to track indices not covered by existing ETFs, although several funds offered by Vanguard and other sponsors provide exposure to similar equity indices (such as EFA and VEA). Expense ratios were not included in the filing, but Old Mutual will presumably offer [...]

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