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ETF Shakeups: Three Small Cap Funds To Close, VT To Get Small Cap Extension

Michael Johnston — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:00:36 +0000

The universe of U.S.-listed ETFs has expanded at a record pace in 2011, with more than 300 new products beginning to trade. This year has also seen some contraction, as a number of different issuers have shuttered products that failed to generate interest from investors. IndexIQ is the latest to pare its lineup, as the company has announced it will close three of its international equity ETFs before the end of the year. The ETFs to be closed are: IQ Taiwan Small Cap ETF (TWON) IQ Hong Kong Small Cap ETF (HKK) IQ Japan Mid Cap ETF (RSUN) [For updates on closing ETFs and analysis of new ETFs, sign up for the free ETFdb newsletter] The three ETFs have combined assets of only about $5 million, which represents only a small fraction of the company’s total. None of the three was around for very long; TWON debuted in May 2010, [...]

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Back To Basics: 7 ETFs For Long-Term Investors

Stoyan Bojinov — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:00:42 +0000

New exchange traded products continue to debut on the market by the cartload, as issuers have been ramping up activity on the product development front while ongoing innovation in the ETF industry is paving the way for one of a kind, first-to-market products. Investors can implement any number of strategies across a multitude of asset classes thanks to the ever expanding “toolbox”, which now features over 1,300 exchange-traded products [see 25 Things Every Financial Advisor Should Know About ETFs]. Like never before, investors have unprecedented access to a vast variety of granular, hyper-targeted products which offer very precise exposure. However, for many investors the simpler, “plain vanilla” ETFs which offer deep, broad-based exposure across core asset classes remain extremely useful and popular for a number of reasons. These “blunt” instruments allow for investors to easily tap into a corner of the market, while still taking full advantage of the numerous [...]

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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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How Global Are Global ETFs?

Michael Johnston — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:05:19 +0000

When mutual funds broke on to the investing scene, they won praise for their ability to pool assets and efficiently deliver exposure to a large basket of underlying securities. ETFs, while different from mutual funds in many ways (see five of them here), generally share this appeal; they offer an even more cost efficient way to access a pool of assets through the purchase of a single security. Besides the obvious cost benefits of an all ETF-portfolio, the idea of monitoring only a handful of holdings is a welcome and simplifying development for many investors. So the thought of constructing a well-diversified portfolio with only a handful securities isn’t as ludicrous as it may sound, and is in fact put into practice by all types of investors. ETFdb Pro members can access our line of all-ETF model portfolios, all of which maintain between seven and 12 ETFs (if you’re not [...]

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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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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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