ETF fund sponsors work with authorized participants (APs) — typically large broker-dealers — who buy the underlying securities that comprise the ETF. The AP then delivers those securities to ...

Exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, are an easy way to begin ... Here's what you should know about ETFs, how they work, and how to buy them. Image source: The Motley Fool. An ETF allows investors ...

Passive investors looking to create meaningful wealth over the long-term do have a plethora of options these days to choose ...

A smart beta exchange traded fund, the First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX ETF (FXD) debuted on 05/08/2007, and offers broad exposure to the Consumer Discretionary ETFs category of the market.

The majority of issuers making this request are looking to offer both active and indexed products with multiple share classes ...

Industry researcher Cerulli Associates warns of a major fee disruption if regulators approve exchange-traded fund share ...

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So far, the evidence suggests that switching to the ETF structure alone isn't enough to guarantee that a fund will attract new investors. Most of the work to convert a mutual fund to an ETF falls ...

Actively managed stock ETFs are suddenly taking in new assets from investors while index funds see outflows. That’s a big ...