Purpose Investments has introduced a high-interest savings ETF.
Bond investors are jittery.
An ETF, or Exchange-Traded Fund, is the fastest growing asset class in the investment environment. Although growing in popularity, investors should be wary of either the holding or strategy of certain ETFs.
Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. and its affiliate AlphaPro Management Inc. have announced the appointment of PŮR Investing Inc. as sub-advisor to the Horizons Active Diversified Income ETF (HAA).
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited has announced changes to seven forward-using Canadian iShares ETFs in response to proposed new federal taxation rules first introduced in conjunction with the 2013 Federal Budget.
The new ETFs will provide investors with the lowest-cost exposure to the financials and energy sectors of the Canadian stock market.
RBC Global Asset Management has announced final details regarding the scheduled maturity of RBC Target 2013 Corporate Bond Index ETF (TSX: RQA).
My colleague is always on the lookout for deals and bargains. Growing up in Saint Petersburg during a transitioning Russian economy made everyone resourceful. She and her family have used coupons to clean out stores, with the clerk paying her at checkout! She applies the same frugal approach to constructing core-and-satellite structures for taxable portfolios, and saves money by systematically harvesting tax losses using ETFs.
There's a new service for investors who want to create exchange-traded funds themselves, the Financial Times reports.
ETFs present a special challenge to the advisor when it comes to generating revenue: they act like a mutual fund, but don’t pay a trailer. They’re exchange-traded and commission-based, but have lower turnover than individual stocks. That said, the more actively traded the ETFs, the more a commission-based model can work.