Asset Allocation
Finnish Pension Fund Invests More Than $2 Billion in Climate-Focused ETF
Ilmarinen investment helps make the ETF launch the largest in U.S. history.
Tag: ETF
Market Moves
When the Best Stock Gains Are Made: Overnight
After regular trading hours is when equities increase the most, a Bespoke study finds.
Risk
Be Wary of Single-Stock ETFs, Warn SEC Commissioner, Education Head
Recommending the new product to retail investors without breaching fiduciary duties could be ‘challenging.’
Alternatives
As COVID Recedes, Can Gold Maintain Its Lofty Level?
The commodity has been having a good month despite a recent report of low demand.
Asset Allocation
What If Cathie Wood’s Deflation Really Arrives? Now There’s an Antidote
Besides the celebrated money manager, few predict an upcoming era of falling prices, which a new ETF aims to buffer against.
Regulation
SEC Wants Funds to Reveal More Proxy Voting Information
The regulator proposes disclosure rule changes regarding ‘say-on-pay’ votes and securities lending.
Market Moves
Robinhood Is Good for the Market, Says Cathie Wood
The young meme stock crowd will learn valuable lessons trading and their openness to disruption is a plus, the red-hot fund manager declares.
Why Wild and Crazy Bitcoin May Become a Pension Portfolio Fixture
Retirement funds and other institutions are gradually warming to cryptocurrencies.
Asset Allocation
Liking Gold’s Ascent? Just Wait for the Plunge, Study Warns
Duke’s Campbell Harvey charts the wacky ups and downs of the precious metal.
Market Moves
Ackman Bets Against Junk Bonds, Now Resurgent
Hedge fund honcho thinks dragged-out economic recovery will harm high-debt companies.
CIOs Bring Passive Investments into the Mix
But will index funds hold on to their appeal if US stocks hit a bear market in the next year or two?
Finnish Pension Launches Sustainable ETF with $556 Million
Fund will exclude tobacco, fossil fuel, and weapons investments.
Push into Smart Beta Slows as Market Matures
Market saturation, diminishing investor confidence drives slower pace—and lower fees.
At Morningstar: ETF, Mutual Fund Securities-Lending Programs Coming Under Scrutiny
Practice seen as less risky as it was before the financial crisis.
Market Moves
Why Index Fund Creator Jack Bogle Hated ETFs
The late Vanguard founder was best known for passive investing. But he decried its offspring, exchange-traded funds, as an abomination.