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Go-go days for the exchange trade funds industry don't appear to be going anywhere anytime soon. With equities racing higher, investors continue pouring cash into ETFs at a record pace. “Assets invested in ETFs and ETPs listed globally reached new records of US$7.62 trillion and net...

At the end of March, exchange traded products listed around the world — including exchange traded funds — had a combined $4.919 trillion in assets under management, a number that is expected to continue growing in the coming years. The ETF Industry Exposure & Financial Services ETF...

More good, if not predictable, news on the growth front for exchange-traded funds. Fresh data from brokerage giant TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: AMTD) indicate registered investment advisors (RIAs) continue allocating client assets to ETFs. Survey's In In its Institutional RIA Sentiment...

Underscoring the ongoing boom for smart or strategic beta exchange-traded funds, these ETFs had $497 billion in combined assets under management on a global basis at the end of November, according to ETFGI data. Nearly $445 billion of that total was found in the United States. “Year to date...

Last year was another banner year of growth for the exchange-traded funds industry. Here in the United States, the world's largest ETF market, ETFs gathered $279 billion in new assets on their way to a record assets under management tally of $2.549 trillion at the end of the year, according to...

The global exchange-traded fund industry is dominated by the United States, both in terms of number of issuers and combined assets under management, but Canada is home to a vibrant ETF market as well. At the end of the third quarter, there were about 450 ETFs trading in Toronto with over $81...

Full disclosure: The writer of this piece is a Gen X'er and has previously questioned why some companies in certain industries continue ignoring this generation and its economic might. So, with that out of the way, recent data from TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: AMTD) suggest Gen X is...

Although flows to equity funds have recently languished, the exchange-traded funds eclipsed another AUM (assets under management) record last month, finishing June with a combined $3.17 trillion in assets under management. Exchange-traded products listed around the world added $31.38 billion in...

Thanks in large part to massive inflows to fixed income funds, the global exchange-traded funds industry reached another assets under management record at the end of May with $3.143 trillion in combined AUM. The U.S. ETF market, the largest in the world, also hit a record with a $2.229 trillion in...

First, a personal anecdote to explain the NFL/ETF analogy that follows here. Several years ago, I was watching a professional football game with my uncle, a voracious NFL fan, when I mentioned a player (I don't remember who it was) that was a great college football player but never made it in...

ETF.com's "Inside ETFs" conference took place in Florida last week and, perhaps not surprisingly, smart beta exchange-traded funds were popular topics of discussion. That stands to reason as various surveys and studies out last indicated professional investors are likely to continue boosting...

Advisors and investors are hearing plenty about the growth of smart or strategic beta exchange-traded funds. New data confirm these ETFs, which toe the line between active and passive management, are growing at a blistering pace. According to FTSE Russell’s first U.S. retail financial advisor...

Despite global volatility and a lack of clarity regarding when the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates, U.S.-listed exchange-traded funds continue to gather assets at breakneck speed. After adding $19 billion last month, exchange-traded products trading in the United States, including ETFs...

In July, ETFGI, a London-based ETF research firm, confirmed that total assets under management at the world's exchange-traded products, including ETFs and exchange traded notes (ETNs), eclipsed the assets held by hedge funds. “According to our analysis there was US$2.971 trillion...