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These ETF Issuers Are Rising
Monday, October 8, 2012 - 1:01pm | 645Read More...BlackRock's (NYSE: BLK) iShares. State Street's State Street Global Advisors (NYSE: STT). Vanguard. The trio represents the dominant names in the ETF business. Some have even made the spurious accusation that the trio is an ETF monopoly. To be sure, these firms are home to the bulk of ETF assets....
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Closures Part of ETF Industry's Evolution
Friday, October 5, 2012 - 1:31pm | 657Read More...The pace of ETF closures has quickened in 2012. With more than 40 ETF closures already on the books and more on the way, 2012 will see the largest amount of closures in the burgeoning industry's still young life. Not surprisingly, the issue of ETF closures has provided fodder for critics of the...
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Under The Hood: Tilting Toward Emerging Markets
Monday, October 1, 2012 - 7:03am | 670Read More...There is no shortage of emerging markets ETFs on the market today. In particular, investors have a plethora of funds offering exposure to multiple countries from which to choose. That does not stop ETF issuers from bringing more of these funds to market. Take the example of the FlexShares...
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FlexShares Files Plans for Emerging Markets ETF
Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 4:19pm | 195Read More...FlexShares, the ETF unit of Northern Trust (NASDAQ: NTRS), has filed plans for the FlexShares Morningstar Emerging Markets Factor Tilt Index Fund (NYSE: TLTE). The FlexShares Morningstar Emerging Markets Factor Tilt Index Fund will charge 0.65 percent per year. With the filing for the new fund...
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FlexShares ETFs Top $1B in AUM
Thursday, July 12, 2012 - 1:31pm | 211Read More...Northern Trust's (NASDAQ: NTRS) FlexShares family of ETFs, which debuted in September 2011, have reached a combined $1 billion in assets under management, the firm announced today. "The demands of investors and the advisors who serve them continue to drive the evolution in the ETF landscape," said...
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FlexShares May Introduce Developed Markets ETF
Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 3:42pm | 139Read More...FlexShares, the ETF family recently introduced by Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS), has filed plans to possibly introduce the FlexShares Morningstar Developed ex-US Markets Factor Tilt Index Fund. The new ETF would track the Morningstar Developed ex-US Markets Factor Tilt Index. The fund will invest...
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FlexShares ETFs Top $500M In Assets
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 5:42pm | 208Read More...FlexShares ETFs, the fund family recently introduced by Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS), announced today that its lineup of four ETFs has surpassed a combined $500 million in assets under management. “To exceed the half-billion-dollar watermark in less than four months is an exciting milestone,”...
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Checking In: Another Under The Radar Resources ETF
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 2:41pm | 499Read More...In what will go down as a tough year for the high beta trade, 2011 has been tough on scores of energy and materials ETFs regardless of how old or new those funds are. Europe's sovereign debt woes, slowing emerging markets growth and plenty of issues within the U.S. economy have chased investors out...
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Northern Trust Launches FlexShares
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 - 2:00am | 787Read More...Northern Trust rejoined the ETF provider list with its September 22 introduction of four new ETFs under the FlexShares brand. Northern Trust had closed and liquidated its 17-fund NETS lineup in February 2009. The prior brand consisted mainly of funds tracking major foreign market indexes. The...
