FTSE Russell

Smaller stocks and corresponding exchange traded funds have recently been enjoying renewed fanfare and rightfully so. Year-to-date, the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSE: IWM) is up 9.6 percent, or double the gains of the large-cap S&P 500. Smaller small-caps, or micro-caps, are performing even...

For much of this year, the U.S. dollar has been lethargic, but that scenario is showing signs of reversing. Over the past week, the PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund (NYSE: UUP) is up more than 2.3 percent. It probably is not a coincidence that as the dollar has strengthened, small-cap...

IndexIQ — the issuer behind a unique lineup of fixed income, hedge fund and real assets exchange-traded funds — said Wednesday it is reducing the expense ratios on its lineup of 50 percent currency hedged ETFs. IndexIQ, a unit of MainStay Investments, introduced its three 50-percent...

Count 2016 as another year of impressive growth and expectations of more of the same for smart beta exchange-traded funds. BlackRock data indicate 2016 is proving to be a banner year for smart beta funds. As of November 20, smart beta ETFs around the world attracted $45 billion in new assets...

As the smart or strategic beta landscape has evolved in recent years, there have been plenty of estimates, forecasts and studies calling for exponential growth for those exchange traded funds that follow fundamentally-weighted indexes or adhere to index methodologies beyond weighting by market...

As has been widely documented, after several years of overt disappointment, emerging markets equities and exchange-traded funds are getting some of their groove back in 2016 and investors are responding in a big way. Flows Data Confirmation ETF flows data confirm as much. As of October 25, three of...

The universe of multi-factor exchange-traded funds is certainly expanding in terms of population, indicating that issuers are betting such funds will benefit from the strategic beta boom. In its third-annual survey of institutional investors and their views on smart beta products, FTSE Russell...

Including dividends paid, the iShares MSCI Brazil Index (ETF) (NYSE: EWZ) is up a staggering 66.3 percent year-to-date, easily making it one of this year's best-performing single-country exchange-trade fund. Amid plenty of controversy, Rio de Janeiro is hosting the Summer Olympics, prompting...

Previously derided and, more recently, validated on multiple, smart beta exchange-traded funds continue hauling in assets. Earlier this week, ETFGI, a London-based ETF research firm, reported that “assets invested in smart beta ETFs/ETPs listed in globally reached a new record high US$429...

It has been a ho-hum year for small-cap stocks as highlighted by a gain of 0.75 percent for the benchmark Russell 2000, and things are mixed for micro-cap exchange-traded funds — as just one of the three ETFs dedicated to smaller small-caps is up on the year. An interesting election year...

Data out earlier this week, courtesy of index provider FTSE Russell confirm professional money managers are increasingly turning to smart or strategic beta exchange-traded funds. That is not surprising, as various data points and studies in recent years have confirmed as much. Not to mention the...

Not that further validation was needed — at least not after smart or strategic beta exchange-traded funds ended last year with $616 billion in assets under management, but more data suggest these funds will continue an already astounding growth trajectory. Smart Beta ETF Use On The Rise In...

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM)'s JPMorgan Asset Management is adding to its growing lineup of factor-based exchange-traded funds Thursday with the debut of the JPMorgan Diversified Return U.S. Mid Cap Equity ETF (NYSE: JPME). JPME, the eighth ETF from New York-based JPMorgan's asset...

Thanks a spate of new product launches dating back to last year, factor-based investing as it pertains to exchange-traded funds is receiving renewed attention. Add to that, many of the new factor-based ETFs that are coming to market emphasize multiple factors in an effort to ensure investors do not...

The term “smart beta,” as it pertains to exchange-traded funds, has been derided by critics, but the success of some of the funds occupying this corner of the ETF landscape is undeniable. According to FTSE Russell’s first U.S. retail financial advisor market survey – Smart...