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Exchange Traded Funds (ETF)
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Where Will ETF Use Grow Fastest?
Little surprise—Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) adoption continues to rise. While it might be a case of the fly on…
Why Most 401(k) Plans Don’t Offer ETFs
According to the Investment Company Institute (ICI), “[ETFs] accounted for 13 percent of total net assets managed by…
Low-Fee Focus Spurs 401(k) Business Model Innovation
Forty-year industry veteran Scott MacKillop (you read that right) is on a mission to disrupt the 401(k) and…
Equity Loses, Fixed Income Gains on Brexit Possibility
Fears across the pond have fixed income funds flying high. Research behemoth Morningstar reported U.S. mutual fund and exchange-traded fund (ETF) asset…
How Popular Are Exchange-Traded Funds, Really?
The low-cost message is getting through (with a helping hand from the Department of labor), and exchange-traded funds…
Replace Target-Date Funds as 401(k) QDIA? Not So Fast
“Co-exist” is the bumper sticker research message from Cerulli Associates. The Boston-based global analytics firm suggests that managed…
Solid Returns or Sexist Jerks? ‘Gender Diversity’ ETFs
Is it an idea with promise or corporate pandering? The Wall Street Journal’s resident egghead Jason Zweig once…
Vanguard Lowers Expense Ratios (Again)
How low can they go? Vanguard investors saved nearly $55 million as a result of lower expense ratios…
ETFs Snap Two-Year Winning Streak
Exchange traded funds snapped a streak of 23 straight months of positive flows dating back to January 2014,…
How to Crack the ETF Nut in 401(k)s
ETFs in 401(k)s? It’s a question that’s receiving a lot of attention of late, and specifically how—if at…