ETFs

Investors pulled $562 million through June 27 from U.S. exchange-traded funds backed by precious metals.
The Merk Gold Trust holds gold bullion as allocated “London Bars” vaulted in London. OUNZ shareholders own a pro-rata share of the gold held by the Trust.
Ag markets rewarding for fundamental traders.
Exchange-traded products tracking farm commodities grew by $542.7 million since the end of last year to $2.5 billion as of May 2.
"These funds were designed with the buy-and-hold investor in mind, and we want to demonstrate that we also view these as long-term investments."
United States Commodity Funds (USCF) announced that effective today, the management fees of four of its exchange-traded products will be contractually lowered through Dec. 31, 2015.
So far in 2014, investors have withdrawn $552 million from exchange-traded funds tracking Canadian shares, following an outflow of $1 billion last year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
So far in 2014, investors have withdrawn $552 million from exchange-traded funds tracking Canadian shares, following an outflow of $1 billion last year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
There is increasing interest among investors for development of ETFs based on alternative forms of indexes, with 39% of investors interested in further development in ETFs based on smart beta indexes.
Newly-formed fund trust, AccuShares, has filed a registration statement with the SEC to issue shares of 7 exchange traded funds.