In advance of the Climate Change Summit, Canada has become a little bit greener - at least on Bay Street. Three new S&P DJI indices were recently launched based on constituents of the S&P/TSX 60 Index.
Currency’s made headlines for the last decade with the spectacular rise and fall of the Canadian dollar. Once lowly, the loonie has, in recent years, hit and then briefly exceeded parity with the U.S. dollar. Good times for Canada’s cross-border shoppers. But, depending on whom you talk to, the rise and fall of the dollar […]
ETFs hit a few important new milestones this year. They turned 25 (the first ETF was born in Toronto in 1989), their assets surpassed those of hedge funds (US$2.97 trillion) and, as of June, more ETF shares had traded hands in one year than the entire U.S. GDP.
You might think investors reacted to August's volatility by pulling out equity ETFs - but that wasn't the case. According to National Bank Financial, September ETF flows hit another record, with equities leading the way.
Could be the ETF industry has just been handed a 415-pound game changer by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In response to ongoing concerns about the ability of ETFs to deliver their liquidity promise to investors, the SEC is now proposing rules to ensure providers can meet investor redemptions in the event of a panic - without completely blowing up the market in the process.
What's become known as the “Abenomics trade” is falling out of favour particularly in the wake of Standard & Poor’s downgrade of Japan’s debt. What does this mean for Japan equity ETFs?
As investors reeled from big market gyrations in August, some holders of ETFs were startled by the sharp difference between the price of their equity ETF shares and the value of the underlying stocks. That’s according to an article recently published in the Wall Street Journal that looks at the behaviour of ETFs on August 24th.
Research shows they curb bad behaviour and boost value for shareholders
Turns out all that market turmoil last month did nothing to slow down the growth of ETFs. According to new data from BlackRock global ETFs took in US$17.2 billion mainly driven by non-U.S. developed markets equity and fixed income.
A new paper examines the disappearance of public firms in the U.S.