Vanguard expands commission-free ETFs to 1,800, William Galvin launches private placement investigation and scooter startup Spins is offering STOs backed by company revenue.

The Securities and Exchange Commission plan approved for public comment on Thursday would make it easier to bring new ETFs to market by laying out formal steps for setting up less-complicated funds.

Valued for their simplicity, exchange-traded funds pose worrying risks.

There are more than 70 times as many stock market indexes as there are actual stocks, many created by selective backtests and used by asset managers to market new funds, with minimal disclosures or oversight.

U.S. equity funds extended their longest run of inflows since 2013 as investors continue to pull money from most other developed markets.

ETFs that offer meaningful exposure to the industrials sector—particularly air freight and logistics—are primed to do well in the second half of 2018, according to a CFRA analysis.

E*Trade agrees to sell 32 Vanguard funds with no commission.

The SEC will discuss whether to propose regulations that would allow asset managers to sell certain types of exchange-traded funds without first gaining its approval, according to the commission’s agenda.

Record $174 million pulled from iShares financial services ETF.