ETFs

Financial firms introduced a slew of products that didn’t charge fees last year. Investors yawned.

In recent history, AGFiQ, Barclays iShares and Invesco have been among the top exchange-traded product issuers for diversifying a client’s portfolio, which may help soften the blow of equities’ volatile drawdowns.

Almost 40 percent of insurers aren’t using ETFs more than a year after the National Association of Insurance Commissioners rewrote its accounting rules in an attempt to loosen the restrictions.

The mortality rate for exchange-traded funds is high. A catchy ticker symbol can help.

A hedge fund founder sees altruism as a key metric in helping save capitalism from itself.

“A lot of the people doing the fearmongering have an interest in old-school ways and are seeing their businesses hurt," the portfolio strategist at Richard Bernstein Advisors said at Inside ETFs.

Financial advisors are missing the importance of alternative investments for diversification, Invesco's chief global market strategist said at Inside ETFs.