ETFs

Unlike emerging-market mutual funds, ETFs don’t have the option of holding cash, so if they get outflows, they have to sell the underlying bonds in the index they track.

New research says lending out ETFs is where institutions and individuals could be making a lot more money.

ZKB’s four funds, all listed in Zurich and all focused on owning physical precious metals, have an average of $1.9 billion in assets.

Wealthfront and Betterment announced new SRI functionality.

European equity ETF inflows abruptly slowed to less than 1 percent of assets in the wake of ECB head Mario Draghi’s hint at a reduction in stimulus. Buying interest has shifted to emerging-market equities.

Different kinds of investors are driving opposing trends.

BlackRock got into the ETF arena early and has focused on building its business by volume.

But now things are getting dicey.

In the week just passed the bond market had a modest correction that, unlike it's bearish predecessor, strikes me as being as much about data and the Fed as oversold technicals and sentiment.

A new ETF tracks corporate sponsors for American pro sports, CIBC makes a wealth management move in Chicago, and how millennials use payment app Venmo (it's not just to split the check).