When asked why actively-managed ETFs haven’t taken off as successfully as most people expected, many issuers point to the need for education. It took investors more than a decade to get comfortable with index ETFs and trust them enough to use them as frequently as they do today. So in comparison, it’s no surprise […]
The daily transparency required of actively-managed ETFs in the US has been one of the main selling points of these new products, while at the same time being probably the biggest hurdle discouraging many active managers from embracing this relatively new structure. Since they were approved in 2008 by the SEC, actively-managed ETFs in […]
With the number of players entering the Active ETF arena turning from a drip into an outright flood, we are likely to see a much wider variety of products and strategies come to market in the form of actively-managed ETFs. While it’s important to point out the advantages of actively-managed ETFs that has resulted […]
In May 2010, ActiveETFs | InFocus spoke with Rob Ivanoff, who is the Director of Research at Financial Products Research (FPR). Rob’s work and commentary on mutual fund trends and investments has been featured and quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Times and many other newspapers and magazines. Rob was […]
In March 2010, ActiveETFs | InFocus spoke with – Ed McRedmond, Senior Vice President of Institutional & Portfolio Strategies at Invesco PowerShares. Invesco PowerShares was one of the first companies to bring Actively-Managed ETFs to the US market in 2008. Ed talks to us about the outlook for Active ETFs, the capabilities that PowerShares’ hopes […]
In August 2010, ActiveETFs | InFocus spoke with Patrick Daugherty, who is a partner at Foley & Lardner LLP, which is a highly regarded national law firm. Patrick and his team helped launch the very first actively-managed ETF in the United States from Bear Stearns in 2008. Patrick has worked on numerous other ETF launches […]
In July 2010, ActiveETFs | InFocus spoke with – Bill Thomas,CEO of Grail Advisors. Grail currently has seven Actively-Managed ETFs on the market and just recently released a white paper on fixed-income ETFs. Bill chats with us about fixed-income ETFs, Grail’s business model and key details on the mutual fund conversion process Grail Advisors is […]
In December 2010, ActiveETFs | InFocus had a conversation with Gary Gastineau, Co-Founder of Managed ETFs LLC and Principal at ETF Consultants. Managed ETFs LLC’s assets were acquired by Eaton Vance, including patents for NAV-based trading owned by the company. Eaton Vance has indicated that it intends to utilize the patents to bring forward non-transparent […]
In November 2010, ActiveETFs | InFocus spoke with David O’Leary, who is the Chief Investment Officer for AER Advisors. AER is the portfolio manager behind two actively-managed ETFs from PowerShares which were one of the first Active ETFs to be launched in the US in 2008. The first is the Active AlphaQ Fund (PQY) and […]