April ETF Roundup: Launches And Filings

Jarred Cummans submits:April was somewhat of a calming month for markets, as geopolitical concerns took a back seat to earnings reports and a relatively uneventful Federal Reserve meeting. This month saw two of the world’s most popular commodities, oil and gold, soar to levels not seen since before the market crashed in 2008. In fact, gold is at a historic high, settling at well over $1,500 per ounce as April came to a close.

Michael Johnston submits:Van Eck announced today plans to reduce the expense caps on three of its international equity ETFs, effective immediately. The three ETFs that will be impacted include:

By Tom Lydon: ETF Spotlight on the Market Vectors Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF (ANGL), part of an ongoing series. ANGL was launched in April and is currently offering a yield of more than 6%. Assets: $10.2 million.

By Michael Johnston: By Daniela Pylypczak The ETF industry continues to steam ahead with February showing high levels of activity on the product development front. After a busy January, this month also saw the debut of a number of first-to-market products as well as several long-anticipated funds from both large and small issuers, making the total count for new launches in February 37: New ETFs New exchange-traded products that began trading in February include:

By Michael Johnston: By Daniela Pylypczak The coming of the new year hasn’t slowed down the rapid pace of the ETF industry, with January showing high levels of activity on the product development front. The first month of the year witnessed the debut of a number of first-to-market products as well as several long-anticipated funds from both large and small issuers: New ETFs New exchange-traded products that began trading in January include:

By Michael Johnston:Van Eck announced last week a partnership with Merrill Lynch that may ultimately lead to the conversion of several HOLDRs products to soon-to-be-launched Market Vectors ETFs. As part of the agreement, Van Eck will introduce six new ETFs that maintain the same tickers as the existing HOLDRs but that will be part of the Market Vectors family of ETFs. Van Eck said it expects the exchange to be launched in the third quarter of this year and consummated in the fourth quarter.

By Tom Lydon: Van Eck's Market Vectors has launched a new exchange traded fund that targets a virtually untapped area of the high yield market. Based on other funds currently trading on the U.S. market, this area of high yield is underrepresented in many portfolios.

By Tom Lydon: Van Eck Global's Market Vectors exchange traded fund division launched the first U.S.-listed ETF that follows Indonesia's small-cap equities market Wednesday.