ETFR: S&P vs Vanguard Appears Close to an End
February 2001
ETFR Cover Story
S&P vs Vanguard Appears Close to an End
by Khalid Ghayur
The McGraw-Hill Companies and the Vanguard Group are in the last stretch of a legal battle that will either allow or bar the listing of a new set of exchange-traded funds the mutual fund company is calling VIPERS, after both sides recently submitted final arguments outlining their positions in United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.Shorts Strong in 2000; the QQQ Helped
by Kelly Haughton
Despite the bruising the Nasdaq took last year, the market system broke records for volume and dollar value of shares traded.ETFR Features
Phantom tracking error
by Elise Coroneos
Logic says that by design, the performance of exchange-traded funds should closely follow the performance of their underlying indices. While most analysts agree that ETFs products should generally mirror their underlying indices, the quest to reduce sources of tracking error continues.The back office: An upfront look at the creation process
by Marsha Zapson
This is the second article of a two-part series examining that frequently overlooked component of exchange-traded funds: the back office. Last month, ETFR presented the players; this month, we take a close look at the ETF creation/redemption process.Euronext Offers More of Europe for Less
by Elise Coroneos
Euronext, Europe’s first and only multi-country exchange, has begun trading the first of what is touted to be at least a dozen exchange-traded funds.Nuveen and Barclays race to offer first fixed income ETF
by Kelly Haughton
Nuveen Investments and Barclays are vying with one another to be the first to offer an ETF bond product in the US. Barclays Canada rolled out a version of a bond ETF last year, but that product was not based on an index and was geared almost exclusively toward retail investors.Updates
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