Claymore Securities Inc. is using white papers and webinars to disseminate the general practices and structure of ETF investing. ETF Securities, iShares, WisdomTree, ProShares, Direxion and PowerShares also regularly host webinars and publish literature about various ETF products and issues facing the market.
As a result of greater advisor education, advisors will have the information they need to go on and educate their clients about ETFs. This education will also help them make the transition to ETFs away from mutual funds – doing this requires a lot of back office shifting and the education will give advisors the support they need to carry it out.
For more information on ETFs, visit our ETF 101 category.
Max Chen contributed to this article.