4 Areas Investors Should Be Eyeing in 2018
As the U.S. bull market extends, exchange traded fund investors should consider alternative strategies that may limit risks while still participating on…
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Providing the Right Smart Beta ETF for Investors
Smart beta strategies have quickly hit the scene, but investors need to determine whether or not the options are right for them.…
Getting a Handle on Factor Based, Smart Beta ETF Strategies
A number of new exchange traded funds that have hit the market are based on customized indexing methodologies that do not adhere…
Northern Trust’s FlexShares ETFs Step Over Five-Year Milestone
The FlexShares exchange traded fund suite of targeted investment outcomes and risk-adjusted returns celebrated its fifth anniversary. FlexShares first came out with…
Factor ETF TILTs Its Way to New Highs
One of the most prominent themes in the exchange traded funds industry this year has been the proliferation of factor-based funds, a…
FlexShares Cements Up-and-Comer Status
As industry observers well know, the exchange traded funds business is top heavy with three players –BlackRock’s (NSYE: BLK) iShares, State Street’s…
ETF Spotlight: Tilting the Right Way
ETF Spotlight on the FlexShares Morningstar U.S. Market Factor Tilt Index Fund (NYSEArca: TILT), part of an ongoing series. Assets: $699.3 million…
The Rise of FlexShares ETFs
Northern Trust’s (NasdaqGS: NTRS) FlexShares unit is not the oldest issuer of exchange traded funds. Rather, it is one of the newer…
Five Unheralded Broad Market ETFs Hitting All-Time Highs
On Friday, 160 exchange traded funds and exchange traded notes hit all-time highs. That list includes leveraged products, but even when those…
FlexShares ETFs: Financial Advisors in Sea Change
Northern Trust’s ETF business FlexShares understands that the financial intermediary business is undergoing a huge transformation. Many financial advisors focus on the…
Northern Trust’s Shundrawn Thomas Talks GUNR & New TILT ETFs
ETF Trends Editor Tom Lydon speaks with Northern Trust’s (NasdaqGM: NTRS) Global Head of ETFs, Shundrawn Thomas, about the renewed interest in…
FlexShares ETFs Bulking Up
Northern Trust has re-entered the market with a successful line-up of exchange traded funds, FlexShares. All of its funds that were introduced…
FlexShares Expands Its ‘Factor Tilt’ ETF Lineup
FlexShares, the exchange traded fund unit of Northern Trust, launched two new fund products based on the multi-factor model approach that will…
FlexShares ETFs Garner $1 Billion in Less Than a Year
In the exchange traded fund market, dominated by first movers, Northern Trust’s suite of FlexShares ETFs has reached the $1 billion in…