The expected SEC approval of ETF share classes for mutual funds and vice versa poses more technical and tax-related challenges than simply pressing a button to convert massive holdings. Dozens of ...

Since April, the Investment Company Institute has looked into what asset managers may need to launch exchange-traded-fund ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is on the verge of allowing major changes to the way exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and traditional mutual funds are structured. Specifically, an SEC ruling ...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission intends to grant Dimensional Fund Advisors the ability to offer ETFs as share classes of mutual funds, opening the door for widespread use of a tax-saving ...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has allowed Dimensional Fund Advisors to launch an exchange-traded fund (ETF) ...

Up to now, Vanguard had been the only asset manager allowed to offer dual share class funds—i.e., funds with both mutual fund and ETF share classes ... to an ETF share class at a qualified custodian ...

Today, The Vanguard Group added its name to the growing list of asset managers seeking SEC approval for an exchange-traded fund share class of its actively managed mutual funds. It joins more than 60 ...

ETFs do in-kind transactions. An in-kind transaction frequently avoids being a taxable event because securities are swapped for other assets of equal value. Mutual funds, conversely, sell the assets ...