PowerShares Capital Management

• Getting Hands-On

  By Staff Writer  |  April 1, 2008

  Over the past several years the exchange-traded funds industry has attempted to bring actively managed funds to market without much success. But a reversal of...

• Bad News for Currency ETNs

  By Staff Writer  |  February 1, 2008

  The tax advantage of exchange-traded notes (ETNs) linked to currencies has evaporated and the status of notes linked to commodities and stocks remains in limbo. In...

• Are Active ETFs on the Horizon?

  By Staff Writer  |  February 1, 2008

  According to a late November SEC filing, PowerShares Capital Management could be gearing up to launch four actively managed exchange-traded funds:o PowerShares Active AlphaQ Fundo...

• ETFs for Buy-Write Strategies

  By Staff Writer  |  December 14, 2007

  Exchange traded fund (ETF) provider PowerShares Capital Management is launching three new buy-write portfolio ETFs. The ETFs offer exposure to covered call strategies based on...

• PowerShares Debuts Bond Funds

  By Staff Writer  |  December 1, 2007

  PowerShares Capital Management has expanded its family of fixed-income exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The company has listed five new funds, including an emerging markets fund as well...

• Can Funds Own ETFs?

  By Staff Writer  |  November 1, 2007

  The SEC has granted Power-Shares exemptive relief that allows mutual funds to invest a greater portion of their assets in the company's exchange-traded funds (ETFs). According...

• A Brave Nanotech World

  By Staff Writer  |  September 7, 2007

  This broadly defined emerging technology essentially relates to the control of matter on a molecular level where the rules of quantum physics reign. Increasingly, scientists and researchers are creating and using devices and materials that are too small to even be seen by high-powered microscopes--consider that one nanometer represents one...

• Water ETFs Make A Splash

  By Staff Writer  |  July 12, 2007

  A handful of new mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) invest in companies directly involved in that most basic element of human life-- water. While most...

• The next generation of tax efficiency

  By David Port  |  April 1, 2007

  In less than two decades, exchange traded funds have evolved from a curiosity to a household name, with total assets now exceeding $300 billion. Designed...

• Flooding the Market

  By Staff Writer  |  January 1, 2007

  In the fourth quarter of last year, ETFs continued to flood the market at a dizzying pace, with no less than 40 new funds launching...