Invesco PowerShares, the Illinois-based fourth-largest US provider of exchange-traded funds, has launched a multi-strategy, alternative portfolio in partnership with Morgan Stanley that focuses on enhanced risk-adjusted returns while lowering volatility. The PowerShares Multi-Strategy Alternative Portfolio (LALT) is likely to find favor with traditional stock/bond investors who wish to better manage volatility as interest rates begin to normalize in the US. …
New ETFs On The Block: Powershares International Buyback Achievers Portfolio (IPKW)
Invesco PowerShares, the IL-based global provider of mutual and exchange-traded funds with total assets exceeding $770 billion, has launched an international version of its wildly successful Buyback Achievers Portfolio (PKW). PKW has nearly $3 billion in assets, making it one of the most successful broader market ETFs over the past few years and has comfortably outperformed the S&P 500 index …
New ETFs On The Block: Powershares S&P 500 Downside Hedged Portfolio ETF (PHDG)
Invesco PowerShares, the fourth largest US ETF issuer and a leading global provider of exchange traded funds, has announced plans to launch an actively managed fund, the PowerShares S&P 500 Downside Hedged Portfolio ETF (PHDG) this week. The fund seeks to mitigate risk and volatility and provides investors broad US equity market exposure that hedges downside risk with cash …