Fidelity Prepares Rollout

For too long, Fidelity Investments has been criticized for not aggressively pursuing the ETF market by rolling out its own funds. Now it appears that Fidelity is giving its critics something to really talk about.  

The Boston-based mutual fund giant filed its most significant registration application with the SEC yet —a plan to offer a broad array of index ETFs covering various categories, including “long and short” funds.

Low management fees are a big appeal for ETF investors along with financial advisors. The average annual expense ratio for an actively managed large cap stock mutual fund is 1.28 percent compared to just 0.35 percent for large cap stock ETFs.