Why Fidelity's Anthony Rochte could still laugh best in the ETF game -- despite a late, late start
The Boston fund giant, with its hired gun ETF czar, has an outside shot at jumping from laughing stock also-ran in ETFs to first-mover if it pulls off its deep-in-the-rockies launch of active ETFs

Paully
Pretty confusing and dull. You guys should have interviewed Rob Ivanoff from the ETF Business Review for this story, because in fact there are a lot more competitors to what Fidelity is doing than you are pointing out. His latest review, shows exactly the two-way competition in this space. Look him up!
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