Aussie active ETF launch
Australia’s Talaria Capital launches active ETFs
Jamie Mead, Chief Executive Officer of Australia’s Talaria Capital talks to ETF Express about his firm’s recent ETF launches.
By Beverly Chandler | 26/11/2021
German appetite for ETFs
Stockmarket investing boom in Germany driven by increased use of ETFs says Scalable Capital
Stockmarket investing boom in Germany driven by increased use of ETFs says Scalable Capital
Germany’s digital wealth manager Scalable Capital is enjoying a boom in stock market investing in the country, driven in part by their ETF-based offering.
19/11/2021
ESG and sustainable investing
Invesco integrates ESG factors across all asset classes and sectors
Invesco integrates ESG factors across all asset classes and sectors
Every dollar of the USD1.5 trillion under management at global asset manager Invesco will be managed with ESG factors integrated into every decision by 2023, says Cathrine de Coninck-Lopez, Global Head of ESG at Invesco.
By Beverly Chandler | 22/11/2021
Features
In My Opinion
What lies around the corner for digital assets?
What lies around the corner for digital assets?
Benjamin Dean, Director, Digital Assets, WisdomTree explores what lies around the corner for digital assets
22/11/2021
Impact investing
Impact Shares to launch CAT bond fund
Impact Shares to launch CAT bond fund
The US ETF impact investing firm Impact Shares recently announced the launch of the Impact Shares MSCI Global Climate Select ETF (NYSE: NTZO) at COP26.
By Beverly Chandler | 22/11/2021
Big data for ETFs
big xyt offers independent approach to data analysis for ETFs
big xyt offers independent approach to data analysis for ETFs
News came this month that data analytics solution provider big xyt has partnered with ETFbook, an ETF information and analytics platform, to provide daily fund data for their Liquidity Cockpit for ETFs solution.
By Beverly Chandler | 15/11/2021
US mutual fund to ETF conversions
US mutual fund asset managers are eyeing up the ETF space says Foreside
US mutual fund asset managers are eyeing up the ETF space says Foreside
What the industry learned from the Guinness Atkinson conversion of the first mutual fund to ETF is that “it is a very complex project plan that touches all aspects of your business and relationships with service providers, investors, and intermediaries,” according to Sonja Formato, senior director at compliance and consulting firm Foreside. Foreside acts as legal underwriter for their mutual fund and ETF.
By Beverly Chandler | 17/11/2021
US fixed income ETFs
Low yields drive new US investors to fixed income ETFs
Low yields drive new US investors to fixed income ETFs
Bailey McCann writes from New York that new regulatory allowances and low yields in fixed income is driving US investors into riskier credits and they’re doing it in a new breed of ETFs.
12/11/2021
Bitcoin ETF
GHCO’s head of trading explains sci-fi approach to supporting the Melanion product
GHCO’s head of trading explains sci-fi approach to supporting the Melanion product
The recent launch of Melanion Capital’s BTC Equities Universe UCITS, the first thematic UCITS bitcoin ETF in Europe, used the market making and liquidity provision of GHCO, in what was the first of many firsts in the crypto fund space.
By Beverly Chandler | 05/11/2021
Sports betting and iGaming
Pent up demand and regulatory change supports growth of sports betting and iGaming ETF
Pent up demand and regulatory change supports growth of sports betting and iGaming ETF
A long history in all types of casinos and sports betting arenas gives Aaron Fischer, co-founder of the Fischer Sports Betting and iGaming UCITS ETF Fischer Gaming, and his gaming consultancy Fischer Gaming, local knowledge on the subject.
By Beverly Chandler | 08/11/2021
Thematic ETFs
Mean reversion and sunseeking underpin global airline ETF
Mean reversion and sunseeking underpin global airline ETF
It was the constant travel that US Global Investors’ CEO and CIO Frank Holmes endured as he managed his firm’s global portfolios focused not only in gold, but in China and across eastern European equities that led to the establishment of his global airline portfolio.
By Beverly Chandler | 02/11/2021
Commodities
Managed futures’ roots aids Auspice’s commodity ETF
Managed futures’ roots aids Auspice’s commodity ETF
The Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF, COM, is one of the only commodity ETFs to have a five-star Morningstar rating and has outperformed all other broad commodity ETFs with significantly less volatility and drawdown.
By Beverly Chandler | 29/10/2021