We are conducting our annual survey to assess the best ETF providers and service providers over the period 31 May 2018 to 31 May 2019 for the ETF Express USA Awards 2019. »

Gold is still very much on the investor agenda with the gold futures market at 346,000 net long contracts this week, says Nitesh Shah, director – research at WisdomTree. »

Refinitiv’s Detlef Glow (pictured) reports that the promoters of ETFs in Europe enjoyed net inflows for July, which combined with positive performance of the underlying markets led to an increase in assets under management in the European ETF industry from EUR746.8 billion as of June 30, 2019, to EUR772.8 billion at the end of July.   »

The low risk profile, low correlation to other markets and, for US investors, the tax advantage, have all led to increased asset flows into New York Life Investments’ MacKay Municipal Managers, the active management team behind IndexIQ’s two muni ETFs. »

“With such a visible shift of assets into passive strategies, it is inevitable that the ECB and regulators view the growth of the ETF industry with some concern,” says Federico Cupelli (pictured), senior regulatory policy adviser at EFAMA.   »

Data from legal marijuana experts Arcview reveals that worldwide spending on cannabis exceeded USD12 billion in 2018, with a projection that this will increase to USD31.3 billion by 2022, an annual compounded growth rate of 26.7 per cent. »

Research firm CFRA has acquired ETF data and analytics provider First Bridge Data LLC, strengthening CFRA’s offering to the institutional and wealth management markets. »