New York City’s Nasdaq exchange launched in 1971, bringing electronic trading to the world, and there are some old photos on their website of what HiTech looked like, back when HiFi was a new thing and WiFi was a long way off in the future. »

REX Shares, via their MicroSectors brand and BMO, has launched what it calls the first and only FANG+ linked Beta ETNs. Based on the NYSE FANG+ index, the ETN has the 10 biggest innovators in world, equally weighted, including next generation tech/tech enable firms.  »

A new launch from US ETF provider GraniteShares enjoys market timing in all its forms. GraniteShares has come to the London Stock Exchange, just as the country reels from more Brexit news and faces a General Election, with short and leveraged single stock daily ETPs based on the LSE’s best blue-chip stocks. »

Kevin Carter and his colleagues behind EMQQ, the USD360 million Emerging Markets Internet & Ecommerce ETF, have commented on what is the biggest, but possibly not so well known in the West, shopping day in the world. »

Many platforms, particularly those employing legacy technology, don’t cater for ETFs, says Mark Northway, Sparrows Capital. Northway’s comments come in response to an article in Wealth Adviser on how platform challenges are holding back ETF adoption by discretionary fund managers. »

Last month saw the SEC pass the long-awaited ETF rule, the 6c-11 rule. Christopher Carlson, counsel at Seward & Kissel LLP, based in the Investment Management Group in Washington, DC explains that the new rule will allow firms to launch ETFs more quickly. »

Net lease REITs offer diversified access to the real estate sector according to Alexi Panagiotakopoulos and Chris Burbach (pictured) of Fundamental Income, who launched their NETLease Corporate Real Estate ETF (NETL) back in March this year. »