China Post Global’s gold mining ETF, the NYSE ARCA GOLD BUGS INDEX UCITS ETF, has outperformed what has already been a huge bull run this year in gold, achieving 43 per cent over the last 12 months, double the performance of the physical gold price over the period.   »

Mid-November’s announcement by the US Securities and Exchange Commission of the intention to approve novel ETF structures included the Shielded Alpha ETF wrapper from Blue Tractor Group. »

Consolidation looms large again with Canada’s BMO announcing it is to close down its 13 UCITS ETFs European range in January next year. The range reached assets of EUR608 million since entering the European market in 2015. »

Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s (GSAM) ETF push into Europe is gaining momentum, with the last few months seeing the firm list three ETFs across four exchanges with the most recent listing, on 20 November, on the Borsa Italiana.     »

From a standing start in August of 2018, Innovator Capital Management has raised USD1.6 billion into its Defined Outcome ETFs, designed to offer investors exposure to an index with a cap and a downside buffer limiting potential losses to minus 9 per cent, 15 per cent or 30 per cent. »

The third quarter of 2019 saw DWS Xtrackers ETPs break through the EUR100 billion mark in assets under management, reporting EUR104.9 billion in assets globally across Europe and Asia-listed UCITS ETFs and ETCs and US-listed 40-Act ETFs.   »

ETF market maker Global Trading Systems (GTS) has been under what the firm’s principal Reggie Browne (pictured) calls ‘a number of different corporate flags’ over the last few years. The firm is the biggest NYSE designated market maker trading every asset class from equities to fixed income to commodities – including anything in a UCITS or 40 Act sleeve, as Browne puts it. »