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

Partner feature

Collaboration with clients lies behind Qontigo’s successful partnerships

When it comes to sustainable investing, the approach from Qontigo’s STOXX indices is one of collaboration and customisation.

29/11/2021

German appetite for ETFs

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

Features

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

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

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

Managed futures ETFs are better than hedge funds says Dynamic Beta’s Beer

Hedge fund replication specialist firm Dynamic Beta Investments’ Andrew Beer believes that managed futures ETFs are better than hedge funds, and his DBMF fund, iM DBi Managed Futures Strategy ETF, is up 12.5 per cent year to date to prove it.

By Beverly Chandler | 26/10/2021

Humankind offers single dollar figure for a company’s social and economic value

Former Vanguard analyst James Katz has founded Humankind Investments, whose first product, the Humankind US Stock ETF (HKND) has just gone over USD100 million in assets.

By Beverly Chandler | 25/10/2021

ETF Express US ETF awards 2021 - celebrating the winners

ETF Express is proud to bring you the best of the best in the US ETF industry with interviews and profiles of the winners from our US Awards 2021.

By Beverly Chandler | 25/10/2021

BITO hits USD1.1 billion in assets after two days of trading

After two days of trading, the BITO ETF from ProShares, the first bitcoin-linked ETF in the US, has assets of USD1.1 billion. BITO saw trading volume of over 29 million shares on Wednesday, representing over USD1.2 billion.

By Beverly Chandler | 21/10/2021

BNY Mellon’s Slavin comments on ‘that’ launch and Grayscale’s step-up to convert to ETF

Hard on the heels of the launch of the first bitcoin futures ETF from ProShares this week, comes the news that NYSE Arca has filed Form 19b-4 with the SEC to convert the USD23 billion bitcoin trust GBTC from Grayscale Investments that into a Bitcoin Spot ETF.

By Beverly Chandler | 20/10/2021

Equiduct to expand range of ETF offering in Europe

European retail exchange Equiduct is expanding its launch into offering ETFs via its Apex platform with another 200 new products in the form of leveraged and inverse ETPs to be added by the end of the year.

By Beverly Chandler | 18/10/2021

ProShares set to launch the first US bitcoin-linked ETF

US ETF issuer ProShares is set to launch the first bitcoin-linked ETF in the US on 19th October, with the ticker BITO.

By Beverly Chandler | 18/10/2021

ESG and sustainable investing

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

In My Opinion

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

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

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

Special Reports

ETF Express US Awards Insight Report 2021

ETF Express Awards European Winners 2021

ETF Global Outlook 2021

ETF Indices in Focus 2020

More Specials

Index provider interview

MerQube raises more funding bringing Silicon Valley tech to index production

A new index provider, MerQube, has just gone through its Series A funding round led by J.P. Morgan.

By Beverly Chandler | 15/10/2021

US bitcoin ETF

A US bitcoin ETF? Well, almost…

Bailey McCann writes from New York that after eight years of attempts and with more than 30 active applications pending at the SEC, the conditions may be finally aligning for a bitcoin ETF - or at least something close to one.

11/10/2021

Profile

Jan van Eck brings the historical perspective to cryptos, gold and more

Neither Jan van Eck, nor his father John van Eck, set out to launch investment businesses using their last name.

By Beverly Chandler | 08/10/2021

Fixed income ETFs

BondBloxx backed by ETF veteran team is set to disrupt fixed income ETFs

A glittering assembly of ETF veterans are set to disrupt the fixed income ETF world in the US, launching BondBloxx, a new ETF business solely focused on fixed income.

By Beverly Chandler | 08/10/2021

Interview

Davis’s Quadratic launches deflation ETF

Asset management firm Quadratic Capital Management was founded in 2013 by Nancy Davis who is portfolio manager for The Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF (ticker: IVOL).

04/10/2021