Leverage Shares had quite the end of the year in 2021, breaking the record for the greatest number of listings in one day on the London Stock Exchange, with 42 new products offering a new range of ETPs, including ETPs on ARK Invest’s renowned range of thematic ETFs, with inverse and leverage options, plus access to Berkshire Hathaway.
2021 was a year that saw strong growth in the London Stock Exchange’s ETP range. Overall, there were 311 new ETPs across the year, divided into 181 ETFs and 130 other types of ETPs. This compares with 193 ETPs listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2020.
December saw the launch of the antidote to ESG with the BAD Investment Company’s first ETF, based on betting, alcohol and drugs.
November saw the distinctly cheeky launch of the SARK ETF from Matthew Tuttle’s Tuttle Capital Management, an ETF that tracks the inverse of the leading disruptive technology ARKK ETF on a single day.
European ETP trading exceeded EUR2 trillion in fragmented market write Athanasios Psarofagis, ETF analyst and Henry Jim who have produced a report on European ETP trading in 2021.
Vote now to nominate European ETP service providers for the 12th outing of the ETF Express European Awards.
Benjamin Dean, Director, Digital Assets, WisdomTree explores what lies around the corner for digital assets
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.
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.
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.
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.
