This week’s new ETF launches include a new fund from former hedge fund manager Julian Klymochko, the Accelerate OneChoice Alternative Portfolio ETF, which provides investors with access to a range of asset classes and strategies including Absolute Return, Global Macro, Private Credit and Alternative Equity. Elsewhere, VanEck listed a new bitcoin ETN on Deutsche Borse, while Ninepoint Partners debuted a new ETF series based on four existing mutual funds and NextFins launches and fund based on India’s Nifty Financial Services 25/50 Index.

The latest new ETF providers are bringing a ‘quantamental’ approach to ETF investment as Ross Klein, Chief Investment Officer and Vincent Lorusso, Portfolio Manager at Changebridge Capital describe their technical data-driven approach to stock selection, combined with fundamental analysis.

Accelerate Financial Technologies (Accelerate) has launched what it says is Canada’s first alternative investment portfolio ETF, the Accelerate OneChoice Alternative Portfolio ETF (OneChoice), that will list on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker ONEC.

Asset Manager VanEck has listed the VanEck Vector Bitcoin ETN on Deutsche Börse Xetra, a new product that allows investors to participate directly in the performance of bitcoin, without having to buy the digital currency themselves. 

Exchange-traded fund (ETF) issuers Charles Schwab Investment Management, and WisdomTree Asset Management, have signed on as new clients of Virtu’s eNAV ETF analytics tool, which has been enhanced with MarketAxess’ award-winning Composite+, an AI-powered algorithmic pricing engine for corporate and emerging market bonds.

Just in time to start thinking about holiday shopping, Sean O'Hara, President of Pacer ETF Distributors reminds us that the world’s increasing reliance upon online shopping means potential growth for his industrial real estate ETF, INDS.

21Shares AG has published its updated 2020 prospectus, following approval by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (SFSA – Fi.se). 

US-based NextFins has launched INDF, the Nifty India Financials ETF, based on the Nifty Financial Services 25/50 Index, which reflects the performance of Indian banks, financial institutions, housing finance companies, insurance companies and other financial services companies.

Ninepoint Partners has launched new ETF series securities for four of its Funds: Ninepoint Diversified Bond Fund (NBND), Ninepoint High Interest Savings Fund (NSAV), Ninepoint Gold and Precious Minerals Fund (GLDE) and Ninepoint Silver Equities Class (SLVE).

By Allan Lane, Algo-Chain – If you are a Discretionary Fund Manager running Model Portfolios on financial adviser platforms, you will often find that ETFs available on one platform are not available on another, which invariably forces the manager to oversee multiple incarnations of what is meant to be the same portfolio.