21Shares, a Swiss Crypto ETP issuer, has chosen CryptoCompare, a digital asset market data specialist, to provide settlement pricing for all of its single asset ETP data effective 1 June 2021. 

Fund data and information platforms fundinfo.com and etfinfo.com, provided by FE fundinfo will now be available to investors in Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Iceland and Malta.

Apex Group Ltd (“Apex”), a global financial services provider, is providing ETC Group with administrative support and trustee services for BTCetc ETC Group Physical Bitcoin (Ticker: BTCE) an exchange traded cryptocurrency (“ETC”) that tracks the price of Bitcoin, distributed by HANetf Limited (“HANetf”). 

Being the ETF sell-side platform of choice is the goal of Citi, winner of this year’s ETF Express European award for Best ETF Research Provider.

Gemini, a crypto exchange and custodian, has launched a new global offering – Gemini Fund Solutions – to provide fund managers with custody, clearing, trade execution, and other capital markets services tailored to ETFs, closed-end funds, and other fund vehicles. 

The Asset Management Exchange (AMX), part of the Willis Towers Watson group, and asset managers DWS have launched a new pooled fund investment solution, the AMX- Investor Stewardship Service, in partnership with Minerva Analytics, utilising its vote tech solution, VotePlus.

ETFLogic, a fintech analytics company, is partnering with TMX Group Limited’s subsidiary TSX Inc, to provide advanced analytics to ETF issuers, financial advisors, fund managers, corporate investor relations professionals, and all other professionals involved in the wealth management industry in Canada.

ETF data provider TrackInsight has launched ESG ETF platform, ESG Observatory, on the back of the huge growth in demand for ESG ETFs observed during 2020.

Investment Metrics, a provider of analytics, reporting, data, and benchmarking solutions for the institutional investment market, has acquired London and Boston-based Style Analytics, a cloud-based SaaS platform that provides Investment Factor and ESG Exposure analysis for the institutional investment community worldwide.

Exchange traded funds (ETFs) will be included in the Investment Association’s (IA) sectors from 19 April 2021. Their inclusion will coincide with the division of the IA Global Bonds sector, which will be split into 14 new sectors.