Jim Nash (pictured), director at compliance consulting and outsourced broker/dealer firm Foreside, is urging ETF issuers to call their compliance consultants now as the December 2020 deadline looms for compliance with the ETF rule, rule 6c-11.

ETFs and ETPs listed globally gathered net inflows of USD64.96 billion during June, bringing year-to-date net inflows to USD294.48 billion which is significantly higher than the USD209.51 billion gathered at this point last year. 

ETF analytics platform, TrackInsight, has agreed a deal with Nasdaq to be its exclusive distributor for North America, disseminating its services to financial institutions throughout North and South America and promoting the platform’s usage among investment professionals.

CFRA, one of the world’s largest providers of independent investment research, has launched a new data product focused on Canadian-listed Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) that provides CFRA clients with the same level of detail the firm has long made available covering the US ETF landscape.

Independent ETF analytics platform TrackInsight has named Nasdaq its exclusive distributor for North America.

CIBC Mellon is to provide custody, fund accounting and ETF servicing for CI Financial's 14 Toronto Stock Exchange-listed CI WisdomTree ETFs, which the company recently acquired. 

Portfolio ,management technology specialist Truss Edge has  added a specialised family office service to its offering which can accommodate a range of investments including hedge funds, real estate, private equity and other non-fungible assets in addition to ETFs.

State Street Corporation (NYSE:STT) has been appointed ETF servicing agent for Fidelity Investments new range of semi-transparent, actively managed ETFs. 

Research firm Fitz Partners reports that index trackers’ costs have steadily gone down over the past four years, with index tracking equities ETFs Ongoing Charge Figures (OCFs) showing a 27 per cent drop since 2016 while index tracking equities mutual funds clean classes have reduced by 19 per cent over the same period.

Investment research provider Morningstar is expanding its provision of ESG research, data and analytics with the acquisition of Sustainalytics.