Last week saw the launch of a new ETF from a new ETF provider. Defiance ETFs’ Defiance Future Tech ETF is based on the BlueStar Augmented and Virtual Reality Index (BAUGR).

Esposito Securities has written a note on the recent launch of the Innovator Capital Management Loup Frontier Tech ETF (NYSE: LOUP), for which Esposito provided initial seed capital. 

Defiance ETFs has launched its Defiance Future Tech ETF (NYSE: AUGR), which is designed for investors seeking to capitalise on the growing opportunities in augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) technology, a disruptive tech category that is already having a meaningful impact on a wide range of industries.

Hector McNeil (pictured), co-Founder and co-CEO, HANetf presents his most recent commentary, arguing: The Case for Non-Transparent Active ETFs.

First Trust Global Portfolios, the UK based affiliate of First Trust Advisors LP and First Trust Portfolios LP has launched a UCITS ETF – The First Trust Dow Jones Internet UCITS ETF.

Index provider Solactive has published a report on robo-advisers titled Robo-Advisory: A Closer Look at the Engine Room Through Time.
 

ETF provider Global X Funds has listed the Global X Autonomous & Electric Vehicles ETF (Nasdaq: DRIV).
 

End to end systematic trading solutions firm, QuantHouse, has added Jane Street Financial’s systematic internaliser (SI) to its qh API Ecosystem.

ARK Investment Management’s ARKK and ARKW disruptive innovation ETFs have returned 76.7 per cent and 72.1 per cent respectively year to date.

Axioma has launched the latest version of Axioma Portfolio Optimizer (APO 2017.R4) providing users with multi-core optimisation for shorter optimisation run times, improvements for tax-aware portfolio rebalancing, and new enhancements to the Optimizer’s Web Service and Python API.