Ards Ventures, a new consolidator of actively managed fund managers, has been launched by ETF veteran Adam Laird.

O’Shares Global Internet Giants ETF (OGIG) is up over 40 per cent year-to-date through 18 June, 2020, outperforming the NASDAQ 100 Stock Index by over 25 per cent and has surpassed USD200 million in AUM. 

Intercontinental Exchange, an operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, has selected the ICE 3-5 Year Euro Government Carbon Reduction Index, administered by ICE Data Indices, LLC, as the benchmark for a new exchange traded fund (ETF), called the Ossiam 3-5 Year Euro Carbon Reduction ETF. 

HANetf, Europe’s first ‘white label’ ETF issuer, has appointed Rick van Leeuwen as Director of Sales, BeNeLux, as part of the company’s ongoing expansion of its sales and distribution capabilities.

Amundi’s latest ETF flows report for the European market finds that global ETFs continued their April recovery into May, with total inflows of EUR37.3 billion. 

Perth Mint has published a statement detailing its actions during a review of its activities by the London Bullion Market Association, and in response to media reports.

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

Change Finance, a majority women-owned ETF issuer with deep roots in activism, is making a big push for pay equity by asking every company in its holdings to release racial and gender median pay gap data. 

UBS Global Asset Management has launched two new ETFs on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt.

Asset management firm Hartford Funds is to close and liquidate two exchange-traded funds, the Hartford Multifactor REIT ETF (RORE) and Hartford Multifactor Low Volatility US Equity ETF (LVUS), each a series of Lattice Strategies Trust.