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Oct 7th, 2020 |
By Simon Smith, CFA
Lyxor has reduced the total expense ratio of the Lyxor Nasdaq-100 UCITS ETF from 0.30% to 0.22%, making it the cheapest UCITS ETF in Europe for this exposure.
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Tags: Commerzbank, Equities, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, Invesco, iShares, Lyxor, Nasdaq OMX Indexes, United States and Canada
Oct 7th, 2020 |
By Simon Smith, CFA
BNP Paribas has introduced an ETF on Euronext Paris and Xetra providing exposure to companies that are representative of the ‘blue economy’.
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Tags: Equities, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, ETF Launch, Europe, Global
Oct 6th, 2020 |
By Simon Smith, CFA
Online personal finance company SoFi has launched the first ETF to provide weekly income distributions.
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Tags: ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, ETF Launch, Fixed Income, United States and Canada
Oct 5th, 2020 |
By Simon Smith, CFA
BlackRock has launched an ETF providing climate change risk-adjusted exposure to eurozone government bonds.
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Tags: ESG & Climate, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, ETF Launch, Europe, Fixed Income, FTSE, iShares, Russell Indexes
Oct 5th, 2020 |
By Simon Smith, CFA
Index provider Stoxx has initiated a market consultation process to consider proposals regarding the reform of the DAX index in the wake of the failure of former constituent, Wirecard.
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Tags: Deka Investment, DWS Xtrackers, Equities, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, Europe, FTSE, iShares, Russell Indexes, STOXX, Vanguard
Oct 2nd, 2020 |
By Simon Smith, CFA
BlackRock has added a quartet of new ETFs – a mix of active and passive funds – to its suite of ‘megatrend’ strategies that go beyond traditional sector classifications.
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Tags: Active ETFs, Equities, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, ETF Launch, Global, iShares
Sep 11th, 2020 |
By Simon Smith, CFA
Goldman Sachs Asset Management has rolled out a new ETF offering comprehensive, smart beta exposure to the US investment-grade bond market.
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Tags: ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, ETF Launch, Fixed Income, Goldman Sachs, iShares, Smart Beta, United States and Canada, Vanguard
Sep 11th, 2020 |
By Simon Smith, CFA
VictoryShares has launched an ETF that provides exposure to stocks that are next in line for inclusion in the Nasdaq-100 Index.
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Tags: Equities, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, ETF Launch, Nasdaq OMX Indexes, United States and Canada, VictoryShares
Sep 4th, 2020 |
By Simon Smith, CFA
CoinShares has become the first digital-asset investment manager to offer a real-time audit capability on its crypto-asset ETPs.
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Tags: Alternatives, ETF Industry News, ETNs and ETCs
Sep 3rd, 2020 |
By Simon Smith, CFA
The Emerging Markets Internet & Ecommerce ETF (EMQQ US) has topped $1 billion in assets under management.
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Tags: China, Emerging and Frontier, Equities, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, Exchange Traded Concepts, HANetf, Latin America