The Royal Mint has become the first government-owned mint in Europe to issue an exchange-traded product with the launch of the Royal Mint Physical Gold Securities ETC on the London Stock Exchange. The ETC provides exposure to allocated physical gold bars sourced in line with LBMA’s Responsible Sourcing Programme and stored in the Royal Mint’s vault in Wales. It is available to trade in USD (…
Energy markets and related exchange traded funds plummeted Tuesday as investors weighed the negative impact of a spreading coronavirus would have on the global economy, despite supply side supports from OPEC output cuts and losses in Libya. Among the worst performing non-leveraged ETFs of Tuesday, the SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (NYSEArca: [...]
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As investors look for opportunities in the equity market, many are considering the real estate sector that leases corporate properties to single tenants and an exchange traded fund strategy to access total return strategies that target sustainable income and predictable growth. In the recent webcast, Smart Late Cycle Strategies for 2020, Christopher Volk, President, Chief [...]
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4th Feb 2020 - 1:21pm
Cerulli comments on non-transparent ETFs
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By Beverly Chandler | 04/02/2020 - 1:21pm
The latest report from Cerulli Associates finds that ETF assets totalled just more than USD4.4 trillion, compared with the ETFGI total of over USD6 trillion.
Cerulli writes that this can be attributed to a…
Precious metals are once again commanding most of the limelight in the commodities complex this year, but investors shouldn’t sleep on agriculture exchange traded products, such as the Teucrium Corn Fund (CORN), Teucrium Soybean Fund (NYSEArca: SOYB) and the Teucrium Wheat Fund (NYSEArca: WEAT). China, the world’s largest soybean importer, has pledged to raise purchases of [...]
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Coffee prices and related exchange traded note surged on Friday as the agricultural commodity was on pace to finish its first positive week for the year on rising supply concerns from major global producers. The iPath Series B Bloomberg Coffee Subindex Total Return ETN (NYSEArca: JO) increased 3.9% on close to five times its normal [...]
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The battered euro currency has already dipped to its weakest level since 2017, and more traders are betting that it could weaken even further. Currency traders can consider bearish or inverse exchange traded funds to hedge against a further depreciation in the euro. The euro currency has declined 3.1% against the U.S. dollar to $1.0838 [...]
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17th Feb 2020 - 11:58am
Rize ETF starts out with cybersecurity and medical cannabis launches
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By Beverly Chandler | 17/02/2020 - 11:58am
Brand new European ETF provider Rize ETF has launched its first two ETFs, the Rize Cybersecurity and Data Privacy UCITS ETF (CYBR) and the Rize Medical Cannabis and Life…
In 2019, U.S. fund investors continued to prefer passively managed funds over actively managed funds. Long-term actively managed funds (excluding money market funds) witnessed net outflows of $83.7 billion for 2019, while their passively managed counterparts took in some $472.1 billion.
While the rest of the market was distracted, United Kingdom country-related exchange traded funds continued to slip on fears that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s tough stance on talks with the European Union could lead to a hard Brexit. On Monday, the iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (NYSEArca: EWU) declined 0.7%, and the currency-focused Invesco Currency Shares [...] The post No-Deal…
20th Jan 2020 - 3:25pm
Tabula launches US dollar hedged share class of Global Credit Volatility Premium ETF
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European fixed income ETF provider Tabula Investment Management Limited (Tabula) has added to its global credit volatility ETF range by launching the Tabula JP Morgan Global Credit Volatility Premium Index UCITS ETF (USD…
6th Feb 2020 - 12:59pm
Global ETF launches 30.01-06.02.20
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06/02/2020 - 12:59pm
This week’s new ETF launches include a couple of offerings for bond investors with the debut of a new short-term US government bond fund from Invesco, and a new green bond ETF from Lyxor, both on Xetra. Elsewhere, First Trust launched a new merger arbitrage fund, plus the…
12th Feb 2020 - 8:00am
JPMAM launches fixed income multi-factor ETF
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JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) has launched its first fixed income multi-factor UCITS ETF in Europe, the JPMorgan Global High Yield Corporate Bond Multi-Factor UCITS ETF (JGHY) which is now…
A brief arctic blast is scheduled to bring in some of the coldest air this season for some, but it won’t be enough to reverse the weakness in natural gas markets and related exchange traded funds that have suffered through an ongoing supply glut. The United States Natural Gas Fund (NYSEArca: UNG) rose 0.3% Friday [...]
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6th Feb 2020 - 12:59pm
Global ETF launches 30.01-06.02.20
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06/02/2020 - 12:59pm
This week’s new ETF launches include a couple of offerings for bond investors with the debut of a new short-term US government bond fund from Invesco, and a new green bond ETF from Lyxor, both on Xetra. Elsewhere, First Trust launched a new merger arbitrage fund, plus the…
U.S. markets and stock exchange traded funds retreated Tuesday after Apple’s warning of a revenue hit in response to the diminished economic activity from the coronavirus outbreak in China, potentially marking the first negative outlook among large multinational companies.
Neil Woodford and his business partner took £13.8m in dividends last year from their investment management company months before the implosion of its main fund, which left 300,000 investors nursing large losses.
4th Feb 2020 - 5:02pm
KraneShares launches MSCI China ESG Leaders UCITS ETF on LSE
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04/02/2020 - 5:02pm
Krane Funds Advisors (KraneShares) has launched the KraneShares MSCI China ESG Leaders UCITS ETF (KESG) on the London Stock Exchange.
KESG tracks the MSCI China ESG Leaders 10/40 Index, a capitalisation weighted index that provides exposure to…