Deutsche Börse has announced today that a Goldman Sachs Asset Management ETF is now tradable via Xetra and Börse Frankfurt for the first time. The number of ETFs in Xetra trading now reaches the 1,500 mark. We are pleased to welcome Goldman Sachs Asset Management as new ETF issuer on Xetra. The first ETF adds…
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We are into the ninth month of the year, and we are still waiting patiently for the SEC to approve a Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF). Yes, the VanEck consortium decided to forego the retail market for now and launch a Bitcoin Trust for institutional investors only, but the SEC is still pondering what to do…
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Financial news media channels were abuzz a few days back when VanEck Securities and SolidX Management surprised the world by announcing the immediate offering of a “Bitcoin-like ETF”, but only available to institutional investors that qualified as being “Sophisticated” and “Accredited” under SEC guidelines. It seems that Rule 144A of the 1933 Securities Act provided…
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Virtu Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIRT) and MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MKTX), have teamed up to provide institutions with enhanced trading tools and access to global exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and fixed income securities. The partnership will include the distribution of Virtu’s streaming eNAV ETF fair value offering and will launch in Q3 2019. Virtu recently completed the acquisition…
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Moscow Exchange (MOEX) has just announced that the Technology 100 ETF, a Russian exchange-traded fund managed by Alfa Capital and the first fund on international assets denominated in USD, began trading today under the ticker "AKNX". The Technology 100 ETF tracks the performance of the top 100 leading global technology companies by market capitalisation, including…
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The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has launched an awareness campaign encouraging investors to read the Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF) Facts they receive from their dealers when they invest in an ETF, an investment fund that trades like a stock but may hold a diversified portfolio of investments. Effective December 10, 2018, dealers will be required to…
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Singapore Exchange (SGX) has just welcomed the listing of Phillip SING Income ETF, an income-focused exchange-traded fund (ETF) offering investors access to a diverse basket of quality Singapore stocks. Launched by Phillip Capital, who is also the issuer of Phillip SGX APAC Dividend Leaders REIT ETF and Lion-Phillip S-REIT ETF, this fund aims to track…
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Moscow Exchange (MOEX) has just announced that it has started trading in the KASE Index Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) managed by FinEx Investment Management LLP. The ETF is listed on MOEX’s Level 1 under the ticker FXKZ. Investment Company Freedom Finance is acting as the market maker. The ETF is traded in roubles and linked…
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Since Thursday, three ETFs of the new issuer HANetf have been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt for the first time, Deutsche Börse informed earlier today. HANetf has listed the first ETF in Europe via its white label platform and additionally two own products. HANetf's white label platform provides the infrastructure to launch and manage…
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Solactive has announced the launch of the Solactive Asia Ex-Japan Technology & Internet Tigers Index. It is tracking the performance of the 50 largest technology and/or online retail stocks that have the majority of their business risk in Asia (excluding Japan). The constituents are weighted according to free float market capitalization. Online retailers are booming…
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