Category: ETFs

June 07, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Solactive launches Australian Investment Grade Corporate Bond

Solactive has just announced the launch of the Solactive Australian Investment Grade Corporate Bond Select TR Index used as the basis for BetaShares Australian Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (CRED). The index seeks to replicate the performance of a portfolio of investment grade, senior corporate bonds denominated in Australian dollars (AUD). The index methodology will…

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June 07, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

VanEck and SolidX to list a physically-backed bitcoin ETF

VanEck has announced that it will partner with SolidX to list a physically-backed bitcoin ETF that will be insured against loss or theft of bitcoin. SolidX will act as the sponsor of the ETF and VanEck will provide marketing services. The two firms will work jointly with regulators. VanEck was the first to file for…

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May 29, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Invesco launches low cost ETFs on floating rate notes

Invesco has announced that it is launching three ETFs for investors wanting passive exposure to floating rate notes (FRNs), an asset class seeing increased demand from investors concerned about rising interest rates. In 2017, 20% of the flows into European fixed income ETFs went into FRN ETFs, and 55% in the first quarter of 2018…

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Cboe ETF Marketplace Cboe Global Markets Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE)
March 28, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cboe Vest launches its first Dividend Aristocrats ETF

Cboe Vest Financial LLC (Cboe Vest), a majority-owned asset management subsidiary of Cboe Global Markets, Inc., has informed that it has launched the Cboe Vest S&P 500® Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF (KNG), its first ETF. KNG is index-based and seeks to track the Cboe S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income Index Monthly Series (Symbol:…

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Eurex enhances European ETF ecosystem with new product
March 21, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Qatar Stock Exchange welcomes the Al Rayan Qatar ETF

Qatar Stock Exchange has admitted to trading the Al Rayan Qatar ETF under the symbol “QATR”. To mark the launch of the ETF, the exchange today welcomed the fund’s founder, Masraf Al Rayan, and fund manager, Al Rayan Investment, to open trading in Doha. The Fund will track the QE Al Rayan Islamic Index (Price)…

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SIX Swiss Exchange
February 26, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Franklin Templeton accesses the Swiss market as ETF issuer

Franklin Templeton just announced that it has accessed the Swiss market as ETF issuer with five smart beta ETFs for which Susquehanna is acting as a market maker and providing the liquidity. The five smart beta ETFs newly tradable as of today. They provide investors additional opportunities to diversify their portfolio with European as well…

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