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The industry is still in growth mode, but getting more businesslike, said Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas.
Funds with downside protection are becoming increasingly popular, even though most have existed only in a bull market, without much of a chance to show off their downside protection.
Money has been draining out of US sustainable funds for years, but passives and some energy-focused funds are garnering interest.
The crypto ETF world is evolving far beyond spot-price funds, a segment dominated by iShares.
Regulatory setbacks have kept institutional investors hesitant about the marijuana industry.
The funds, which can help investors move portfolios with concentrated stock positions, are gaining steam.
The EV market has been struggling, especially in the US. But demand is still high, and rising oil prices may shift buyers to EVs.
While institutional investors are influencing the crypto market, experts say the asset class likely wouldn’t be where it is today without traditional finance.
Amid the war with Iran, oil ETFs have been the strongest performers this year. The Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF is different.
It’s becoming less expensive to manage ETFs, allowing more funds to remain on the market with lower AUM, according to analysts.
By 2030, Goldman alone expects its alternative assets under supervision to reach $750 billion.
The company added an ETF share class of its nearly $7 billion US Micro Cap Portfolio.
An asset manager as big as Vanguard has the luxury of delaying fund launches without much consequence.
The market environment has recently favored equal-weight strategies, which makes the timing for Invesco’s new ETF advantageous.
Asset managers are increasingly using 351 exchanges to move investors’ concentrated stock holdings to new ETFs, even if they don’t specialize in that tax strategy.
The firm is closing and liquidating ETFs meant for sophisticated traders, with many of the funds focused on shorting individual stocks.
With ETFs generally operating on thin margins, it’s quite rare for an issuer to forgo profits.
The war in Iran and ongoing political uncertainty have buoyed commodities ETFs broadly, though oil has experienced the biggest rise.
The company rolled out its iShares Staked Ethereum Trust ETF, a complement to an unstaked version that’s already the biggest in its category.
The firm’s latest public and private ETF goes beyond CLOs and includes mortgages, credit cards, auto loans and other debt.