| |  | | NEWSLETTER | 13 Mar 2020 |
 | | Worst week for equities but gold glisters
Another extraordinary week in ETFs sees us reporting on what was the worst week for equities globally according to BlackRock. While markets remained volatile, gold has come into its own with record breaking inflows into gold ETFs.
We also focused this week on the pending launch of the first non or semi-transparent ETF in the US. American Century Investment’s Ed Rosenberg tells us about their planned launches through the structures offered by NYSE and Precidian. And we also have an interview with Precidian’s Dan McCabe who details the state of play with their semi-transparent structure, with 14 active manager licensees representing USD14 trillion in assets. Will these new ETFs see the beginning of the end for mutual funds as some observers predict?
We also have an interview with Ted Lucas of Hartford Funds on the firms planned expansion in its ETF range and its thoughts on the non or semi-transparent ETF structure.
Finally, we have an interview with Alan Miller of SCM Direct, a speaker at our inaugural event etfLIVE in May in London. All the information you need is here…
Beverly Chandler,
Managing Editor, ETF Express
Companies in this issue
American Century Investments
Amundi
BlackRock
BNP Paribas
Hartford Funds
Invesco
Exchange Traded Concepts
First Trust
Precidian
SCM Direct
| | | | Mackenzie Investments study marks 30th anniversary of world's first ETF | | Thu | 12 Mar 2020, 13:45 | | To mark the 30th anniversary of the first Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) listing in Canada, Mackenzie Investments has released the results of a study that shows a majority of Canadian investors (56 per cent) plan to either expand their ETF holdings or include them for the first time within their investment portfolios in the next two years. |
| | | | Hartford expands ETF range and considers new active structure | | Thu | 12 Mar 2020, 13:45 | | US investment industry giant, Hartford Funds, launched its first ETFs three and a half years ago through the purchase of current head of Investment Strategies and Solutions, Ted Lucas’s ETF business, Lattice Strategies. |
| | | | Amundi reports European ETF market resilient in February | | Thu | 12 Mar 2020, 13:45 | | Amundi has published its latest ETF flows report, including monthly data for February 2020, which finds that total net flows globally were EUR19 billion, with EUR1 billion flowing out of equities but fixed income up, with EUR17 billion, and aggregate bonds up EUR10.4 billion. |
| | | | BlackRock reports worst equity week but sees gold inflows | | Thu | 12 Mar 2020, 13:45 | | BlackRock’s Global ETP flows report for February 2020 finds that the last week of February ranked as the worst week for equity outflows since records began in 2011, with investors selling USD31.5 billion. |
| | | | | | | | Precidian poised for semi-transparent ETF launch | | Thu | 12 Mar 2020, 13:45 | | Any minute now, Precidian Investments, probably through the medium of American Century Investments, one of their licensees, (see interview here) will be announcing the launch of the first of the much-lauded non or semi-transparent ETFs. |
| | | | Miller finds ETFs continue to be good news for investors | | Thu | 12 Mar 2020, 13:45 | It’s been a long time since Alan Miller, CIO and Founding Partner of SCM Direct, was a hedge fund manager. He left New Star in 2006 and throughout his career had managed money in all types of structures and asset classes, but the ‘hedge fund manager who converted to actively managing only ETFs’ is an easy win in editorial terms, so ‘a former hedge fund manager’ he often remains.
READ MORE > | | Global ETF launches 05-12.03.20 | | Thu | 12 Mar 2020, 14:00 | | This week’s new ETF launches include two bond-focused iShares funds, one providing access to emerging markets corporate bonds and the other to US Corporate bonds. Elsewhere, First Trust listed a cloud computing UCITS ETF on the Italian Stock Exchange, while Exchange Traded Concepts partnered with Qraft Technologies to debut an AI-powered fund offering access to dividend-paying US companies… |
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