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NEWSLETTER | 11 Sep 2020

Assets in global ETFs went past the USD7 trillion milestone this week, with ETF data providers ETFGI reporting that August saw an extra global net inflow of USD55.18 billion, bringing year-to-date net inflows to USD428.25 billion.

This was the 15th month of net inflows and the majority of money flowed into equity products, the firm says. We also have the World Gold Council marking the ninth consecutive month of inflows into gold ETFs, albeit at a slower pace as macro effects have slowed down the flight to the yellow metal.

The ETF industry continues in its apparently unstoppable rise to dominate asset management at all levels.

We have an interview this week with Nottingham, a US fund administrator which is poised to launch a Blue Tractor semi-transparent ETF, in the new structure that throws down a further gauntlet, this one aimed at the mutual fund industry.

Kip Meadows, founder and CEO of Nottingham, explains that he believes the future lies in ETFs, and in the active kind at that. Terry Norman, Blue Tractor founder, is arguing that semi-transparent ETFs will wipe out the mutual fund industry at the etfLIVE North America digital summit in October.

Our next interview is with Laurence Black, index industry veteran who has launched The Index Standard, a portal for all things index. Not all indices are created equal, Black says, with the aim of guiding his users through the ins and outs of the very structures that underpin the ETF industry.

We have closed the voting now on the ETF Express US ETF awards and are poised for the big awards’ night on 1 October.

Registration is open for our etfLIVE North America digital summit and a big thank you to Joe Anthony of Gregory FCA who interviewed me about our event – do watch that video here, and do register for the event here – investors go free!

Beverley Chandler
Managing Editor, ETF Express

Companies in this issue
Blue Tractor
ETFGI
Global X ETFs
Gregory FCA
The Index Standard
Nottingham
Tabula
UBS
Vanguard
The World Gold Council
XTrackers

Gold ETFs enjoy ninth consecutive month of inflows

Thu | 10 Sep 2020, 15:33

August witnessed the ninth consecutive month of inflows into gold-backed ETFs, according to the World Gold Council (WGC), albeit at their slowest pace in 2020.

Index veteran launches index portal

Thu | 10 Sep 2020, 15:33

Veteran index adviser, Laurence Black, has launched his own portal, The Index Standard, focused on all things index, provider of unbiased ratings, analytical insights and forecasts on investible index products.

Thu | 10 Sep 2020, 15:33

US fund administrator Nottingham has received clearance from the SEC to launch active ETFs within the Blue Tractor Shielded Alpha semi-transparent ETF structure.

Thu | 10 Sep 2020, 15:33

Assets invested in ETFs and ETPs listed globally broke through the USD7 trillion milestone at the end of August, according to the latest data released by ETFGI.

Thu | 10 Sep 2020, 15:33

ETF investment volume in Germany has climbed from EUR20.9 billion to EUR39.1 billion over the last two years, an increase of 87 per cent, as can be seen a new infographic from Kryptoszene.de.

Assets invested in ETFs and ETPs listed in Canada reached a record USD171.62bn at the end of July, says ETFGI

Thu | 10 Sep 2020, 15:33

Assets invested in ETFs and ETPs listed in Canada reached USD171.62 billion, a new record, at the end of July.

Thu | 10 Sep 2020, 17:55

Joe Anthony, founder of Gregory FCA, interviews ETF Express Managing Editor, Beverly Chandler, on the October three day digital summit focused on US institutional use of ETFs…

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Global ETF launches 03-10.09.20

Thu | 10 Sep 2020, 15:33

It’s all about bonds this week with the launch of four new bond-focused ETFs – one from UBS and three new Xtrackers funds from DWS. The new UBS offering is a currency-hedged sustainable bond ETF, while the Xtrackers funds focus on global corporate bonds and short-term US government bonds. Elsewhere, Global X ETFs launched its first Japan-listed funds in partnership with Daiwa Securities, and Tabula debuted a US and European credit default swaps fund.