etfexpress 06/12/19 Newsletter

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NEWSLETTER | 06 Dec 2019

Semi-transparent or shielded – a new type of ETF coming soon

The middle of November saw the US’s SEC announce its intention to approve a number of new structures which will allow active funds to cover their portfolios with a new type of ETF wrapper. We bring you an interview with Blue Tractor Group, whose Shielded Alpha wrapper allows a high degree of transparency on the underlying ETF but not enough to give away all its secrets.

We also have an interview with Danny Dolan of China Post Global on the outperformance of Gold BUGS, his gold mining ETF which has seen twice the performance of the gold price. Dolan explains that gold mining companies have been busy sorting out their houses, allowing the rising gold price to give them greater profits.

This week also sees publication of the two reports drawn from ETF Express’s inaugural ETF awards in New York, held in mid-October. Read the US Best Practices and US Strategy Masters reports here.

Finally, voting is now open for the ETF Express European Awards. We have partnered with Morningstar who have provided a pre-selection of managers based on their research. Morningstar analysed the activity of firms and companies in Europe from 31 October 2018 to 1 November 2019 to provide options for each category, except those subjective in nature. Unless otherwise specified in the category title, analysis was limited to the ETF space. Please place your votes here.

Beverly Chandler
Managing Editor, ETFexpress

Companies in this issue
Amundi
Blue Tractor Group
China Post Global
Exchange Traded Concepts
First Trust
Invesco
State Street
UBS
WisdomTree

Gold BUGS ETF outperforms the gold price

Tue | 3 Dec 2019, 10:46

China Post Global’s gold mining ETF, the NYSE ARCA GOLD BUGS INDEX UCITS ETF, has outperformed what has already been a huge bull run this year in gold, achieving 43 per cent over the last 12 months, double the performance of the physical gold price over the period.

Mon | 2 Dec 2019, 09:26

Mid-November’s announcement by the US Securities and Exchange Commission of the intention to approve novel ETF structures included the Shielded Alpha ETF wrapper from Blue Tractor Group.

Wed | 4 Dec 2019, 09:49

Intercontinental Exchange has added new functionality to ICE ETF Hub to support US-listed fixed income exchange traded funds (ETFs).

Mon | 2 Dec 2019, 09:57

Defiance ETFs is to close and liquidate the Defiance Next Gen Video Gaming ETF (VIDG) after the close of business on 27 December, 2019. Defiance ETFs recommended the liquidation and closure of the Fund after consideration of the Fund’s prospects for growth, among other factors.

Global ETF launches 28.11-05.12.19

Thu | 5 Dec 2019, 12:45

This week’s new ETF launches saw WisdomTree join the cryptocurrency party with the debut of a physically-backed bitcoin fund, its first cryptocurrency product, on SIX. The week’s other ‘exotic’ debutant meanwhile was a uranium mining ETF from ETC. There were also new offering from UBS, WisdomTree, State Street, Invesco and Amundi…