A surprisingly quiet week for ETF launches this week but one that saw both crypto, the future of the internet and ESG represented.
It was a busy week for ETF launches with a wide variety of sectors covered, and geographies with launches in Brazil, Taiwan and Singapore.
From Aristocrats to carbon, this week saw a wide range of launches, including KraneShares’ S&P Pan Asia Dividend Aristocrats ETF (Ticker: KDIV), and the Carbon Collective’s Carbon Collective Climate Solutions US Equity ETF (CCSO).
A busy week again for ETF launches with a nice range of themes.
The final days of summer saw a range of ESG ETF launches from Ossiam in Europe while in the US, BlackRock launched a metaverse fund and a suite of BuyWrite funds based on baskets of fixed income securities.
A last blast of launches before the summer holidays begin in earnest brings us a new crypto product, launched into a crypto winter by Pando Asset, against the Vintner Pando Crypto Basket 6 Index.
Despite market conditions, cryptocurrency products continue to dominate launches with ProShares launching a US Short Bitcoin-Linked ETF this week, and Osprey launching a US publicly traded Solana Fund.
Global investor services group IQ-EQ, an Astorg portfolio company, has announced that its US-based Group companies - Blue River Partners LLC, Constellation Advisers LLC, Concord Trust Company, and Greyline Partners LLC - have rebranded as IQ-EQ completing a major milestone on the Group’s acquisitive US strategy.