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you are currently viewing:Cohen & Steers Strengthens ETF Leadership with Griffin Frank and Alexander BergFebruary 11, 2025--Cohen & Steers, Inc. (NYSE: CNS) is introducing Griffin Frank as Head of ETF Capital Markets and Alexander Berg as Head of ETF Sales, underscoring the firm's strategic expansion into the ETF marketplace. These appointments follow the firm's launch of three fully transparent Active ETFs focused on real estate, preferred securities, and natural resource equities. Griffin Frank brings over 23 years of industry experience to his new role, where he will oversee the firm's ETF Capital Markets function and lead the liquidity strategy for Cohen & Steers' Active ETF platform. Mr. Frank most recently served as Vice President at T. Rowe Price Group in the firm's ETF capital markets division, which he rejoined in 2019. Earlier in his career, he was a trading analyst at Vanguard and began his career at T. Rowe Price. He reports to Matthew Karcic, Head of Trading. Source: Cohen & Steers, Inc. |
Crypto ETFs set to trump precious metal peers, says State Street
March 4, 2025-Surging demand means digital token funds will be the third-largest asset class in the rapidly growing US industry
Surging demand for cryptocurrency exchange traded funds will push their combined assets above those of precious metal ETFs in North America by the end of the year, according to forecasts by State Street, the world's largest ETF servicer by assets.
US regulators, in unusual move, raise concerns about new private credit ETF
February 28, 2025-The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission sounded the alarm about aspects of the first broad private credit market exchange-traded fund, in a letter posted on its website on Thursday, hours after the ETF began trading.
Apollo's private credit ETF claims to have squared the circle
February 28, 2025-Even the most advanced financial engineering may not be able to solve the almost immutable laws of financial markets
Thursday marked an almost moon-landing level event on Wall Street. An exchange traded fund partially including illiquid private credit, managed by State Street and affiliated with Apollo Global Management, started trading with an unprecedented level of flexibility for investors.
State Street launches Apollo private credit ETF
February 27, 2025-State Street Global Advisors' much-anticipated private credit exchange-traded fund, developed with alternative investment firm Apollo Global Management, began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday.
The SPDR SSGA Apollo IG Public & Private Credit ETF is the first product offering retail investors direct access to a diversified portfolio of private credit assets.
ERShares Expands Access to High-Growth Private Companies and Sets a New Standard for Private Equity Valuation in ETFs
February 26, 2025-ERShares, the issuer of the XOVR ETF, the first exchange-traded fund to integrate private equity into its portfolio, continues to lead the financial industry with an innovative investment strategy. With a diversified portfolio that includes SpaceX (currently 10% of total holdings) and exposure to Klarna, a leading fintech company preparing for its IPO, ERShares is setting a new standard for investor access to high-growth private companies.
Exchange Traded Concepts to Close and Liquidate The Optica Rare Earths & Critical Materials ETF (NYSE:CRIT)
February 21, 2025-After careful consideration, Exchange Traded Concepts, LLC, the Fund's investment adviser has recommended, and the Board of Trustees of Exchange Traded Concepts Trust has approved, the termination and liquidation of the Fund pursuant to the terms of a Plan of Liquidation. Accordingly, the Fund is expected to cease operations and liquidate on or about March 21, 2025 (the "Liquidation Date").
Innovations expected to turbo-charge crypto ETF industry
February 20, 2025-Participants say favourable regulatory environment could lead to enthusiasm for diversified indices of digital tokens.
By most measures the launch of bitcoin exchange traded funds in the US has been a rip-roaring success, but industry participants say coming innovations will turbo-charge the crypto ETF industry further still.
Fidelity Rides Model-Portfolio Boom as ETF Takeover Gathers Pace
February 20, 2025-Industry assets to hit $11.8 trillion by 2028, Broadridge says
Driver of big demand coincides with explosive growth of ETFs
Investments in ETFs within Fidelity's custom model portfolios have reached 51% at the end of last year.
Invesco Launches the Invesco SteelPath MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF (PIPE)
February 20, 2025-PIPE offers exposure to midstream energy infrastructure equities through an actively managed ETF
Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ), a leading global asset management firm, announced today the launch of the Invesco SteelPath MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF (Ticker: PIPE).
BlackRock, Vanguard Pause Corporate Meetings to Avoid Violating SEC Guidance Targeting ESG Activism
February 19, 2025-BlackRock and Vanguard have paused their meetings with companies after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published guidance last week prohibiting investors from participating in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) activism.