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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.
Just over a year on from their debut, US-listed bitcoin ETFs hold $120bn of assets. The largest, the $57bn iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), was the world's fastest ETF to get to $10bn, $25bn and $50bn in AUM, has surpassed iShares' Gold Trust and is closing in on the $80bn SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) as the planet's largest commodity exchange traded product.
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Source: ft.com
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.
Fidelity Investments is the latest asset manager to ramp up its model-portfolio business as demand for off-the-shelf and customized investment strategies across asset classes continues to pick up.
The company is launching Target Risk ETF Model Portfolios and the Target Allocation ETF Model Portfolios, two strategies that offer investors exposure to equities, bonds or alternatives by tracking a blend of active and passive exchange-traded funds, according to a Thursday press release. Both are open-architecture, which allows the portfolios to hold products apart from their own.
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Source: bloomberg.com
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).
The actively managed ETF will offer access to energy infrastructure equities and midstream Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs), delivering exposure to broad macro energy trends and increasing global demand, picked by the expert insight of Invesco SteelPath portfolio managers.
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Source: Invesco Ltd.
Franklin Templeton launches Bitcoin, Ether index ETF
February 20, 2025--Franklin Templeton's fund is the second crypto index ETF to hit this US market.
Franklin Templeton has launched an exchange-traded fund (ETF) holding both spot Bitcoin and Ether, the asset manager said on Feb. 20.
Franklin Crypto Index ETF (EZPZ) is the second cryptocurrency index ETF to hit the market after asset manager Hashdex launched its Nasdaq Crypto Index US ETF (NCIQ) on Feb. 14.
Franklin Templeton's EZPZ fund holds the basket of assets referenced in the US CF Institutional Digital Asset Index, which only tracks Bitcoin as of Feb. 20.
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Source: cointelegraph.com
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.
The world's top two asset fund managers are concerned they may be in violation of the new SEC guidance, which their teams are in the process of reviewing. If found in violation, these companies could face legal investigations led by the Trump administration.
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Source: nationalreview.com
Abacus Life Completes the Rebranding of FCF Advisors with New ETF and Fee Reductions
February 19, 2025-Abacus Life, Inc. ("Abacus" or the "Company"), a pioneering global alternative asset manager specializing in leveraging longevity data and actuarial technology to offer uncorrelated investment opportunities, today announces the rebranding of FCF Advisors to Abacus FCF Advisors, a subsidiary of ABL Wealth.
This rebrand highlights the manager's position as a leader in free cash flow investing and analytics by pioneering the FCF Leaders Model, which serves as the foundation for the firm's quantitative investment process that identifies the most profitable companies. As part of the rebrand, Abacus FCF Advisors announced the launch of the Abacus FCF Small Cap Leaders ETF (ticker: ABLS), and management fee reductions of 5-10 basis points across all ETFs.
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Source: Abacus Life Settlements
Amplify ETFs Changes Fund Name to Highlight 12% Option Income Strategy: Amplify Bloomberg U.S. Treasury 12% Premium Income ETF (TLTP)
February 19, 2025-Amplify ETFs, a leading provider of innovative exchange-traded funds, emphasizes its 12% option income strategy by renaming the TLTP ETF to the Amplify Bloomberg U.S. Treasury 12% Premium Income ETF (formerly Amplify Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Target High Income ETF), effective today. The fund will continue trading under its existing CBOE ticker, TLTP.
The name change helps investors quickly recognize the fund's primary strategy to generate 12% annualized option premium income with a monthly scheduled distribution frequency. The fund provides convenient, efficient entry to a tailored weekly U.S. Treasury covered call option strategy via a single ticker and has the potential for additional U.S. Treasury bond income. There are no changes to the fund's investment strategy, structure or management.
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Source: Amplify ETFs
'A trillion-dollar tsunami': Canadians grapple with unprecedented wealth transfer
February 19, 2025-Aging baby boomers are passing down a record amount of money to their children
Canada is in the midst of an unprecedented transfer of wealth that experts say could have significant social and economic implications for the country.
The Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada said in 2023 that $1 trillion of wealth was expected to move between Canadian baby boomers and their millennial and Generation X children from 2023 to 2026.
Much of that money is the result of real estate wealth, as many baby boomers have benefited from sharply rising home prices and other investments.
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Source: cbc.ca
Introducing OOSB & OOQB- A New Way to Leverage with Dual Index Exposure Designed for Investors Seeking Exposure to Bitcoin Price Movements without Sacrificing Their Core Portfolio
February 19, 2025-Today, the One+One™ S&P 500 and Bitcoin ETF (Ticker: OOSB) and the One+OneTM Nasdaq-100(R) and Bitcoin ETF (Ticker: OOQB) will be live and trading on all major brokerage platforms.
Volatility Shares' new line of One+One ETFs offer a capital efficient form of leverage by providing 100% exposure to two separate asset classes.
OOSB offers 100% exposure to the S&P 500 and 100% exposure to Bitcoin. OOQB offers 100% exposure to the Nasdaq-100 and 100% exposure to Bitcoin. With One+One ETFs, you get 200% total market exposure (100% to each asset) using only 100% of your capital, effectively providing 2x leverage across two different asset classes.
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Source: volatilityshares.com
Vanguard Overtakes State Street as World's Biggest ETF
February 18, 2025-Vanguard's VOO has raked in $23 billion so far this year
It's not the first time that SPY's crown has slipped
Vanguard has unseated State Street for the title of the world's biggest exchange-traded fund, ushering in a new world order for the $11 trillion industry.
The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (ticker VOO) now commands nearly $632 billion in assets after raking in some $23 billion so far in 2025, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That haul has vaulted VOO past the $630 billion SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, known as SPY, which previously held the title of largest ETF.
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Source: bloomberg.com
