General ETF News for the Past Year


OECD-States of Fragility 2025

February 18, 2025-States of Fragility 2025 considers a world of shifting power dynamics, where the most severe impacts of crisis, conflict and instability converge in the 61 contexts identified with high and extreme fragility. Multidimensional fragility lies at the core of the geopolitical shifts that are disrupting decades long global power equilibria, creating challenges and opportunities that require deep reflection and rapid adaptation across humanitarian, development and peace communities.

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ETFGI reports assets invested in the global ETFs industry surpassed the hedge fund industry by US$10.33 trillion at the end of 2024

February 17, 2025-ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm renowned for its expertise in subscription research, consulting services, events, and ETF TV on global ETF industry trends, reported today that assets invested in the global ETFs industry surpassed the hedge fund industry by US$10.33 trillion at the end of 2024. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)

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Global Economy Stabilizes, But Developing Economies Face Tougher Slog

February 16, 2025--Global Economy Stabilizes, But Developing Economies Face Tougher Slog
Long-Term Growth Outlook is Weakest Since Start of the Century
Developing economies-which fuel 60 percent of global growth-are projected to finish the first quarter of the 21st century with the weakest long-term growth outlook since 2000, according to the World Bank's latest Global Economic Prospects report.

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Rising Rates May Trigger Financial Instability, Complicating Fight Against Inflation

February 13, 2025-Banking systems are largely insulated from inflation, but vulnerabilities at some banks could lead to tradeoffs between containing inflation and protecting financial stability
Before the pandemic, investors worried about how persistently low inflation and interest rates would crimp bank profits. Paradoxically, they also worried about bank profitability when post-COVID reopening sent inflation and central bank interest rates soaring.

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Bybit and Block Scholes Report: Timing Altcoin Season in a Sea of Uncertainty

February 12, 2025--Bybit, the world's second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, spotlights altcoins in a report jointly released with Block Scholes, offering insights on factors that may have delayed the arrival of an altcoin boom. Titled "Altcoin Rotation-Why Altseason Hasn't Come This Time?", the report maps out consistent patterns and examines broader market dynamics to decipher signals of the next altseason, contributing to analysis on why traditional altcoin behavior has deviated in the current cycle.

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Trade Watch-Trade Expands Amid Expectations of Higher Tariffs

January 29, 2025--Global goods trade accelerated in the five months from July through November amid strong US economic growth and a spurt in demand fueled by expectations of higher import tariffs.
Trade in services, which is reported with a lag, expanded further in the July to September period, and international tourist arrivals recovered to exceed pre-pandemic levels in the fourth quarter of 2024.

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As One Cycle Ends, Another Begins Amid Growing Divergence

January 17, 2025--Growth divergences persist and could widen, while policy shifts may reignite inflation pressures in some countries
We project global growth will remain steady at 3.3 percent this year and next, broadly aligned with potential growth that has substantially weakened since before the pandemic. Inflation is declining, to 4.2 percent this year and 3.5 percent next year, in a return to central bank targets that will allow further normalization of monetary policy.

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Global Risks Report 2025

January 15, 2025--The 20th edition of the Global Risks Report 2025 reveals an increasingly fractured global landscape, where escalating geopolitical, environmental, societal and technological challenges threaten stability and progress.
Key findings of the report, in which we compare the risk outlooks across the three time horizons.

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WEF-These are the biggest risks we face now and in the next 10 years

January 15, 2025--After a challenging "super election" year in 2024, leaders face uncertainty about what lies ahead in 2025 and into the future.
The World Economic Forum's latest Global Risks Report reveals a significant carryover of 2024's key concerns while highlighting some new and notable shifts in risk perception.
The report sets the agenda for discussions at the Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos, this year convening under the title, Collaboration for the Intelligent Age.

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New WFE Research quantifies the impact of stock exchanges on economic growth

January 6, 2025--The World Federation of Exchanges, the global industry association for exchanges and CCPs (The WFE), has published new research which analyses the link between stock market development and economic growth on a global scale.
The research analysed quarterly data from 36 countries over two decades (2003-2022).

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Americas


April 22, 2025 Exchange Traded Concepts Trust files with the SEC
April 22, 2025 TCW ETF Trust files with the SEC
April 22, 2025 Thrivent ETF Trust files with the SEC
April 22, 2025 Palmer Square Funds Trust files with the SEC
April 22, 2025 PFS Funds files with the SEC

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Europe ETF News


April 17, 2025 ETF and ETP listings on 17 April 2025: new on Xetra and Borse Frankfurt
April 16, 2025 ETF and ETP listings on 16 April 2025: new on Xetra and Borse Frankfurt
April 16, 2025 Bitwise expands institutional-grade access to Bitcoin and Ethereum with four ETP listings on London Stock Exchange
April 10, 2025 WisdomTree Issuer ICAV-Change of Fund Names and Index Methodology
April 09, 2025 RoboMarkets expands opportunities for retail clients: new stocks, ETFs, and enhanced trading conditions

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Asia ETF News


April 22, 2025 KB Asset Management to Launch KB RISE US Natural Gas Value Chain ETF Tracking the Solactive US Natural Gas Value Chain Index
April 03, 2025 Korea's Rapid Aging Doesn't Have to Be Economic Destiny
April 02, 2025 Japan: 2025 Article IV Consultation
March 28, 2025 HashKey Group and Bosera Launch World's First Tokenised Money Market ETF
March 25, 2025 Southeast Asia's Economies Can Gain Most by Packaging Ambitious Reforms

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Middle East ETP News


April 10, 2025 GCC on track to see an uptick in local currency sukuk

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Africa ETF News


April 09, 2025 Africa's Opportunity in a Fragmenting Global Economy
April 03, 2025 Nigeria: Investors Lose N91bn As Nigerian Exchange Opens Bearish
March 30, 2025 Africa's Debt Crisis Under-Reported-AFRODAD
March 27, 2025 Africa's Digital Payments Economy to Reach $1.5trn By 2030-Report
March 24, 2025 Bitcoin Price Trends and the Future of Digital Transactions in Africa

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ESG and Of Interest News


April 22, 2025 Charted: Countries Accumulating the Most AI Patents
March 30, 2025 Africa: Fast Fashion Fuelling Global Waste Crisis, UN Chief Warns
March 26, 2025 'Renewables are renewing economies', UN chief tells top climate forum
March 20, 2025 How DeepSeek has changed artificial intelligence and what it means for Europe

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White Papers


April 11, 2025 IMF Working Papers-Inflation Targeting and the Legacy of High Inflation
April 11, 2025 Navigating Trade-Offs between Price and Financial Stability in Times of High Inflation
April 11, 2025 IMF Working Papers-The Global Impact of AI: Mind the Gap
March 21, 2025 Could Digital Currencies Lead to the Disappearance of Cash from the Market?

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