Americas ETF News for the past 2 weeks
Wedbush Enters the ETF Market
February 18, 2025-Wedbush, a Los Angeles-based financial services firm with global reach, and a legacy of innovation and client-focused investment solutions, introduces Wedbush Fund Advisers and announces its entry into the rapidly growing exchange-traded fund (ETF) market.
This milestone marks an expansion of Wedbush's commitment to cutting-edge investment solutions and highly curated product development.
A Strategic Expansion into ETFs
ETFs continue to be one of the fastest-growing segments of the investment management industry, with actively managed and rules-based index ETFs seeing increased adoption by institutional and retail investors alike.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Coinbase Launches Solana, Hedera Futures Contracts for US Traders
February 18, 2025-Coinbase's derivatives arm said that it now offers CFTC-regulated futures contracts covering Solana and Hedera.
Coinbase said on Tuesday that its derivatives exchange now offers futures contracts for Solana (SOL) and Hedera (HBAR), expanding its suite of products to cover more cryptocurrencies with pending applications for spot ETFs in the U.S.
Calamos Announces Upside Cap Ranges for Upcoming Structured Protection ETFs Providing Exposure to S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 with 100% Downside Protection Over One Year
February 14, 2025-The Calamos S&P 500 Structured Alt Protection ETF-March (CPSR) has an estimated upside cap range 7.29%-7.65% over the one-year outcome period following its launch on March 3, 2025.
Calamos Nasdaq-100 Structured Alt Protection ETF-March (CPNM), has an estimated upside cap range of 8.00%-8.26% over the one-year outcome period following its launch on March 3, 2025.
Hashdex Announces Launch of Hashdex Nasdaq Crypto Index US ETF (Ticker: NCIQ), Offering US Investors Exposure to Bitcoin and Ether Through a Single Product
February 14, 2025-Product structured to provide crypto asset exposure by tracking the Nasdaq Crypto US, Index (NCIUS), a benchmark for institutional investment in certain market-leading crypto assets
Hashdex and Nasdaq Global Indexes continue to be at the forefront of crypto index product innovation, offering investors and wealth managers access to the first multi-asset spot crypto ETP in the United States
Themes US Cash Flow Champions ETF to Change its Ticker to "LGCF"
February 14, 2025- Effective 14 February 2025, the Themes US Cash Flow Champions ETF will change its ticker to "LGCF."
All other aspects of the fund, including its portfolio management, its underlying index, and its track record, will remain unchanged.
Cboe BZX files landmark SEC request to enable staking for 21Shares' Ethereum ETF
February 13, 2025--In a recent filling submitted as a Form 19b-4, Cboe BZX has requested SEC approval for the Ethereum held within the fund to be staked. This is first time an ETF in the U.S. has proposed staking. If approved, this would allow investors to earn rewards by staking their ether, which is something not currently possible in Ethereum ETFs.
NYSE Plans Its Own Texas Exchange
February 13, 2025-The Big Board is expanding in the Lone Star state, in an apparent response to the upstart Texas Stock Exchange.
The New York Stock Exchange plans to launch a fully electronic exchange headquartered in Dallas named NYSE Texas. It will do so by reincorporating its Chicago exchange.