Americas ETF News for the past 14 Days
China's 'two sessions' points to determination to rebuff Trump
March 11, 2025--China's leadership plans to increase the deficit, lower inflation rates and increase manufacturing capacity whilst supporting critical technologies
China's most important annual political gathering, the so-called 'two sessions', has as one of its main objectives the setting out of the year's priority economic targets. This was done this year by Premier Li Qiang, on 5 March.
He offered to the National People's Congress and to China's most important consultative body, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a guarantee that the Chinese economy would be resilient against the Trump administration's policies, starting with the 20% minimum additional tariffs the United States has put on Chinese goods.
The most obvious way to achieve resilience is to maintain the same 5% GDP growth target as last year -which is what Li Qiang did. However, China barely reached the 5% target last year, notwithstanding a huge trade surplus of $1 trillion. Li Qiang therefore sought to show how the commitment would be met.
Three policy changes are worth mentioning: laxer policies, lower prices and more manufacturing supply.
Capital Group Launches Eight Active ETF Model Portfolios
March 12, 2025-The launch follows Capital's build-out of the fastest organically grown suite of active ETFs in the market
Capital Group, one of the world's largest and most experienced active investment managers, has launched eight new active model portfolios comprising its all-active exchange traded funds (ETFs).
Nasdaq plans 24-hour trading as global appetite for US stocks grows
March 7, 2025--Nasdaq Inc, opens new tab plans to introduce 24-hour trading on its flagship U.S. exchange to capitalize on growing global demand for U.S. equities, a senior executive said in a social media post on Friday.
Exchange Traded Concepts to Close and Liquidate The Vesper U.S. Large Cap Short-Term Reversal Strategy ETF (NYSE:UTRN)
March 4, 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 28,2025 (the "Liquidation Date").
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.