Global ETF News for the Past 2 Months
you are currently viewing::Finance Changed, Risks Didn'tSeptember 10, 2025--New technologies are rewiring liquidity, payments, and economic stability As a result, the next shock may begin not in a bank, but in the new infrastructure underpinning the system. After 2008, regulators moved swiftly to raise capital standards and introduce new supervisory tools such as stress testing. Banks rebuilt their balance sheets and retreated from risky lending and arbitrage businesses. Asset managers were blamed for the financial turmoil at the onset of the pandemic, but not banks. Yet even as regulators fortified banks, postcrisis innovations reshaped the financial landscape. Asset managers provided more liquidity as banks stepped back, nonbank start-ups built new risk assessment tools for institutional lenders, developers introduced a wider array of crypto assets, and central banks and governments established real-time payment systems. Source: imf.org |
Golden Eagle Strategies Releases first Hypergrowth Trend Report, Advancing Hypergrowth Stocks as a Distinct Asset Class
March 26, 2026-Firm reinforces role as a pioneer and authority in Hypergrowth Investing
Golden Eagle Strategies, LLC today announced the release of its first Hypergrowth Trend Report, further establishing the firm as an authority and pioneer in Hypergrowth Investing.
OECD Economic Outlook, Interim Report March 2026-Testing Resilience
March 26, 2026-Introduction
The conflict in the Middle East is testing the resilience of the global economy.
The outlook is surrounded by high uncertainty and reflects the interaction of two opposing forces:
On the upside, growth is supported by strong momentum in technology-related investment and production, lower tariff rates than previously assumed, and carry-over from robust outcomes in 2025.
ETFGI Reports Actively Managed ETFs Globally Hit New US$2.15 Trillion Record Amid 71 Straight Months of Net Inflows at the end of February
March 26, 2026- ETFGI reports actively managed ETFs globally hit new US$2.15 Trillion record amid 71 straight months of net inflows at the end of February. During February the actively managed ETFs industry globally gathered net inflows of US$91.15 billion, bringing year-to-date net inflows to a record US$167.58 billion, according to ETFGI's February 2026 Active ETF industry landscape insights report, an annual paid-for research subscription service.
The Debt-Inequality Cycle
March 24, 2026-During the Great Depression, as he saw ordinary people's purchasing power collapse, Federal Reserve Chairman Marriner Eccles warned that excessive saving by the rich was draining demand and deepening the downturn. "To protect them from the results of their own folly," Eccles told the Senate in 1933 testimony, "we should take from them a sufficient amount of their surplus to enable consumers to consume and business to operate at a profit."
Middle East conflict weighs further on slowing trade outlook
March 19, 2026-World trade is set to slow in 2026 following stronger than expected growth in 2025 on the back of surging trade in AI-enabling products. WTO economists warn that the ongoing conflict in the Middle East could further reduce trade growth if energy prices remain elevated, noting that it would also put pressure on food supplies and services trade due to travel and transport disruptions. Prospects could still improve if the conflict ends quickly and the boom in AI spending continues.
Bassanese Bites-RBA to hike
March 15, 2026-Global stocks continued to weaken last week, as the ongoing war in Iran kept oil prices high.
Oil prices have surged as the Iran conflict disrupts global supply, adding to inflation risks. At the same time, recent RBA commentary has sharply shifted market expectations- with investors now bracing for a possible rate hike this week.
