Americas ETP News for the Past Year
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Westwood Holdings Group Announces Liquidation of Westwood LBRTY Global Equity ETF
February 17, 2026--Westwood Holdings Group (NYSE: WHG), a leading boutique asset manager, today announced plans to close and liquidate the Westwood LBRTY Global Equity ETF (NYSE Arca: BFRE) following an ongoing review of ETF offerings.
The last day of trading of the Fund's shares on the NYSE Arca will be Friday, February 27, 2026 ("Closing Date"), which will also be the last day the Fund will accept creation units from authorized participants.
Shareholders may sell their holdings in the Fund prior to the Closing Date and customary brokerage charges may apply to these transactions. Authorized participants may redeem baskets of shares for a pro rata portion of the Fund's portfolio on hand through the Closing Date.
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Source: Westwood Holdings Group Inc
ETFGI reports ETFs Industry in the US reaches record US$13.96 trillion in Assets and Highest-Ever Monthly Inflows at the end of January
February 13, 2026--ETFGI reported today that assets invested in the ETFs industry in the United States reached a new record of US$13.96 trillion at the end of January.
During January,the ETFs industry in the United States gathered record net inflows of US$166.65 billion,according to ETFGI's January 2026 US ETFs and ETPs industry landscape insights report,the monthly report which is part of an annual paid-for research subscription service.
ETFGI is a leading independent research and consultancy firm with 14 years of experience,recognized for its expertise in subscription research,consulting services,industry events,and ETF TV, covering global ETF industry trends (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)
Highlights
Assets invested in U.S. ETFs climbed to a record $13.96 trillion at the end of January, surpassing the previous high of $13.43 trillion set in December 2025.
Industry assets rose 4.0% year‑to‑date, increasing from $13.43 trillion at year‑end 2025 to $13.96 trillion at the end of January 2026.
January net inflows reached an all-time monthly record of $166.65 billion, exceeding the $90.25 billion gathered in January 2025 and the prior third-highest January inflows of $78.78 billion in 2018.
January marked the 45th consecutive month of net inflows for the U.S. ETF industry.
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Source: ETFGI
Wedbush Launches Core ETF in Partnership with Indiggo Making Corporate Leadership Outcomes Investable
February 13, 2026--EXEQ seeks to offer exposure to the top U.S. large-cap companies that we believe demonstrate superior leadership execution, powered by Indiggo's AI-driven analytics and decades of leadership research.
Wedbush Fund Advisers LLC, in partnership with Indiggo LLC, launched the Wedbush ReturnOnLeadership(R) U.S. Large-Cap ETF (Ticker: EXEQ), a research-driven core equity strategy designed to give investors targeted exposure to the top 50 U.S. large-cap companies demonstrating superior corporate leadership execution.
EXEQ is built on Indiggo's proprietary ReturnOnLeadership(R) (ROL(R)) framework and supported by more than 10 years of proprietary data demonstrating that companies with higher ROL(R) scores have historically exhibited stronger financial performance across multiple metrics. EXEQ tracks the Solactive Indiggo ReturnOnLeadership(R) US Large-Cap Index, an innovative benchmark that transforms leadership quality into a measurable, rules-based investment factor.
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Source: Wedbush Fund Advisers, LLC
Xtrackers by DWS Repositions Equity ETF to Provide Access to Large U.S. Companies with Reduced Dependence on Big Tech
February 12, 2026--DWS, a leading European asset manager with global reach, today announced the repositioning and renaming of one of its equity ETFs: The Xtrackers S&P 500 Value Scored & Screened ETF has become the Xtrackers S&P 100 Ex Top 20 ETF (CBOE: XOEX) (the "Fund"). As part of its repositioning, the Fund has changed its underlying index and now tracks the S&P 100 Ex-Top 20 Select Index.
The S&P 100 Ex-Top 20 Select Index is designed to measure the capped market capitalization weighted performance of companies in the S&P 100, excluding the largest 20 companies ranked by float-adjusted market capitalization. The exclusion of the top 20 companies results in a "Next 80" exposure that remains rooted in large-cap, blue-chip stocks from a diverse range of industries.
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Source: DWS Group
Fidelity Investments Expands Active ETF Lineup With Two CLO ETFs: Fidelity AAA CLO ETF (FAAA) and Fidelity CLO ETF (FCLO)
February 12, 2026--FAAA and FCLO Broaden Investors' ETF Options and Opportunities for Diversification Through Access to the Collateralized Loan Obligation Market
New ETFs are Competitively Priced and Fees Waived for First 12 Months
Fidelity Investments(R) today announced the launch of Fidelity AAA CLO ETF (FAAA) and Fidelity CLO ETF (FCLO), two active ETFs that offer investors access to the collateralized loan obligation (CLO) market.
The ETFs are listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC and available today commission-free for individual investors and financial advisors through Fidelity's online brokerage platforms.
FAAA and FCLO both seek to generate income by investing in CLOs. FAAA normally invests at least 80% of its assets in CLOs that are rated AAA, while FCLO invests the majority of its assets in CLOs rated from BBB+ to B- or the equivalent1. Learn more about CLO ETFs and their features in this Fidelity Viewpoints article, "A new way to seek extra yield."
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Source: fidelity.com
Averdas and Solactive Introduce the Solactive Averdas Productivity Leaders US 1500 Index and the Solactive Averdas Productivity Leaders US 500 Index
February 12, 2026-Solactive is pleased to announce its first collaboration with Averdas AG on the launch of the Solactive Averdas Productivity Leaders US 1500 Index and its US 500 version. Developed through a data-driven and rules-based framework, this innovative index identifies U.S. companies that demonstrate superior productivity, operational resilience, and sustainable profitability, even during adverse economic conditions.
In the context of ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty, productivity has emerged as a key performance driver. Firms that effectively combine profitability with operational efficiency are increasingly distinguished by their ability to withstand economic pressures and sustain long-term value creation. Averdas' proprietary methodology targets such firms, offering a differentiated lens on productivity through asset deployment, process efficiency, and financial resilience.
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Source: Solactive
Global X Expands Commodity Line-Up; New Fund Invests in Physical Commodity Exchange-Traded Products and Futures Contracts
February 11, 2026--The firm's eight commodity funds hold more than $20 billion in assets
Global X Management Company LLC ("Global X"), the New York-based provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), today announced the launch of the Global X Commodity Strategy ETF (COMD). The fund is designed to provide access to physical commodity exchange-traded products (ETPs) and futures contracts ranging from precious metals to energy to agricultural products.
Global X has built a line-up of eight ETFs that offer indirect exposure to commodities or direct exposure to companies economically linked to commodities, including uranium, gold, silver, copper, liquified natural gas, and rare earth materials such as lithium and cobalt. Together, they comprise more than $20 billion in assets.
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Source: Global X
Tradr Unveils Short Leveraged ETFs on Bloom Energy and Nuscale Power
February 11, 2026--Launch complements firm's leveraged long funds on two names powering the AI compute buildout
Tradr ETFs, a provider of ETFs designed for sophisticated investors and professional traders, today launched two new leveraged short ETFs on single stocks.
The Cboe-listed funds seek to deliver the inverse of twice (-200%) the daily performance of a specific underlying stock. Both ETFs are first-to-market strategies.
The following ETFs are expected to open for trading today:
Tradr 2X Short BE Daily ETF (Cboe: BEZ)- Bloom Energy Corp. (NYSE: BE).
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Source: Tradr ETFs
Israel's FINQ launches US ETFs managed solely by AI
February 10, 2026--Israel fund manager FINQ said on Tuesday it was entering the U.S. Exchange-Traded Funds market with two funds that will be solely managed by artificial intelligence, a nascent sub-sector where so far AI has only been used as a supporting tool.
Portfolio decisions will be fully selected and managed by FINQ's AI model, with human involvement focused only on oversight and governance, it said. It added that its AIUP and AINT U.S. large-cap equity ETFs were the first such funds to be approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Source: reuters.com
Quantified Funds Announces Name Change of the Gold Bullion Strategy Fund to Quantified Gold Futures Tracking Fund
February 6, 2026--Name change effective February 3, 2026; investment objective and strategy remain unchanged
Quantified Funds today announced that The Gold Bullion Strategy Fund (QGLDX) will be renamed the Quantified Gold Futures Tracking Fund, effective February 3, 2026.
The name change is intended to more clearly reflect the Fund's quantitative, rules-based approach to gold futures exposure in an effort to track the daily price of gold bullionstocks.
The Fund's investment objective, investment strategy, and portfolio management team will remain unchanged as a result of the name update.
The following ETFs are expected to open for trading today:
Tradr 2X Short BE Daily ETF (Cboe: BEZ)- Bloom Energy Corp. (NYSE: BE).
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Source: Tradr ETFs
