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KraneShares Launches First US-Listed Global Carbon Offset ETF (NYSE: KSET)
April 26, 2022-- Krane Funds Advisors, LLC ("KraneShares"), an asset management firm known for its global exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and innovative investment strategies, announced the launch of the KraneShares Global Carbon Offset Strategy ETF (Ticker: KSET) on the New York Stock Exchange today.
KSET offers broad coverage of the voluntary carbon market by tracking carbon offset futures contracts. These futures contracts include nature-based global emission offsets (N-GEOs) and global emission offsets (GEOs), which trade through the CME Group, the world's largest financial derivatives exchange. KSET will dynamically add additional offset markets as they reach scale.
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Source: Krane Funds Advisors, LLC
IMF-Latin America Faces Unusually High Risks
April 26, 2022--The War in Ukraine, higher inflation, tighter financial conditions, economic decelerations of key trading partners, and social discontent may dim growth prospects.
The war in Ukraine is shaking the global economy and raising uncertainty about the outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean.
The impact is being felt in Latin America through higher inflation that is affecting real incomes, especially of the most vulnerable. Policymakers are reacting to this challenge by tightening monetary policy and implementing measures to soften the blow on the most vulnerable and contain the risks of social unrest.
But there are other risks looming. A possible escalation of the war could eventually lead to global financial distress and tighter financial conditions for the region.
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Source: imf.org
Sprott Asset Management Announces Acquisition of Assets Relating to the North Shore Global Uranium Mining ETF
April 25, 2022--April 25, 2022--URNM begins trading today as a series of Sprott Funds Trust, expanding the firm's ETF offerings in that Trust
Sprott Inc. ("Sprott") (NYSE/TSX: SII) and Sprott Funds Trust jointly announced today that Sprott Asset Management LP ("Sprott Asset Management"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sprott, has completed the acquisition of certain assets relating to managing the North Shore Global Uranium Mining ETF ("URNM"), to which Exchange Traded Concepts, LLC acted as the investment adviser.
Sprott Funds Trust and Exchange Traded Concepts Trust have completed the reorganization of the North Shore Global Uranium Mining ETF from a series of Exchange Traded Concepts Trust to Sprott Uranium Miners ETF, a series of Sprott Funds Trust. URNM is now advised by Sprott Asset Management and sub-advised by ALPS Advisors, Inc.
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Source: Sprott
SEC fears may cement Vanguard monopoly
April 25, 2022--Patent for unique tax-efficient fund structure expires in 2023, but rivals may not be able to follow suit
Fears that some investors are cross subsidising others may prevent rival fund managers from being allowed to replicate a unique tax-efficient fund structure created by Vanguard.
Vanguard's "exchange traded fund-as-a-share-class" structure allows the Pennsylvanian powerhouse to operate a mutual fund and a sister ETF as essentially the same vehicle, generating superior tax efficiency and economies of scale.
Vanguard's patent for the structure expires next year, prompting speculation that rival fund groups might seek to replicate it.
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Source: ft.com
Grayscale makes fresh push for SEC approval to become bitcoin ETF
April 23, 2022--Crypto asset manager has focused on key legal detail in letter to regulator ahead of July deadline
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Source: ft.com
State Street Global Advisors Introduces Two SPDR MSCI Climate Paris Aligned ETFs
April 22, 2022--Climate leader UC Investments (University of California)1 provides early stage commitment to funds designed for investors seeking to decarbonize their portfolios.
State Street Global Advisors, the asset management business of State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), today introduces two SPDR MSCI Climate Paris Aligned ETFs designed to help investors meet their climate objectives.
The funds, SPDR MSCI USA Climate Paris Aligned ETF (NZUS) and SPDR MSCI ACWI Climate Paris Aligned ETF (NZAC), 2 track the MSCI USA Climate Paris Aligned and MSCI ACWI Climate Paris Aligned Indexes and are geared toward the growing number of investors interested in addressing climate change in their portfolios, both to mitigate climate risk and to invest in climate solutions.
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Source: State Street Global Advisors
State Street Global Advisors Introduces Two SPDR(R) MSCI Climate Paris Aligned ETFs
April 22, 2022--Climate leader UC Investments (University of California)1 provides early stage commitment to funds designed for investors seeking to decarbonize their portfolios.
State Street Global Advisors, the asset management business of State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), today introduces two SPDR MSCI Climate Paris Aligned ETFs designed to help investors meet their climate objectives.
The funds, SPDR(R) MSCI USA Climate Paris Aligned ETF (NZUS) and SPDR(R) MSCI ACWI Climate Paris Aligned ETF (NZAC),2 track the MSCI USA Climate Paris Aligned and MSCI ACWI Climate Paris Aligned Indexes and are geared toward the growing number of investors interested in addressing climate change in their portfolios, both to mitigate climate risk and to invest in climate solutions.
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Source: State Street Global Advisors
Fidelity Bulks Up Its Thematic Lineup With Crypto and Metaverse ETFs
April 21, 2022--FMET, FDIG debut into crowded field of crypto-focused funds
Fidelity also launching metaverse 'experience' for new traders
Fidelity Investments is launching a pair of crypto-focused exchange-traded funds in a bid to grab flows from rivals that have swooped into the nascent space.
The Fidelity Metaverse ETF (ticker FMET) and the Fidelity Crypto Industry and Digital Payments ETF (FDIG) will begin trading Thursday. FMET will primarily invest in companies involved in building out the "future state of the Internet." FDIG will track blockchain and digital payment processing companies, according to a statement.
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Source: bloomberg.com
FlexShares Expands ESG & Climate Suite with Emerging Markets ETF
April 21, 2022--Firm's sustainable core equity strategy now available across all major equity markets
Northern Trust Asset Management's FlexShares(R) Exchange Traded Funds announced today the launch of a new Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)* ETF focused on climate with exposure to emerging markets: the FlexShares ESG & Climate Emerging Markets Core Index Fund (NYSE: FEEM).
This fund builds on FlexShares' existing climate suite introduced in September 2021, which currently includes US large cap equities, developed markets ex-US equities, and two fixed-income ETFs.
The FEEM fund will align with the broader suite's strategy, which seeks to help investors improve their portfolio's overall ESG score and reduce carbon risk while maintaining core equity exposure
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Source: FlexShares
Fidelity Opens "The Fidelity Stack" in Decentraland; Becomes First Brokerage Firm With Immersive Educational Metaverse Experience
April 21, 2022--The Fidelity Stack features Invest Quest with gamified financial education
New experience launches alongside Fidelity Metaverse ETF (FMET)
Fidelity Investments today celebrated the grand opening of its first immersive metaverse experience aimed at offering a new way to learn investing basics.
The platform is the latest move by Fidelity to create innovative ways to serve customer needs, especially the next generation of customers, as it becomes the first leading brokerage firm to offer an educational metaverse experience.
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Source: Fidelity Investments
