| | Oil price crash shows up oil ETP vulnerabilities
Another extraordinary week of trading which has shown off the deep liquidity and versatility of most ETFs. ETPs, not so much, with our story on what’s happened to US ETP USO with the collapse into minus figures for the oil price. Take a second to peek at their performance figures on their own site and make your own conclusions on this bizarre tale. As our in-house guru Algo-Chain’s Allan Lane advises: “We recommend that most investors should stick to plain Stocks & Bonds' ETFs, where diversification is your friend.”
We have also been examining ETFs that are set to profit from these difficult times, with an interview with Pacer ETFs on their specialised real estate offering, linked to data centres and infrastructure hubs. We also have DWS’s Luke Oliver walking us through what ETFs did well in the market volatility of early 2020 (ESG modestly out-performed, he notes), and how ETF trading held up during periods which could have become difficult.
We also have two comment pieces, one from Nichole Kramer, Manager, Distribution ETF Operations, SS&C ALPS, who has commented on the different models of semi and non-transparent ETF offerings and one from Rahul Bhushan, co-founder of European thematic ETF provider, RizeETF, who believes that cybersecurity risks are set to soar as the impact of Covid-19 are felt around the world.
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Beverly Chandler
Managing Editor, ETFExpress
Companies in this issue
AJ Bell
Algo-Chain
BlackRock
DWS
Lyxor
Pacer ETFs
RIze ETFs
SS&C Alps
UBS
| | | | | | | | | | | | Pacer ETFs’ real estate sub-sector funds flourish in current markets | | Thu | 23 Apr 2020, 14:25 | | Recent events have caused fast-growing Pacer ETFs to see increased flows into its custom ETF series, particularly SRVR, that offers exposure to US companies that work in real estate in the infrastructure and data sectors, and INDS which focuses on industrial real estate. |
| | | | Oil price collapse has severe effect on oil ETPs | | Thu | 23 Apr 2020, 14:25 | | The WTI oil price collapse to almost minus USD40 earlier this week has had a widespread effect but none has suffered as much as the United States Oil Fund LP USO, an ETP that started the week with USD4 billion in assets, that tracks the oil futures markets and gives investors direct access to the oil price. |
| | | | | | | | Cybersecurity risks set to soar | | Thu | 23 Apr 2020, 14:25 | | Rahul Bhushan, co-founder of European thematic ETF provider, RizeETF, has written a comprehensive note on the impact of Covid-19 on the world… |
| | | | SS&C ALPS comments on semi-transparent ETF models | | Thu | 23 Apr 2020, 14:25 | | Following the recent launch of the first semi-transparent ETFs in the US, Nichole Kramer, Manager, Distribution ETF Operations, SS&C ALPS, has commented on the different models of semi and non-transparent ETF offerings available at the moment. She writes that SS&C ALPS has a long history of working with ETF providers of all types: “With our deep knowledge in the space, we can assist firms in evaluating which might be the right fit.” |
| | | | Global ETF launches 16-24.04.20 | | Thu | 23 Apr 2020, 14:25 | | The pick of this week’s new ETFs is the ‘milestone’ launch by BlackRock of a suite of three new iShares funds that combine environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues with the growing demand for minimum volatility factor strategies. BlackRock says it expects the sustainable indexing sector to attract USD1.2 trillion in new assets in the next decade. Elsewhere, UBS debuted a new Chinese government bonds ETF and Lyxor a fund based on the DAX 50 ESG index, with both making their bow on Xetra. |
| | | | | | | | | | | European ETF Review 2020 In this special report, each of the featured winning firms from the ETF Express Europe Awards 2020 details what a great year 2019 was, as well as providing a little detail on how early 2020’s volatility has hit their businesses.
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