This week’s features include what we in the UK would call a good old natter with Dave Nadig, one of the most popular ETF gurus in the US, who invited me to join him on ETF.com to discuss new ETF trends that have appeared, particularly out of our extensive global awards schedule this year and many weekly interviews with ETF industry folk from around the world. Watch now.
This week we spoke with Andrew Beer of DBi on the planned launch by Simplify Asset Management of a clone of his popular DBMF ETF, based on managed futures. Beer says: “Simplify tells me their vision is to bring the index revolution to a hedge fund strategy with undeniable diversification benefits.”
More revolution came in our interview with Canary Capital’s Steven McClurg, Nashville-based CEO and founder, who says: “The band is back together again,” with his new firm which has burst onto the scene and is no canary in a coal mine but rather more of a phoenix, bringing crypto products to the US, government shutdown or no.
The end of the shutdown has released ETFs as a share class onto the US investing public with the SEC granting Dimensional Fund Advisors the exemption. “This is a seminal moment for Dimensional, which has been an advocate for the benefits that the share class structure could provide to investors, and for the industry as a whole,” says partner Michael Mundt, part of the Stradley Ronon team who assisted with the application.
And there’s more, with Paris-based Romain Thomas reporting Aurélien Narminio,Head of Equity Listing at Euronext, explaining why his exchange has launched Euronext ETF Europe.
Finally, research from BlackRock reveals that across Europe, ETFs have seen an impressive surge in popularity as 32.8 million people are now ETF investors across the region, up from 19.3 million since 2022.
With an annualised growth rate of 19 per cent since 2022, they are the third most-owned investment vehicle in Europe. In the UK, there are now 2.1 million ETF investors, placing it fifth among European markets, averaging an annualised growth rate of 27 per cent since 2022.
ETF growth in the UK has been strongest among female investors, up 86.2 per cent since 2022, and younger investors (aged 18–34), up 87.5 per cent, highlighting the expanding appeal of ETFs among new generations of investors.
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Beverly Chandler, Managing Editor
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