ETF Prime

VettaFi’s Lara Crigger discusses Fidelity’s decision to charge a $100 trading fee on ETFs from issuers who won’t engage in “pay-to-play”.  Lara also discusses Cboe’s recent SEC filing which seeks a rule change allowing fund companies to offer an ETF share class of existing mutual funds.  Davis Advisors’ Chris Davis goes in-depth on the current stock market environment and the value of active management.

VettaFi’s Todd Rosenbluth walks through the latest advisor polling data from their recently held Equity Symposium, highlighting several equity ETF categories.  Troop’s Felix Tabary explains how the firm is making it easier to build and apply custom proxy voting policies across portfolios.  Alpha Architect’s Jess Bost offers her unique framework on model portfolio construction and selecting ETFs.

VettaFi’s Zeno Mercer discusses the significance of BlackRock launching a tokenized money market fund and offers perspective on the future tokenization of securities.  Matthews Asia’s Andrew Mattock highlights the firm’s new Discovery active ETF suite and expands on the investment case for China.

VettaFi’s Lara Crigger parses through first quarter ETF flows, uncovering several interesting stories across stocks, bonds, and alternative assets.  Dimensional’s Rob Harvey goes in-depth on the differences between a systematic active approach and traditional indexing.

VettaFi’s Todd Rosenbluth delivers an early assessment of Host Nate Geraci’s 2024 ETF predictions.  Todd and Nate also offer several new prognostications for the remainder of the year.

VettaFi’s Brian Coco explains the index construction process and highlights three future indexing trends.  Financial regulation expert Sean Tuffy discusses crypto ETFs, importance of multi share class structure, SEC’s swing pricing proposal, and more.  CVA’s Ben Harburg spotlights the Core Values Alpha Greater China Growth ETF (CGRO) and offers the overall investment case for China.

VettaFi’s Zeno Mercer discusses Nvidia, the artificial intelligence boom, and whether investors should be concerned over a top-heavy S&P 500.  State Street’s Matt Bartolini offers perspective on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) becoming the first ETF to hit $500 billion in assets and also goes in-depth on so-called “concentration risk”.  Arch Indices’ Yang Tang explains their approach to optimized portfolios and spotlights the Arch Indices VOI Absolute Income ETF (VWI).

VettaFi’s Lara Crigger goes in-depth on the Simplify Tail Risk Strategy ETF (CYA), which is down nearly 100%.  PIMCO’s Greg Hall discusses the potential benefits of active management in fixed income and highlights the firm’s expanding ETF lineup.

ETF Prime Host Nate Geraci is joined by Bloomberg’s Eric Balchunas, ETF Think Tank’s Cinthia Murphy, and VettaFi’s Todd Rosenbluth to recap the ETF event of the year and discuss the industry’s hottest trends.

VettaFi’s Roxanna Islam offers perspective on the “Magnificent Seven” and their growing concentration in market cap-weighted indices.  BondBloxx’s Joanna Gallegos highlights the firm’s unique lineup of precision fixed income ETFs.  Goldman Sachs’ Greg Tuorto discusses the Goldman Sachs Small Cap Core Equity ETF (GSC) and the potential opportunity in small cap stocks overall.